Measurement questions

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

God I love this board! The amount of information and knowledge, that is shared, is incredible. And the fact that I not only read, but comprehend threads like this is a miracle! 6 months ago I could not have told you diddly about pleats, the different ways of pleating, why depth was important, or what in the h&*# "asymmetric tartan" referred to! I woudl have guessed some kind of drug induced plaid that did not arrive all at the same time (a little IT reference!).

Barb, great response and I am amazed that you could tell it was asymmetric from the picture. I think that I see it as well, but would not have if you had not mentioned it.

[Barb T]

Once you get the hang of looking for asymmetry, it's easy to see. You just try to find a place in the tartan that looks the same "both ways" (i.e., if you went to the right, you'd cross the same stripes in the same order as if you went to the left). In your tartan, there isn't any place where you can do that. If you start at the yellow stripe in brown, for example, the stripes are green then tan to the right but tan then green to the left. You can try the same trick at any point in your tartan, and there isn't anywhere you can find a mirror image!

Barb

[UmAnOnion]

Once you get the hang of looking for asymmetry, it's easy to see. You just try to find a place in the tartan that looks the same "both ways" (i.e., if you went to the right, you'd cross the same stripes in the same order as if you went to the left). In your tartan, there isn't any place where you can do that. If you start at the yellow stripe in brown, for example, the stripes are green then tan to the right but tan then green to the left. You can try the same trick at any point in your tartan, and there isn't anywhere you can find a mirror image!

Barb