Northumberland Tartan

[kiltimabar]

The one thing that I don't like about the Northumberland tartan (aka Shepherd Check) is that it is always woven in such a small pattern. I think the tartan would look much more masculine if it was woven in a larger check, like the Rob Roy tartan, or the Moncreiff tartan is.

If anyone is interested in getting some larger check Northumberland tartan woven up, let me know!
M

Just a guess, but mightn't it be that the Northumberland tartan is woven so small because at at distance it appears gray, whereas if the checks were large, it would have a more dominant white, which is supposedly something to be avoided in a man's garment?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Hey guys,

I played around with a photo of a kilt I made in the Moncrieffe tartan, and this should be close to what the Northumberland tartan would look like in a kilt with a larger check.

It's in my latest blog posting:
http://blog.albanach.org/2006/04/nor...nd-tartan.html

M

[Alan H]

Trews in this tartan might look pretty sharp...the smaller check I mean.

I just looked over your blog, Matt, and it reminds me of what's sometimes called "Buffalo Check" here in the States. I saw a striking kilt made of red buffalo check at teh Campbell games last year.

[andyfg]

So, I'm out hard at work teaching philosophy and arrive home to find you've been talking about my beloved tartan!

I like it, of course, because of the district connection, and because I think it looks very sharp. I have worn it for a couple of weddings with a black argyle, white shirt, black tie, black hose and brogues, with tartan flashes. I think the whole black/white look is very stylish (but not your "average" tartan).

Matt, I do like your suggestion, of the larger check. I had always assumed that the tartan had to be wovern k5w5, as that is all I have ever seen. Who knows, perhaps after the Fitzgibbon! Christmas 2007.