Louder than MacLeod?

**Nick the DSM** · 4th August 08, 10:23 PM

Like I do not. Waaaaaay too many colors for one tartan.

Loud, no. Bright, yes.

**DTrain** · 4th August 08, 11:22 PM

A little reminiscent of the Carolina tartan. Definitely lots of bold colors. Not for me, but I'm sure there are some who could pull it off.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 5th August 08, 12:13 AM

This could work if the sett is small. With the same colours but deeper,darker.

Best,

Robert

**Barry** · 5th August 08, 01:23 AM

I did a search on several Tartan Finder sites, including one where you enter the colours in sequence. All returned no matches.

It looks like the sort of thing my local Auto store would sell as a wool blanket for picnics etc.

Altenatively - perhaps we now know what happens to those `ends of the batch` reels of woolen thread

**Makeitstop** · 5th August 08, 01:58 AM

My first thought on seeing that is that it looks like it belongs in a preschool or nursery.

**Nick** · 5th August 08, 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

It does sort of look like one of the MacBeth tartans - I see what you mean.

My avatar is MacBeth Ancient. Colorful, though I like the combination. Obviously, since I had my tank made in it

I wouldn't say the posted tartan is loud. Busy, maybe, and colorful, but not particularly loud.

**RockyR** · 5th August 08, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

Can anyone identify this tartan?

So what tartan IS it Rex? It's an actual cloth image (not a computer generated image), so we know it's been woven. Is it one you designed?

I agree with those who said it could be easily done if there were a "muted" version of this tartan (darker colors).

**RockyR** · 5th August 08, 04:56 AM

How about a WEATHERED version?

A little photshop and violla! Here they are side by side WEATHERED / MODERN

**Carolina Kiltman** · 5th August 08, 01:48 PM

These are needed for viewing! It is what my better half would call a "pizza supreme" tartan. due to the too many colours. I could use it as bunting to hang on the fence when I have the CFVSC members over to mark the location. They could certainly see it a long way down the street!

**Rex_Tremende** · 5th August 08, 03:36 PM

So what tartan IS it Rex? It's an actual cloth image (not a computer generated image), so we know it's been woven. Is it one you designed?

Well, You'll not find it among any kiltmaker's options, that's for sure. The tartan is MacCreary, which, as far as I can tell exists only in the Tartan Authority's database. They show it like so:

Barb Tewksbury had it woven for my next kilt, which she is in the process of making right now.

Seeing as how I don't have much of a clan affiliation, and it's important to some people that we have a connection to the tartan(s) we wear (setting aside the multiple tartan debate), I dug deep into my family tree and found a McCrary five generations back: my father's father's father's father's mother. Going purely on armchair genealogy and nothing more than speculative conclusions about the origin of the name (for there those particular roots have been pruned), I decided I liked the tartan well enough to have it made up and made into my second Tewksbury "tank."

And at last I will be able to say to the kilt police, "Why yes, I do have [surname] here on my father's side!" I'm not obligated to say how tenuous the connection is, am I?

So, I know it's not a tartan for everyone - which is really sort of the point. It's not easy being me, ya know!

Regards,
Rex.