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6th January 09, 07:07 AM
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Tartan ID
Greetings Ryan,
I looked through several sources but couldn't place a name to your fabric.
If you want to take the time to look through the House of Tartan listings, it may turn up.
http://www.houseoftartan.co.uk
There are thousands of tartans to look through and each has a good digital picture.
My guess is that you won't find it. As I mentioned, there are thousands of tartans in various Registries, but for every one that is registered, there are unknown numbers that aren't.
Your fabric is a basket-weave type fabric, as opposed to twill weave which is the commonly used type of weave for kiltmaking.
One can identify a twill weave because the weave appears to run in a diagonal line.
The sure-fire way to know if this or any plaid fabric is a tartan, is to fold it diagonally through the solid color blocks. If it is a tartan, the blocks of color and lines will match up at the edges.
All tartans are plaids, but not every plaid is a tartan.
The difference is, that to be a tartan, there have to be the same number and sequence of threads in both directions of the weave. Using the simple test as noted above will prove it.
I wish I could have been more help. but I tried.
Fide et Fortitudine, aye!
Tim in Caldwell
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