Favorite NON-Clan tartans?

**seanachie** · 26th October 10, 07:44 AM

[QUOTE=Barb T.;922000]Isle of Mull of course!! The colors are based on the colors of the various rocks in the bedrock of the Isle of Mull:

Boy, photos make a difference this tartan is beautiful and looks nothing like the depiction in the national register. Can you please tell me who weaves this tartan please? Thanks

**Guinness>water** · 26th October 10, 08:05 AM

I think there is differance between the Mull district and the above tartan. Matt has a Mull district kilt (in his photos) which looks nothing like the one above.

**Andy Proffitt** · 26th October 10, 08:06 AM

Lochaber by Strathmore in WOB colors
Isle of Mull
Auld Scotland
Roxburgh ancient
Caledonia mod. & anc.

**Lallans** · 26th October 10, 08:29 AM

Northumberland Plaid (this irritates purists but that is the historical name).

Shepherd's Check (same as above, different name).

RCMP

Ulster, and variants.

**Tartan Hiker** · 26th October 10, 08:29 AM

Isle of Skye
Carolina
X Marks the Scot

**Whidbey78** · 26th October 10, 08:39 AM

The "short" list(in no particular order):

Navy/Edzel
Washington State
Maple Leaf
Antarctica
Lunar Tartan
Isle of Skye
Scottish National
Welsh National
Ireland's National
Police and Firefighter's Memorial(USAK)
NWU(not a tartan, but unique to the World's Greatest Navy!)
Whatever tartan the waitresses were wearing at the Tilted Kilt in Vegas. It was blue...no wait, red and black...or was it green with...no, it was orange--or was that Hooters? It was blue...I think...

And I'm sure I'll be adding American Heritage and Oakleigh to the list in an hour or so. Rocky sent them out saturday and USPS says they arrived here at 7AM. I went to the post office but there was no key in my PO Box yet so I have to wait until they open. The torture!!!

American Heritage is just a good looking tartan so that choice was obvious, but I went with Oakleigh because even though it's been around a while I have never even seen a picture of a kilt in that tartan.

**TBruce** · 26th October 10, 08:53 AM

for me its the scotland Millennium tartan

**Macman** · 26th October 10, 08:57 AM

I've always liked the Hunting Stewart, and the Canadian Maple Leaf is a close second. I like the IOS very much, too, but don't own a kilt in it.

**Barb T** · 26th October 10, 09:04 AM

[QUOTE=seanachie;922039]

Originally Posted by Barb T.

Isle of Mull of course!! The colors are based on the colors of the various rocks in the bedrock of the Isle of Mull:

Boy, photos make a difference this tartan is beautiful and looks nothing like the depiction in the national register. Can you please tell me who weaves this tartan please? Thanks

There are a couple of Mull tartans - this is the Mull Millenium, and, no, it doesn't look a thing like the computer image. It doesn't even look right on ScotWeb, and they are usually pretty good. http://www.scotweb.co.uk/buy/tartan-...material/59304

It was designed by Rosalind Jones of Mull, and, when Ros had her shop (Celtic Originals), she used to sell it in 11-12 oz weight woven by Dalgliesh. I bought a length to make a shirt for my husband. When I decided to make a Mull kilt for myself, she gave me permission to have Dalgliesh weave a length of it in 16 oz, and the colors are the same as in the original that they wove. It's still on the bolt - one of these days, I'm going to make myself a new kilt!