weird tartans...

[Silmakhor]

Anyhoo,

USA Kilts just released a "Nordic Heritage" tartan. It's a modern fashion tartan that (in my opinion) looks great. The interesting thing about it is the spacing of the white and yellow lines. In this particular arrangement, it appears that the sett size is quite large - Those two lines effectively double the sett size. If my visual math is correct?

I'm wondering how one would pleat this if pleating to the stripe.

https://www.usakilts.com/kilts-and-p...-heritage.html

[Patty Logan]

has anybody seen the Shrek Tartan?

[Tobus]

The interesting thing about it is the spacing of the white and yellow lines. In this particular arrangement, it appears that the sett size is quite large - Those two lines effectively double the sett size. If my visual math is correct?

I'm wondering how one would pleat this if pleating to the stripe.

My first thought would be that it's not too different, in terms of sett logistics, as the Stewart Hunting tartan used in military kilts. It has alternating yellow and red stripes which make the sett huge. But in practical terms, for pleating in military kilts, it is (or was) pleated to each of these lines so that they alternate. The pleats are presented as red, yellow, red, yellow, and so on. I suppose you could do the same with the tartan you're looking at.

[Silmakhor]

My first thought would be that it's not too different, in terms of sett logistics, as the Stewart Hunting tartan used in military kilts. It has alternating yellow and red stripes which make the sett huge. But in practical terms, for pleating in military kilts, it is (or was) pleated to each of these lines so that they alternate. The pleats are presented as red, yellow, red, yellow, and so on. I suppose you could do the same with the tartan you're looking at.

That's pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

[figheadair]

My first thought would be that it's not too different, in terms of sett logistics, as the Stewart Hunting tartan used in military kilts. It has alternating yellow and red stripes which make the sett huge. But in practical terms, for pleating in military kilts, it is (or was) pleated to each of these lines so that they alternate. The pleats are presented as red, yellow, red, yellow, and so on. I suppose you could do the same with the tartan you're looking at.

It's not the alternating red and yellow stripes that make the sett big, it's the fact that it's asymmetric. A symmetrical setting with those stripes as pivots would be half the size.

[Tomo]

Two I can think of off-hand are:

• MacDuck Tartan (strictly speaking MacDuck #2) designed in the 1940s by Walt Disney (STA ref: 1121) Ancient MacDuck, old colours, as worn by Scrooge MacDuck, uncle to the famous cartoon character Donald Duck and Great Uncle to Huey, Duey and Luey. Said to have been used by the US Government during World War II to promote the sale of war bonds.

I first spotted this over 20 years ago and it has always tickled me that it exists.

• easyJet Tartan (officially Highland Aircraft) created by Geoffrey (Tailor) for the budget airline to promote the opening of their new route between Inverness and Gatwick in 2014.

I ID'ed this for someone on another forum - after they 'won' a kilt on eBay.

[Silmakhor]

It's not the alternating red and yellow stripes that make the sett big, it's the fact that it's asymmetric. A symmetrical setting with those stripes as pivots would be half the size.

Just checking my understanding here - the current "pivot" is the blue line surrounded by the dull red and black lines? And, the tartan is asymmetric because there isn't another clear pivot?

To put it another way, this tartan would be symmetric if both of the bright lines were white?

[Patty Logan]

• easyJet Tartan (officially Highland Aircraft) created by Geoffrey (Tailor) for the budget airline to promote the opening of their new route between Inverness and Gatwick in 2014.

[INDENT]

oooooh i love that! you dont see much yellow tartans. well maybe Loud MacLeod is an exception...

[kilted2000]

The Irn Bru tartan deserves a mention.

[OC Richard]

I'd rather spend time looking for the most attractive tartans I can find.