Designing a New Tartan for Aberdeenshire

[MacCathail]

That's what this lady's doing:

http://donnawilsonsblog.blogspot.com...shire.html?m=1

The method seems a bit dicey. . .but what do I know. I've never designed a tartan.

Cheers,

-John-

[Laird_M]

Actually may not be as dicey as it seems.
IIRC the Isle of Skye tartan represents the colours of the island, purple for the heather, etc., so selecting colours this way isn't a new idea and of course as a designer she can always tweak the final choices.
I'm sorry sweetie, the weavers just can't make a puce green dye so we'll have to use grass green...

[BCAC]

Not sure about this.

What is wrong with the Aberdeenshire district tartan (and the 9 others that are supposed to represent something to do with Aberdeen) that already exists?

[neloon]

Not sure about this.

What is wrong with the Aberdeenshire district tartan (and the 9 others that are supposed to represent something to do with Aberdeen) that already exists?

I don't know of an Aberdeenshire District tartan - only ABERDEEN (City).
Alan

[Chas]

Aberdeenshire might be many things, but a District it is not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire

[BCAC]

OK. Pick the nits if you want to.

There are already 10 tartans pertaining to Aberdeen, (district, football clubs, university etc). What I'm saying is do they really need another?

The ABERDEEN DISTRICT tartan is quite outstanding in it's own right and, according to the Scottish Register of Tartans, one of the oldest tartans produced by Wilsons of Bannockburn.

Edited to add: As there are none for representing Aberdeenshire perhaps they think that they do really need one.

[Tobus]

What I'm saying is do they really need another?

No, they probably don't "need" another one, in any true sense of what "need" means. But the Aberdeenshire council apparently wants one, and that's really all that matters. Thank goodness all of our choices in life don't come down to whether something is "needed" or not. I think it's a great idea for them to involve the community in creating something they can all identify with as a symbol of their local culture/environment.

And while tartan proliferation does seem to be getting out of hand, I'd much rather see new tartans like this being created than some of the other silly ones that are being registered every day.

[Chas]

OK. Pick the nits if you want to.

There are already 10 tartans pertaining to Aberdeen, (district, football clubs, university etc). What I'm saying is do they really need another?

The ABERDEEN DISTRICT tartan is quite outstanding in it's own right and, according to the Scottish Register of Tartans, one of the oldest tartans produced by Wilsons of Bannockburn.

Edited to add: As there are none for representing Aberdeenshire perhaps they think that they do really need one.

Sorry if I came across as nit-picky, that was not my intention. It is just that I find it frustrating when, all to often, we get diverted and the discussion goes on various tangents and the core issue is never addressed.

[creagdhubh]

No, they probably don't "need" another one, in any true sense of what "need" means. But the Aberdeenshire council apparently wants one, and that's really all that matters. Thank goodness all of our choices in life don't come down to whether something is "needed" or not. I think it's a great idea for them to involve the community in creating something they can all identify with as a symbol of their local culture/environment.

And while tartan proliferation does seem to be getting out of hand, I'd much rather see new tartans like this being created than some of the other silly ones that are being registered every day.

Well said, Tobus.

[unixken]

As many of my Scottish ancestors are from various communities within Aberdeenshire, I'd be interested in seeing what the council's designer comes up with. I already have a 5yd casual in the district tartan.