Where to find thread count?

[TheBrus]

I would like to find out where I can find thread counts for various tartans. Specifically looking for New Bruce (Grant) tartan. Any ideas?

JDB

[Paul Henry]

It's not absolutely fool proof , but a good start is the Register you have to sign up for it, but it is free , and very useful!
Select your tartan, and then there is an option to get the threadcount emailled to you

I would like to find out where I can find thread counts for various tartans. Specifically looking for New Bruce (Grant) tartan. Any ideas?

JDB

[TheBrus]

Thanks!

[figheadair]

As Paul said, the STR is a good starting place but beware, their counts are often generic so it depends on what you want. If you want historical counts then I recommend joining the Tartans Authority and/or buying a descent book such as D. C. Stewart's 'Setts of the Scottish Tartans' (albeit that many counts in there are generic too. Many of Wilsons' counts (including their New Bruce) are available in my '1819 Key Pattern Book - One Hundred Original Tartans' which you can get from Matt at the Tartans Museum.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

You can also email the Scottish Tartans Museum and request a thread count for a particular tartan. It helps to be specific, such as providing the STA reference number, or giving other information about which one you want. If you just ask for "Grant" you are likely to get something generic, which may be fine depending on what you are needing it for.

If this is the sort of thing you are going to need on a frequent basis, I would also recommend becoming a member of the STA so you can have full access to their thread count, and/or signing up with the National Register to be able to request thread counts from them.

In addition to Peter's book, and The Setts of the Scottish Tartans which he recommended, I would also suggest Jamie Scarlett's Tartan: The Highland Textile as a good source for threadcounts. It is an updated version of The Setts.

[TheBrus]

Not something I need frequently. The New Bruce was the most immediate need. I'm not sure what "generic" means... I signed up to the Scottish Tartans Registry, and I did notice, for instance, a difference in thread count for Bruce clan tartan (VS) between Wikipedia and STR. It wasn't a huge difference, but it was different. I think I already found what I needed--check out pics below--but I was thinking of (one day) having the variant I devised made into a kilt. I merely reversed the red and green in New Bruce, kind of like Bruce/Hunting Bruce. I was pleased with the effect.

JDB

Here is New Bruce tartan 1385:



Here is my variant Hunting New Bruce tartan: