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28th January 20, 05:43 AM
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Is Isle of Skye considered universal?
I've seen some people say that the Isle of Skye tartan is universal. It certainly looks nice. I know it's modern, but so are a bunch of restricted tartans. It's classified as a district tartan, but it's much newer than the "district" it represents. So I guess I'm wondering (from an appropriate use standpoint): is officially-licensed Isle of Skye considered a universal tartan, or is it generally only considered proper for people who reside in or have ancestry from Skye itself?
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28th January 20, 07:13 AM
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As far as I know there are no restrictions on the use of it and indeed it is a beautiful tartan.
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well, that comes from poor judgement."
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28th January 20, 09:34 AM
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What happens on IOS and some other "private" tartans is that it is fine to use them, but you will pay a royalty fee per meter of fabric that you buy from the weaver, which I assume is then forwarded to the owner of the design. From Marton Mills, for example, you will be charged an additional 2 GBP royalty for each meter you purchase.
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28th January 20, 11:02 AM
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From what I understand the woman who designed the IOS tartan limited the mills who could weave it and the kilt makers who can sell it. As far as I know one of the few kilt makers in the US is Rocky at USA Kilts! If I'm wrong on this someone please jump in and set this straight.
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28th January 20, 11:58 AM
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I don't believe that to be true. For example, last year I bought my wife about five meters of IOS PV from Marton Mills to make a dress from and paid the additional royalty, a couple bucks more than other PV tartans. I could just as easily have sent that cloth to a kilt maker to make me a kilt and there is nothing to prohibit me from doing so. The designer has the right to prohibit the mills from selling the tartan to others or the general public, but if they are going to make it available to the public with an added royalty fee, they then have no control over who gets to use it and for what purpose.
If you look around at any Highland Games, you will see quite a few kilts made from IOS, and you will also notice that there are several different sett sizes in the mix. Obviously the stuff is being made by several different weavers.
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28th January 20, 01:19 PM
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 Originally Posted by Todd Bradshaw
I don't believe that to be true. For example, last year I bought my wife about five meters of IOS PV from Marton Mills to make a dress from and paid the additional royalty, a couple bucks more than other PV tartans. I could just as easily have sent that cloth to a kilt maker to make me a kilt and there is nothing to prohibit me from doing so. The designer has the right to prohibit the mills from selling the tartan to others or the general public, but if they are going to make it available to the public with an added royalty fee, they then have no control over who gets to use it and for what purpose.
If you look around at any Highland Games, you will see quite a few kilts made from IOS, and you will also notice that there are several different sett sizes in the mix. Obviously the stuff is being made by several different weavers.
That may be partly due to the sett size for PV usually being smaller.
Here's a photo Riverkilt posted in a thread from 2010 that shows an example of sett size difference in two kilts (both Isle of Skye). He states in the original post that the left is Marton Mills 12oz polyviscose and the right is Locharron 16oz wool.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ce-wool-56376/
Last edited by FossilHunter; 28th January 20 at 01:21 PM.
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5th February 20, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MichiganKyle
I've seen some people say that the Isle of Skye tartan is universal. It certainly looks nice. I know it's modern, but so are a bunch of restricted tartans. It's classified as a district tartan, but it's much newer than the "district" it represents. So I guess I'm wondering (from an appropriate use standpoint): is officially-licensed Isle of Skye considered a universal tartan, or is it generally only considered proper for people who reside in or have ancestry from Skye itself?
A bit late on this one. As far as I am aware the Isle of Skye is a rather nice fashion tartan and as such is universal and the name is just a name, although usefully chosen from a commercial point of view, that is coincidental rather than for specific area. I think a weaving company used to have exclusive rights to it, but I think, that licence has now lapsed.
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13th February 20, 08:37 AM
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Not sure if this is "official" IOS tartan but I did pick it up when I was in Uig last year:
A great trip and looking forward to taking another bunch of Estonians up to Mull and Skye again this summer...
Last edited by Tomo; 13th February 20 at 11:59 PM.
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28th February 20, 06:55 AM
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Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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12th May 20, 04:44 AM
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Bit of a miss lining up the pattern there on the girls mac. Looks a bit patchwork.
Hence the below £11 price.
IOS is a beautiful pattern. I would love to have some in the closet.
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