See thru tartan, ID?

[Benning Boy]

I'd like to know what this tartan is. I'll show it first as a polyester mesh, see thru, photographed against a white background, to give you an idea of the porosity, with the corner turned back to show you it's a print, and a closeup of the set. Finally, is a pic of the tartan I found quite by accident online in a solidly woven fabric. The key colors in the tartan are a major black and golden-olive green stripe, with lessor brownish stripes, with the white, red and gold over checks.

I have enough of this to make a casual kilt, although it might be a bit racy. I could work the mesh into an X Kit to add flashes of tartan to an otherwise solid colored kilt, probably olive. It ought to make a good hot weather kilt. Not sure what to do with it, but was told I bough the last of the mesh tartan, and there will be no more produced.

[plaid preacher]

Racy, huh? It will go great with the boostenhalter you found after Kilt Kamp! I dare ya!

[Benning Boy]

Every once in a while someone asks about running kits. The see thru tartan would make a great running kilt. A double layer in front, the aprons, would be opaque enough to satisfy most legal requirements -- way more than enough to satisfy Kansas law. And pleats in the back ought to confuse the eye enough it wouldn't seem too see thru. However, the fabric is light and would fly in a slight breeze. As it's a print, and would require hemming if made into some sort of kilt, I suppose I could sew some heavy weight bead chain in the hem and maybe hold things down a bit in the wind. Being a print, with indistinct stripes, it would be a real pain to pleat.

I was actually looking for something to use in making some outdoor gear when I found this see thru tartan. I though the tartan would be more fun to work with than plain coyote brown, which was my preference.

[Pleater]

It looks as though the repeat of the holes doesn't match the repeat of the tartan printing, so if you use the tartan as a guide there should not be any through holes which will make it seem more solid.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[davidlpope]

It's the Barbour trade tartan.

[Tarheel]

Racy, huh? It will go great with the boostenhalter you found after Kilt Kamp! I dare ya!

Would that be the same "boostenhalter" from an earlier photo, earlier thread with a quizzical smiling shopper? If so, double dare you!

[Skipper1]

Sorry - I have not heard the term before; what is a trade tartan?

[davidlpope]

It's a tartan designed and used in retail trade. Barbour uses this tartan as the lining fabric in some of their jackets and woven as scarves.

[figheadair]

Here's the link to the company's 'Tartan' page. They also use a red version called Cardinal Red Tartan.

[WalesLax]

I am one of those people Benning noticed who is always looking for a solid running kilt - wool is too heavy and nice, the ones on the market are too "skirt-ish" for me, and the PV works when it's cold, but this stuff would be fantasitic for a warm weather running kilt! I'm sorry to see you bought the last of it!.

It looks like the mesh they use to make all of my lacrosse shorts. With most of those, they just double up the material, and there rteally isn't much to be seen through the holes.

Enjoy, and if you ever find some more, send me a message!

Rob