MacTavish-Thompson Green

[David Thorpe]

At the Ohio Scottish Games some lads from Crieff (directors of the Crieff Games) were wearing at least two different, very beautiful tartans featuring a soft green undercheck -- almost sage, but a little darker and cooler. (I have not yet done my homework to try to discover just exactly what the tartans were.)
That got me started thinking and playing with the Scotweb Design program (again).
I started with the MacTavish/Thompson sett and thread count, and substituted colors to get to the overall color tone impression of the Crieff setts. At the same time, I chose elements and colors reflecting the heritage (besides MacTavish) of my brother's and my family. The guarded red stripe from Dunlop, navy from Lindsay, and lighter blue from Watkins of Wales. The green is not classic Irish Kelly green, but it is green, honoring our McQuaid and McLaughlin roots.
With Thompson/MacTavish Red, Camel, Blue, Grey, Dress Blue and Hunting already established, there is really no need for yet another color of the sett, but I couldn't help myself. I am hoping to interest my kinsmen and others enough to enable a run at a reasonable cost. Dalgliesh has very close matches to all of the colors in their yarn palette.