Interesting specimen

[Tobus]

The sett pattern is different in the warp and weft. My guess is that it's just a fashion 'plaid' pattern.

[Chas]

The sett pattern is different in the warp and weft. My guess is that it's just a fashion 'plaid' pattern.

I thought that at first, but I think that it is a trick of the light because it is a plain weave rather than a twill weave. If the original cloth was rotated round by 90 degrees, I think we would see it looking differently.

I once saw a badly woven Black Watch, where the sett was wider than it was long. But it turned out to be so loosely woven that it gave the impression of being a different warp and weft. It was at a craft fair and the hand weaver had taken the cloth from the loom and was pushing each thread back towards the start (or whatever the terminology is). After just three rows pushed there was a very discernible light-gap between the pushed and the unpushed rows.

The fact that the OP is giving his address as China might be giving as a clue - but that might mean nothing!

Regards

Chas

[figheadair]

The sett pattern is different in the warp and weft. My guess is that it's just a fashion 'plaid' pattern.

I agree. The material is plain weave but it could still be woven that way and be a recognisable tartan however in this case it's not. The colour differences are more than just the result of it being a warp-faced (denser in the warp) cloth. The pivot stripe on the blue has an additional yellow (the pivot) in the warp. No, a Bumbee tartan IMHO.

[Dale-of-Cedars]

...a Bumbee tartan IMHO.

Thanks. I've learned a new Scottish word!

[creagdhubh]

Thanks. I've learned a new Scottish word!

I first heard this term in J. "Scotty" Thompson's book.

[TheOfficialBren]

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