Family tartan evolution

[David Thorpe]

This may be the winner for our family's very own tartan. I have tweaked it and stuck it back in the refrigerator for several months now, but have finally reached the point where I don't feel the urge to change anything when I look at it.
It started with admiring a soft bluish green tartan seen at a Games last June. Symbols include the crosses of St. Andrew, St. David and St. George with a green field for St. Patrick, and a bit of both (US) Air Force and Navy blue.
It may be still quite a while before it is actually woven (awaiting funding from an as yet unidentified source).

[Tim Little]

Looks great!

[Truitt]

Very nice! Great symbolism in a sharp-looking tartan. Well done.

[Lorna]

Very subtle and yet striking.

[David]

Very nice tartan

[creagdhubh]

Very smart, David! Well done.

[TheOfficialBren]

I like it, David.

[flairball]

Very nice. I like that is has almost a weathered look.

[mookien]

With the patron saints of the four countries of Great Britain and the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy nicely integrated, it's going to be hard to beat, ... in any number of ways. Aesthetically, it will make a handsome blue-green kilt with the red overstripes for counterpoint. Can't wait to see it as a kilt. Good luck on getting it woven and registered.

[Chas]

Hi David,

I like the tartan. It is quietly elegant and doesn't shout 'Look at me, look at me', as so many these days do.

May I make a plea about your registration? When the time comes, please give consideration under 'Restrictions' to 'All with the name Thorpe or connection to it'.

Too often we see,

Restrictions: Yes. Only to be worn by the direct descendants of Hector Jacobus MacEktor.

Which is a guarantee that it will never be worn at all, by anyone, ever.

I think that this one deserves a wider audience.

Regards

Chas