There are people who know a lot more than I do about this kind of thing, but several years ago when I was ordering a heavyweight kilt from a certain Scottish firm it pretty much cost the same whether it was a traditional tartan or a custom tartan. They said that either way they had to set up a loom and weave it.
Likewise back years ago when our pipe band was going to purchase a bolt of tartan to have all our kilts made, from Lochcarron, it was the same price either way, so we had them weave kilt-weight cloth of a tartan that they had hitherto only woven in necktie-weight.
Last edited by OC Richard; 10th February 13 at 05:57 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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