The Scottish Wildcat Tartan thread: conceived here on X-Marks!

**Tarheel** · 27th August 14, 01:38 PM

Perusing this thread again, I realized the "lad" Alan was referring to might be me. I felt like the kid who had to be reminded that he was "IT" as the game of tag continued. Side note: at 58 years old I like being called a Lad. I still have a serious interest when the finished design is submitted. I also am recruiting other folks with my own challenge, ie. my post about the Lake Lomond habitat of the wild cat. Look for my 4 yard tartan order when the dust clears.

**Theyoungkiltman** · 27th August 14, 01:50 PM

If the tweed becomes a reality, I am in for enough for a waistcoat....

**McMurdo** · 27th August 14, 03:16 PM

I will get something done on this soon. Thanks all for the suggestions.

**Creag** · 27th August 14, 06:19 PM

I love cats and have recently learned of the plight of the Highland Tiger. The tartan looks awesome, and I like the way it is evolving based on suggestions. I am seriously interested in enough to make into a 5 yard kilt. I'm assuming it is woven double-width and I'll need 3 yards, then.

**McMurdo** · 27th August 14, 06:32 PM

Here it is with the white replaced with Morning Grey. I also changed a couple other line thicknesses

**Carlo** · 27th August 14, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Here it is with the white replaced with Morning Grey. I also changed a couple other line thicknesses

I think you're on the right path there.
Now we need some advise from our kiltmakers about the pleatability (obviously to the black stripe

).

**creagdhubh** · 27th August 14, 07:05 PM

Love it, Glen! Much better without the stark white.

**unixken** · 27th August 14, 09:44 PM

Glen -
I agree, this latest variant is looking good. The sett-size on my screen looks to be about what... 6 inches currently? I don't know how true-to-actual size the image is, but if you can pad the thread counts, for a 7-inch to 7.5-inch sett, this could lend itself to several interesting pleat-to-stripe options.