What tartan?

[Graham]

A local mate wants this kilted skirt for his wife, she wants to know what tartan it is, does anyone know?

It would look nice on my wife too!

[macwilkin]

Where did the photo come from, Graham? Any idea of the URL?

Cheers,

T.

[Andrew Breecher]

That would look nice as a kilt, too! I don't have a handy reference to check the tartan, though.

Andrew.

[Graham]

The piccie comes from the Kilt Store, I've emailed them, but it's still the weekend over there.

[Riverkilt]

Nice mystery.

Looks close to a Flower of Scotland, Pride of Scotland, or even New York City...but no match for them.

Think there's a tartan finder website where you plug in the color pattern and it tells you the tartan.

Ron

[Riverkilt]

Silly me. Looks like the Isle of Skye tartan

My ancestor's homeland.

Found it in the Scottish Lion catalog, here's an online source.

http://www.lindaclifford.com/IofSkye.html

and a picture in a girls dress
http://tartanstore.net/sr_lochc_yda?...6020&outfit2=1

And a pic of a waistcoat in that tartan.
http://www.margaret-thomson.com/more_tartan.html

Ron

[Blu (Ontario)]

Ooohhh, nice tartan....hey, if my wife wore that tartan, would she look like the girl in the photo?

[Casey]

Blu,

She'd probably look better(3D).

Casey

[Graham]

Thanks lads, when I hear from KiltStore i will clear up the mystery and put you all out of your misery!!

[Andrew Breecher]

Is it typical to have a "condensed" version and an "expanded" version of the tartan? Notice how much broader the tartan in the shawl is from the skirt - it really shows the purple bordering the heather stripes of the kilt, while in the skirt the purple is far less noticable.

Andrew.