Looking for a tartan

[lschwartz]

My wife thinks that my clan tartan, Lamont, is kind of boring. I can see why since it is based on the Campbell/Black Watch pattern, just like what seems to be half of the tartans known to man.

Anyway, she and I were at the Mid-Maryland Celtic Festival this past weekend and she saw a tartan that she just loved and would be willing to have a kilted skirt made in it. After some questions and some research I found that it was MacGregor Hunting.




Unfortunately, it is red/maroon and green with a white stripe. She though it was maroon and blue with a white stripe, which is what she really wants.

So, my question to the rabble is, does anyone know of a tartan that looks like MacGregor Hunting but with blue instead of green. Or, maybe a different pattern but in dark red/maroon and blue with white accents.

Thanks to you all,

Larry

[figheadair]

Houston Kilts sell a tartan they call Clan Gregor which has blue in place of the usual green. Scroll down to #85 here. This is a fashion tartan and is not accepted by the chief of the MacGregors as a MacGregor tartan.

[Tarheel]

I think the clan Gregor (#85 of the link) is what the OP is looking for. I think this would be a good choice for his wife's skirt. Fly it by her and let us know what she says.

[OC Richard]

Houston Kilts sell a tartan they call Clan Gregor which has blue in place of the usual green. Scroll down to #85 here. This is a fashion tartan and is not accepted by the chief of the MacGregors as a MacGregor tartan.

It's nice-looking though.

That list has some oddities, doesn't it? (Offtopic)

Auld Lang Syne is a thousand pounds?

Brown Watch??

British Columbia looks completely different than the usual one.

And Bute tartans. Loads of Bute tartans. Who knew?

[Luke MacGillie]

I don't have a specific recommendation, but as a Lamont who wears a non clan, red based tartan based on a 18th Century painting for his main kilt, well I understand.

[figheadair]

That list has some oddities, doesn't it? (Offtopic)

And Bute tartans. Loads of Bute tartans. Who knew?

Certainly some odd ones. I have collated details of the Bute range for the STA.

[BertMcG]

You might like this as well, the Hamilton Red

[OC Richard]

I have collated details of the Bute range for the STA.

Being a person that thinks about things most people don't think about (somebody has to do it, for humanity's sake) I was wondering if Bute is the champion of tartans per square mile.

A quick count gave 15 Bute tartans, which is three tartans per square mile.

Add in several Rothesay tartans and it drops to two per square mile.

Now this is counting each different colour scheme as a different tartan, which can be quibbled with, but being a visual person I'm considering every tartan that looks different to be different, for the moment.

In this age of "heather" this and "autumn" that, generating dozens of "pride" tartans and "Bute" tartans and so forth, it's interesting that Isle Of Skye seems immune. Why isn't there an Autumn Skye, Heather Skye, Granite Skye, Black Skye, and so forth? (Not that the world needs a dozen different Skye tartans.) Sky Skye (in a pale blue scheme) would be kinda cool.

[OC Richard]

You might like this as well, the Hamilton Red

Without looking it up it's obviously an Allen Brothers tartan. Pretty colours for sure.

[figheadair]

Being a person that thinks about things most people don't think about (somebody has to do it, for humanity's sake) I was wondering if Bute is the champion of tartans per square mile.

A quick count gave 15 Bute tartans, which is three tartans per square mile.

Add in several Rothesay tartans and it drops to two per square mile.

What's interesting is that neither the Bute range or the Rothesay tartans have much to do with the island apart from the name. The former are the work of Houstons in Paisley, the latter the Allan Brothers via Wilsons.

Without looking it up it's obviously an Allen Brothers tartan. Pretty colours for sure.

Yes, it's an Allen Brothers' VS special. Variations on a theme, not unlike the Bute range but with more differences between the individual setts in terms of colour.