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    OK you are looking for a name to go with the design you posted?

    And want to know if it is readily available from a weaver or if you would need to commission a custom weave?


    Being from a blanket it is likely that it is what we call a fashion Tartan. Which means only that no application for listing has been received.

    If we can't determine the name of this one can you tell us what about it you like so we can try to find one similar to what you like.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Ashton View Post
    OK you are looking for a name to go with the design you posted?

    And want to know if it is readily available from a weaver or if you would need to commission a custom weave?
    Yes, exactly!

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Ashton View Post
    Being from a blanket it is likely that it is what we call a fashion Tartan. Which means only that no application for listing has been received.

    If we can't determine the name of this one can you tell us what about it you like so we can try to find one similar to what you like.
    Primarily I like the color. Gray is one of the default colors that I primarily wear, along with black, followed by dark blue, green, and brown. 99% of my clothes are one of those colors.
    I like the color of that blanket because it's understated but because it's a plaid it's still interesting. It has a bit of color with the red strip, but even that is toned down. It's a dark and serious color and pattern but it's not gloomy.
    As an example of how my taste run, I already have one kilt in the Black Watch tartan, and I plan to buy another in the Black Stewart tartan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Ashton View Post
    OK you are looking for a name to go with the design you posted?

    And want to know if it is readily available from a weaver or if you would need to commission a custom weave?


    Being from a blanket it is likely that it is what we call a fashion Tartan. Which means only that no application for listing has been received.

    If we can't determine the name of this one can you tell us what about it you like so we can try to find one similar to what you like.
    After your last post, I refined my search to read Gray Fashion Tartan, (I hadn't run across the term fashion tartan before) and stumbled onto a website where I found this. This is the closest I've seen so far. The Hebridean Heather tartan.

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    Yes that's in House of Edgar's "Hebridean range"

    https://www.houseofedgar.com/product...idean-tartans/

    But there are quite a few grey/black/burgundy fashion tartans around, that colour scheme is popular with Kilt Hire.

    Auld Lang Syne (grey) from Marton Mills

    https://martonmills.com/product/auld-lang-syne/

    Thompson Grey

    https://martonmills.com/product/thomson-grey/

    There's Lindsay Ancient Hunting, but it has some green too

    https://martonmills.com/product/lindsay-a-h/

    Sort of like that is Houston's St Mirren

    https://www.kiltsforhire.com/product-page/st-mirren-1
    Last edited by OC Richard; 15th November 22 at 05:48 AM.
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