Quote Originally Posted by Barb T.
True - the plaid fabric you show is not tartan. In tartan, the same stripes appear in the same order in both warp and weft. In a true tartan, you shouldn't be able to distinguish the warp direction from the weft direction in a small piece. Could be either symmetric or asymmetric (if that's confusing, please holler, and I'll explain further - but basically, if it's ABCDABCD in the warp, it needs to be ABCDABCD in the weft or ABCBA in both for a symmetric tartan). If different colors or orders of stripes are used in the warp and the weft, it's just plaid fabric, not tartan. So something that's not tartan could have ABCBA in the warp and ABDBA in the weft. The deep teal stripe in the tartan pictured appears only in one direction.

Barb
GOTCHA!!! Thanks Barb!!!

now you wanna run the 'weft to right' thing by me again please - its cold here in NYC & I think i froze my brain....