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    I put a list into my book at the beginning of the appendix on dealing with asymmetric tartans (p. 145) and also in a footnote in chapter 5 (page 45).

    Here's the list that's in the book:

    Buchan
    Buchanan and Hunting Buchanan (but not Old Buchanan or Dress Buchanan)
    Campbell of Argyll
    Dress Campbell
    Drummond of Strathallen
    MacAlpine
    Dress MacDonald
    MacMillan
    Malcolm
    Hunting Stewart (but not the other Stewarts)
    Ontario Provincial
    Quebec Provincial

    Also need to add (not in the book):
    Bear
    Connecticut
    Maple Leaf
    PSD: Project Iraqi Freedom

    Fortunately, there aren't many _common_ tartans that are asymmetric, but you can be ambushed by a less common one. The good news is that, if it's truly not common, you'll probably have to have a custom weave done anyway, and, if you have Dalgliesh do the custom weave (which I would recommend), they do their custom weaves in single width.

    You can always go to the Scottish Register of Tartans (http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index.aspx) and check a tartan. This is a much better idea than checking a thumbnail on ScotWeb or a similar site, because the thumbnail might not show the entire sett. But, in the Scottish Register of Tartans, be _sure_ to click on the tartan pic and look at the enlarged view. The default small view can look asymmetric, even if it's not, depending on your screen resolution and the number of small stripes in the tartan. For example, the Mull Millenium tartan (http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3044) looks asymmetric on my laptop screen (only one of the white guard stripes shows in the low res default view), but, when I click to the see enlarged version, it's clearly symmetric (both white guard stripes show).
    Last edited by Barb T; 31st May 09 at 02:26 PM.
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