Canadian tartans

[ForresterModern]

Once again, is it me or does the Ontario Centennial listed just a few posts above have two entirely different thread counts in the warp and weft directions? I guess it is still a tartan but tough to describe it in the classic terms of thread counts and pivots. Would that be an example of a named fashion tartan? The only other similar one I personally know of is the St David's tartan which I believe has red and greenish blue vertical stripes with horizontal thin stripes but no horizontal green or red.

jeff

[CMcG]

Once again, is it me or does the Ontario Centennial listed just a few posts above have two entirely different thread counts in the warp and weft directions? I guess it is still a tartan but tough to describe it in the classic terms of thread counts and pivots. Would that be an example of a named fashion tartan? The only other similar one I personally know of is the St David's tartan which I believe has red and greenish blue vertical stripes with horizontal thin stripes but no horizontal green or red.

jeff

Good eyes, sir. The Scottish Register of Tartans calls it a fashion tartan and has this to say about it:

"Note says 'from Pik Mills'. An extremely complicated sett, non reversing and with very different warp and weft. Count from Scottish Tartans Society. Procedings Series 3 No. 2. Note there said: 'This tartan was one of a special presentation for centennial year.'"

[Dixiecat]

I can't find my nice digital pic of another 'regional' tartan, the Cape Breton tartan. It's very popular here in the Maritimes and can be found in equal abundance at any fabric store here.

[CMcG]

I can't find my nice digital pic of another 'regional' tartan, the Cape Breton tartan. It's very popular here in the Maritimes and can be found in equal abundance at any fabric store here.

It is quite a nice tartan and good to know that it's readily available in the Maritimes. Come to think of it, I recall seeing it around Halifax when I visited there last summer Here's the digital version of it: