Tartans Wish List

[NashTnGuy]

I have just started wearing the kilt yet I already have a fairly long list of tartans to which can claim a connection and want to get. Does this mean I am an addict?

My list is below.

I would like to see y'alls list.

Smith: at least 5 different tartans
Freemason: at least 2 different tartans
Iowa State and Iowa State Dress tartans
American Heritage
Tennessee (I have not seen this one. I hope there is not a lot of Orange)
XTMS

It is not like I have the $ but I can Jones.

Greg

[BoldHighlander]

There was a thread like this some while back (something along the lines of "Your tartan & why?"), but for the life of me I cannot find it.

Anyhow, since that time I have re-thought my wish list, and actually trimmed it down. Here's what is on it:

Currently own or in the making:

BUDGET BLACK WATCH - my 1st kilt...cheap / generic tartan / fit the bill at the time.

MACKAY (Modern colours) - 16oz Loccharron/Matt Newsome box pleat. One of my many clans.

MACDONELL of KEPPOCH (Ancient colours) - 16 oz Loccharron/Matt Newsome box pleat (in the queue). Another of my clans

Wish List (in no paticular order):

GREEN IRISH (Solid coloured) - for my O'More ancestors, & is the "tartan" chosen by the Clan O'Mórda society on St. Patrick's Day (2007).

MACDONALD CLAN - Wilson's of Bannockburn colours.

MACDONALD of GLENCOE (Muted colours) - no family connection, but I like the tartan & the Keppoch branch had a somewhat close relationship with the Glencoe branch.

LOCHABER WEATHERED.

HIGHLAND GRANITE.

MACDONELL of KEPPOCH (Ancient colours) - as a Lady Chrystel double box pleat (for formal wear & special occasions).

BLACK WATCH - for reenactment purposes.

I also have an interest in some Harris & estate tweeds, & maybe even the solid Hodden colour as worn by the London Scottish. All listed would be (preferably) 16oz, & either box pleat / double box pleat / or Kingussie pleated.

[Nighthawk]

My current wish list? Let's see...

MacLeod dress (box pleat)
MacLeod dress pleated to the black stripe
Isle Of Skye
Any and all of the 30-ish MacLeod tartans (I already have a double box pleated MacLeod hunting)
And I think I would like an American Heritage pleated to the stripe.

Formerly on my wish list (Meaning I already have it.):

Colorado state tartan
MacLeod hunting
Clergy (See that? Home, family, profession!)
Irish saffron
camo, black, and 2 different green
Nightstalker (wool- I think I got one of the last ones 3 years ago)

I don't wear clan tartans that I have no connection to, so that eliminate most tartans. BUT- there are 30 some tartans for my own clan, so it's not an issue.

MacLeod hunting (I love it- I have to show it off.)

[bchunter]

I think I'm not as mature in the formulation of my collection and list as these others. My current is a Dunbar Modern in 16 oz tank, and a couple of SWK's I wear less and less. My wish list includes:
* Isle of Skye in either a box pleat or perhaps a Kingussie style;
* Black Watch in box pleat, heavy wool;
* Carolina tartan, probably box pleat;

I'm sure as the days pass my wish list will grow, too.

[xman]

It's still early days for me, but I guess my short list is as follows:

Have:
Clan Donald PV casual

NEED:
MacDonald of Clanranald Modern
MacDonald of Clanranald Muted

Want:
Clan Donald NS Highlanders Regimental
MacDonald of the Isles Modern
Lochaber Weathered and WoB

I can't say whether those are 16oz or 13oz nor whether they should be 8 yards or less, but that's what attracts me right now. There are a few more I could add, but those seem to shift in and out of favour daily.

[ForresterModern]

Current kilts owned: forrester modern, forrester hunting, ancient douglas, ancient MacDonald (2), Douglas Modern, Weathered MacDonald, Isle of Skye, Black Isle, Maple leaf, Allen 1996, Ancient Caledonia, Braveheart movie tartan, Muted macDonald of Glencoe;

Kilt currently en route: Ancient Red Douglas

Tartan Fabric in possession or on order: 18oz Black Watch, Weathered Douglas

Tartan Wish list: Dutch Friendship tartan, Red Ulster (if I can make the geneologic connection), Shepherd's (Border) Tartan


jeff

[Downunder Kilt]

Currently on order
Isle of Skye 16oz - pleated to the horizontal
Paterson #2 Dalgleish Version 16oz - box pleated by Matt Newsome

And the Wish List
MacLaren Weathered 16oz
Victoria (Australia) State Tartan 160z

[figheadair]

[B]There was a thread like this some while back (something along the lines of "Your tartan & why?"), but for the life of me I cannot find it.

Anyhow, since that time I have re-thought my wish list, and actually trimmed it down. Here's what is on it:

MACDONALD of GLENCOE (Muted colours) - no family connection, but I like the tartan & the Keppoch branch had a somewhat close relationship with the Glencoe branch.

LOCHABER WEATHERED.

MACDONELL of KEPPOCH (Ancient colours) - as a Lady Chrystel double box pleat (for formal wear & special occasions).

BLACK WATCH - for reenactment purposes.

It's only my opinion of course but all these setts, and others of a similar age, look so much better in Wilsons' colours.

Got some Black Watch in c1810 colours and sett, complete with a black selvedge mark, when your wish comes true.

[Bugbear]

I have let go of wishing for tartan; it hasn't been easy. Kind of strange to see these long lists.

[Danwell]

While I'm a huge admirer of the kilts you all wear, unfortunately I'm not in a position to be able to afford to buy my own - so, I just look on and smile at the gorgeous kilts and jackets you wear and know that one day I'll get to wear one and enjoy them in a whole new way.

That being said, from looking at what I see here, there are a few tartans I really like and one day would love to own kilts in Isle of Skye and Macdonald of Clanranald (My mother's father was a Scot, and this was his tartan)


That being said, if I really thought about it there are a hundred amazing tartans I've seen on this website and would be happy to wear any one of them!!