Sett size??

[Spc. Scott]

I'm not positive but I think on Scotweb's designer it lets you know the sett size as you build. Maybe I'm just dreaming that up. Something to look for I guess.

[Paul Henry]

I'm not positive but I think on Scotweb's designer it lets you know the sett size as you build. Maybe I'm just dreaming that up. Something to look for I guess.

Yes, it does.
The usual sett size is between 6"-8", it doesn't mean you can't work to a different size. but that rough size seems to work will with much kilt work.

MacMillan's son
With the tartan you linked to, it appears that there are a number of lines which are are only one or two threads wide, so it would likely lend itself well to increasing the size without making the sett appear too bulky. In other words, it has the room to grow.

Thread counts are almost always in even numbers not in singles, as two warp threads are needed to make a decent visible line in the tartan

[MacMillans son]

Thanks for that Paulhenry. Not knowing the actual thread count, or that basic rule or tartan design, I should have been more general in my comment "Some of the lines look pretty narrow so..."

Thanks for the info.

[Spartan Tartan]

paulhenry,
I appreciate your feedback! Thanks. And that does help. Of course, at some point, too much custimization means too expensive


MacMillan's son,

Good point.

[tpa]

It is difficult to tell the size from the image, but although the sett is completely different there is some pattern similarity with the Anderson tartan I wear. I would post a picture for you but don't know how. My pictures are on my computer disc not a web site, so you will just have to look at the avatar. Heavier weights do have slightly larger setts but I doubt there will be a huge difference between a 13 and 16 oz.

[Spartan Tartan]

It is difficult to tell the size from the image,

That is precisely my concern. Hard to tell from the image about the sett...

[Brian K]

It is difficult to tell the size from the image, but although the sett is completely different there is some pattern similarity with the Anderson tartan I wear. I would post a picture for you but don't know how. My pictures are on my computer disc not a web site, so you will just have to look at the avatar. Heavier weights do have slightly larger setts but I doubt there will be a huge difference between a 13 and 16 oz.

I design a lot at Scotweb so I just went and checked and an 8" sett in 16 oz. wool becomes a 6.7" sett in a 13 oz. wool.

[Morris at Heathfield]

I would imagine that a custom run of tartan could be had for the price of a custom run of tartan, no matter what thread count you specify. I don't think a tartan with a particular thread count would be any less difficult to set up than one with the same count doubled.