Jeff: I find it interesting/puzzling that Lochcarron, or any mill, would weave a color variation of a tartan (Douglas, in this case) and give it the name of another tartan (Douglas, Black) with a different thread count. To me that spells C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N. Is that unprecedented? Am I missing something?

That's even worse than red being orange and purple being blue! ;-)

PS: On a tangential note, Kathy Lare just finished a Douglas (WCWM) kilt and plaid for my son, Joe. The tartan was woven by Dalgliesh. Joe is on travel, so we haven't seen it, yet. We'll drive down to Kathy's and pick it up on Friday, and will post pictures ASAP.