Favorite NON-Clan tartans?

**kennethrmc** · 25th October 10, 10:56 PM

Clergy Green
Isle of Skye

**figheadair** · 25th October 10, 11:43 PM

An early C18th pattern from South Uist

**Geoff Withnell** · 26th October 10, 03:22 AM

Leatherneck
Isle of Skye
Albannoch
American Heritage

I am assuming since Black Watch is also Campbell it would not qualify as non-clan.

Geoff Withnell

**ForresterModern** · 26th October 10, 03:20 AM

Mine are:

IOS
Maple Leaf
Ancient Caledonia
Black Isle

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 26th October 10, 04:37 AM

My first ever kilt was in the Scottish National tartan, Alan, and even though I sold that kilt long ago, I still like the tartan and have a silk neck tie in it, just to remind me of that first kilt.

Most of the non-clan tartans I wear currently are those I have some connection to. I wear the Carolina tartan, as I am a native son and lifetime resident of North Carolina. I have a kilt in the Mull tartan, both because of fond memories honeymooning on the Isle of Mull and also because I just happen to favor the tartan design. I wear a handful of other non-clan tartans with meanings significant to me.

In terms of purely fashion tartans, working in the trade I often encounter tartans that I think are rather attractive (for example, I really favor Lochcarron's new Auld Scotland tartan). But I resist purchasing them because, well, if I had a kilt in every tartan I liked it would be a bit overkill!

But there was one I couldn't pass up. I fell in love with Lochcarron's Highland Granite tartan when I first saw it, and then shortly thereafter discovered that they had a short length of it in their Hew Hampshire facility at a discounted sale price. I couldn't resist!

**denmcdough** · 26th October 10, 05:05 AM

Isle of Skye
Ireland's National
Scottish National
Irish National
Green Shadow tartan

There are many more that I crave but, like Matt, if I bought every tartan I loved, then it would be total overkill, consume my house and my paycheck.

**Kilt_Em_All** · 26th October 10, 05:21 AM

I've only really got two kilts - one in the family tartan and one in my favorite non-clan tartan - Holyrood. There's just something about that tartan that just demanded I have a kilt in it.

-Elliott

**Piglet** · 26th October 10, 05:32 AM

I'm quite a fan of the Hebridean collection from House of Edgar. Must admit some tartans give me a bit of a headache when I'm sewing them, but he Hebridean Cairn and Heather etc are quite calming!

**Barb T** · 26th October 10, 06:17 AM

Isle of Mull of course!! The colors are based on the colors of the various rocks in the bedrock of the Isle of Mull:

Antarctica:

Scottish American (absolutely fabulous pleated to the white stripe) - not the best photo below - I'll try to hunt one up that shows the tartan better.