What's this tartan? Monday morning fun

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 17th January 11, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

Here, as they say, is one I made earlier. A hand dyed silk shawl. Anyone want to guess the tartan. Matt you're not allowed to play for obvious reasons.

**figheadair** · 18th January 11, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Just wanted to give everyone else a chance

but by all means have a crack at the second one

**figheadair** · 18th January 11, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by RockyR

VERY Similar to Grant Red. I searched the STA and the closest I came up with was Grant of Redcastle (A WOB tartan), though I don't think that's right either.

It's the same type of sett but no, not Grant.

Originally Posted by davidlpope

I don't think that's it- the very fine red, blue, white lines are tough to place. Likewise, I think that the "cinnamon" color (madder?) in Peter's weave is supposed to be that particular color and not "weathered green", etc. This is a tough one!

It is supposed to that colour in this weaving - my choice. The colour was obtained from crotal, the west coast lichen that gave old Harris Tweed its fantastic smell. Similarly, this piece has an amazing aroma.

**davidlpope** · 18th January 11, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

It is supposed to that colour in this weaving - my choice. The colour was obtained from crotal, the west coast lichen that gave old Harris Tweed its fantastic smell. Similarly, this piece has an amazing aroma.

Peter, so that I understand, the crotal dyed yarn in this tartan (rusty brown) = green in the threadcount?

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 18th January 11, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

Just wanted to give everyone else a chance

but by all means have a crack at the second one

I'll admit that the first one I recognized immediately, however this second one is much more of a challenge.

I'll put in a guess with Stewart of Ardshiel. I'm not 100% certain of that.

**figheadair** · 18th January 11, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

I'll admit that the first one I recognized immediately, however this second one is much more of a challenge.

I'll put in a guess with Stewart of Ardshiel. I'm not 100% certain of that.

Spot on. Off to the too good corner for you.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 18th January 11, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

Spot on. Off to the too good corner for you.

Wonderful! That one was my best guess, even though what I was seeing in the STA database didn't seem to exactly match what I was seeing in your woven sample.

The "coral" as described in the STA's threadcount looks a definitive pink on the monitor, but in the picture of your woven sample those stripes (to me) look white.

Likewise what is clearly a blue in your woven sample (the darker blue, not the azure), looked flat-out black in the image in the STA database. It was not until I opened up the design ticket and had a look at the thread count that I saw the color was described as "midnight" (a very dark shade of blue).*

In any case, I guessed it had to be Stewart of Ardshiel because of the distinctiveness of the overall design. I'm glad I was correct!

*Just to show how things can look different on different monitors, on my desktop that "midnight" color looks black, whereas when I view the same tartan file on my laptop I can clearly tell it is a dark blue.

**RockyR** · 17th January 11, 11:27 AM

VERY Similar to Grant Red. I searched the STA and the closest I came up with was Grant of Redcastle (A WOB tartan), though I don't think that's right either.

**davidlpope** · 17th January 11, 11:48 AM

I don't think that's it- the very fine red, blue, white lines are tough to place. Likewise, I think that the "cinnamon" color (madder?) in Peter's weave is supposed to be that particular color and not "weathered green", etc. This is a tough one!