Confirming Poll for NYS Tartan Proposal

[Wompet]

I have to go with Option #1 again.
Despite the modification/simplification of option/design #2, I can't see it pleating well. Pleating to the sett might be doable, but to the stripe doesn't look workable. So box pleats, military box pleats, or just pleating to the stripe are out.
As for option #3 - I see the same problems pleating it. Also,

.... I don't really see NY as a 'red' tartan state.

New York is only that red maybe one, two weeks out of the year, tops. It's beautiful and breathtaking, but we're green and blue for so much more of the year.

And 'though I'm going with #1, I still prefer the "Heart of NY 1a":


And what Beerbecue did with the St. Andrew Society of NY tartan looks good ...

... and it doesn't look like any of the St. Andrews tartans in the Scottish Register of Tartans or the Scottish Tartans Authority.

[dfmacliam]

And 'though I'm going with #1, I still prefer the "Heart of NY 1a":

I really like this design, myself. Though I am not from New York, and I will not vote officially, I have ties, since my biological dad is from the Buffalo area and my Grandmother was born on the Cattaraugus Reservation (my Mohawk blood).

[Bob C]

#1 is the only one of these I find palatable at all. #3 looks like the tablecloth we use in the autumn.

[Galician]

I'm coming in a bit late on this, but looking at the choices again, I agree that #1 is eye-grabbing and welldone. But No. 3 does give a warmth I like, even in its various shades. Amble is right in that the Maple is almost a part of our landscape as it is for certain people to the north of us.

Comparison of Gov. Paterson to a Clan Chief makes me wonder if there has even been a Lame Duck Clan Chief.

[tooltruckguy]

I originally voted for the winner. But I voted for the option 3 this time. I really like the muted look and colors of that tartan!!!!!!