Some of you may remember me mentioning about a month and half back that Matt Newsome was designing a family tartan for the Sackett family. Well, two and a half weeks ago my family made our final selection from the designs Matt had produced, payment was made, and the pattern was sent to Locharron for weaving.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sackett tartan:

Sorry 'bout the large size - I didn't resize before putting in on the web. Also, it looks a lot darker on some screens than it does printed out.

The brown and green represent the ties the Sacketts have to the land. For over four hundred years the Sacketts have been landowners, farmers, pioneers in some cases, but always associated with green fields and forests and dark brown soil. The black and grey are the colors of the Sackett coat of arms, but the black also symbolizes how serious and dedicated we can be at times - the family motto is "Either do not attempt, or complete," with the unstated "You are going to complete this." The gray could and may have various interpretations, depending on whom I'm talking to; I won't bore you with them (unless you're really interested).

Oh, since some of you are wondering - "What took you a week and a half to post the tartan?"

  • I could have waited another twelve to fourteen weeks, when the cloth should be woven,
  • Or another X weeks, until Matt had made the first Sackett kilt and I had it in hand, but
  • I was trying for this to be my 250th post. Why? One of the possible origins of the name Sackett is that it came from combining the Anglo-Saxon "sacq" (warrior) with the Norman-French derivative "-ett." Literally, I would be the descendent of the Warrior.