Tartan tweed

[be da veva]

Hi Matt,

I'm interested in a tartan tweed kilt. I have seen on your website that they are available in modern, ancient and weathered. Could hunting also be done?
Are there any pics of what the tartan might look like? ( I know they will make it as close as they can, but just looking for an idea of what it could look like.)
The tartan would be Lindsay.
Any help will really be appreciated.
Thanks

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Thanks, Eric, for the question. Harris tweed tartan kilts are amazing, and certainly a little bit different! I think they are beautiful for country wear, though I have known some to wear them to formal occasions to make a statement.

First, I will address your question about hunting tartans.

Modern, ancient, weathered, and so forth are terms that reflect different color schemes. Essentially, do you want this tartan woven with dark, bold colors, or soft, faded colors?

For example, if you look here on Lochcarron's page, you will see the Lindsay tartan in ancient, modern, and weathered shades.
http://lochcarron.com/tartanstrome/lindsay.html

It is obviously the same tartan design, just woven in different hues of the prescribed colors.

There are other terms used in talking about tartan that reflect more than just a simple choice of color palette. For example, dress and hunting are used to refer to completely different tartans.

A hunting tartan is one that is used as an alternate to the normal clan tartan, typically woven in greens and blues, sometimes brown.

Sometimes a hunting tartan is the same as the clan tartan, with one color changed. For example, the Hunting Hamilton is the same as the standard Hamilton tartan with red changed to green. Other times the hunting tartan is a completely different tartan altogether. For example, the Hunting Robertson is entirely different than the red Robertson tartan - the former is based on the Black Watch and has its origins as a military tartan.

There is, in fact, no Hunting Lindsay tartan. However, if you wanted to create one for your own purposes, I could always have the tartan woven for you with green in place of the normal burgundy of the Lindsay. However, it is that burgundy color which makes the Lindsay tartan so attractive and distinctive, so I think my recommendation would be just to leave it as it is.

We can go either way, though. Just let me know what you'd prefer!

[tulloch]

Hey Matt - is there a stock of Harris woven tartan out there? Not that I could ever afford it but I love the stuff myself. How would one make inquiries about a particular tartan and weight? To whom?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Hey Matt - is there a stock of Harris woven tartan out there? Not that I could ever afford it but I love the stuff myself. How would one make inquiries about a particular tartan and weight? To whom?

I am having mine all woven to order. So that being said, I can get just about any tartan you need woven, with the exception of the small minority of modernly designed tartans which may have copyright considerations.

Most of the kilts I make are in heavy worsted tartan cloth, not tweed. But I have done a few in Harris tweed tartan. Here is a Stephenson Hunting one.

[Standard]

Oh, that is very, very nice.

[Black Watch]

Hi,

I just found this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/harris-twe...item25696ad019

looks really nice

Mike

[piperdbh]

I'm removing this post. I didn't see that it was in the Newhouse Highland sub-forum before I posted a link to another business.


Move along, now. There's nothing to see here.

[tulloch]

Thank you for the link.

Is there something wrong with me that I get so excited at the feel and look of Harris tartan? Wow.

[piperdbh]

Is there something wrong with me that I get so excited at the feel and look of Harris tartan? Wow.

Yes. The problem is that you don't have enough of the Harris tweed.

[be da veva]

Hi Matt,

I already have a kilt in the Modern and Ancient version. But a search on the net has brought up a hunting version and I couldn't find it in anywhere in the registries (sp). (but I do remember seeing a kiltmaker on the net selling one...)(EDIT: found it
http://kiltsbylindsay.co.uk/products...ay-tartan.html)

Here's a link for a scarf in hunting lindsay
http://www.elegantextras.co.uk/conte...rves_caps.html
this one from heritage of scotland
http://www.heritageofscotland.com/ta...121,tartan.php
scotweb has it too
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartan/Lindsay-Hunting/57932

Is it a lindsay or some other tartan that has been renamed for some reason?

I really want to know which is why I'm asking a pro...