Custom colors for a custom weave of MacRurie tartan

[Barb T]

Thought I'd make a post about a recent custom weave that nicely illustrates two things: 1) a tartan sett can be woven in a variety of shades of the specified colors (beyond the standard Modern, Ancient, or Repro/Weathered!) and 2) seemingly unlikely colors can combine to make a sensational weave.

Last fall, I had a customer who was interested in a custom weave of the MacRurie tartan. As most of you know, D.C. Dalgliesh will weave a single kilt length, and they offer three standard color palettes for the MacRurie, as shown below:

Modern MacRurie



Ancient MacRurie



Reproduction MacRurie (akin to the Weathered MacRurie)



My customer wasn't fond of the standard colors and asked if he could see other options for the red, green, and yellow. So, I asked Dalgliesh if they would send threads, which I passed on to my client. He chose the following three colors: a dark green, a deep purplish maroon, and a very bright orange.







I'm not going to lie. I would not have picked these myself and was not sure this would come off well. But....holy schmoly!!!! The tartan is FABULOUS! If you want to see the finished kilt, you can go to the following post: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...51#post1271651