Strathspey Tartan - A re-used plaid

[figheadair]

Just finished a paper on the so-called Strathspey tartan. An interesting original specimen.

[Tarheel]

Good paper Peter (as if there were bad ones). I am wow-ed at the color. If this was a homespun, for a son that was off to battle, there was love in the weaving such a fine cloth. Thank you again for your fine work.

[davidlpope]

Peter,

A very interesting read. Thanks.

Mere conjecture on my part, but I wonder if the triple stripes weren't just the decision of a lazy weaver when confronted with the regular 42nd sett: "Alternate 2 and 4 black stripes every other half-sett? Nah, that's too complicated! I'm going to split the difference and simply do 3 black striped on every blue field..."

[figheadair]

Peter,

A very interesting read. Thanks.

Mere conjecture on my part, but I wonder if the triple stripes weren't just the decision of a lazy weaver when confronted with the regular 42nd sett: "Alternate 2 and 4 black stripes every other half-sett? Nah, that's too complicated! I'm going to split the difference and simply do 3 black striped on every blue field..."

David, it's possible, we'll never know. The other possibility was that it was deliberate act to make it easier to align the two halves of the plaid meaning that there would be less waste and therefore less material required.

[Luke MacGillie]

When you think, just to supply "Kilted" troops in North America between 1756-1763, they needed 48,000 yards of tartan every other year, not to mention the units raised for service on the Continent or Fencible regiments.......

Im sure there was some variation from weaver to weaver.