A New Tartan Design - Comments?

[Morgan of Seattle]

I've been working on a Tartan Design to honor my father, Philip S. Morgan III (1934-2009). He passed away this past February. Our family has been in Maryland since the 1600's, I grew up there, and my Dad lived in Maryland all his life. So, I'm planning to call this tartan Morgan of Maryland. The tartan will be available for anyone who might want to wear it.

The design is based in part on the MacKay Clan tartan, of which Morgan is a sept, and is also influenced by the Macleod Clan tartan which the Morgan family in Maryland is connected to by marriage through the MacCabe sept.

The colors may not look quite right on computer, but these depend on the weaver anyway. The design calls for Light Green, Azure, Dark Brown, Scarlet, Blue, and Black. The sett is asymmetrical and uses 264 threads

I would appreciate any thoughts or comments, including suggestions or constructive criticism, before I register this tartan. Thanks!

[dowofbuchanan]

looks great mate ... a fitting tribute

[Arizona Scot]

I really like it, on my computer it seems almost muted like a hunting tartan. Really nice good luck on getting it produced.

[Chas]

Hi Morgan,

I like the muted colours; a cool refreshing look. Maybe I am just being stupid but I can't see how the design is asymmetrical - it looks symmetrical to me.

Regards

Chas

[MacKay71]

Looks pretty good!

[Midsmed]

Fine looking tartans you designd

[Standard]

I think it looks good. Personally I think a thin yellow line of 2 threads or so down the green on each side of the blue stripe would look nice but it looks good the way you have it. The muted colours are a nice touch too.

[Morgan of Seattle]

Hi Morgan,

I like the muted colours; a cool refreshing look. Maybe I am just being stupid but I can't see how the design is asymmetrical - it looks symmetrical to me.

Hey Chas,

You are quite right in the general sense of symmetry. In tartan, though, a sett that is called "symmetrical" repeats itself in reverse order at the end of the pattern. This one simply repeats in the same order and thus, in the special sense of tartan setts, is called "asymmetrical." The term tells the weaver not to repeat in reverse order after each sett. This is necessary to make the red and blue stripes alternate, otherwise, you'd get 2 red, 2 blue.

[English Bloke]

Who is going to produce the tartan for you?

[Morgan of Seattle]

I think it looks good. Personally I think a thin yellow line of 2 threads or so down the green on each side of the blue stripe would look nice but it looks good the way you have it. The muted colours are a nice touch too.

Thanks! I agree that a yellow stripe there would look nice, but I can't do that because the tartan is in honor of my Dad. He would never stand for anything with a yellow stripe in it.