Okay, how cool is this: CMcG posted a youtube clip on Nick's Dalgliesh thread, and on the start of the clip is my tartan in the loom. Oh, and I actually get to see it several more times throughout the frame. It was made in December, and we had 24 yards made in the MacDonagh tartan. How do I know it was mine? Come on, how many MacDonah tartans are floating around out there? Besides, we had it woven in a lighter shade of green, which this definitely is. Thanks Colin for the post!
That is a very interesting video. In fact it is one of the best I've seen at explaining how the threads are actually prepared and loaded onto the loom. I'm sure for you it is doubly so if it is your tartan being woven.
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Standard, yes, it's very interesting. I never knew making a tartan was so complicated. And I'd have to believe that it WAS my tartan on the loom....proper shade, special weave, and not too many of these around.
Awesome. So far they continue to be my favorite mill, the tartan is always beautiful!
But I never knew that they would special weave orders of 4 yards!!!!
I just had a client who had to have 10 meters woven to get his family tartan.
I hope Nick keeps the 4 yard minimum going if he can. I for one will make it a point to take advantage of it.
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Fascinating video! Thanks for posting. I never realized that weaving was so complicated and required such skilled craft. It makes me appreciate my tartan and kilts even more.
For me it's a near tragedy that clips of this quality have no subtitles; I'd dearly like to know what the narrator said, but because of my peculiar hearing loss I could not understand even one word.
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