Pink Tartan?

[rpeters]

Hello Rabble!

Does anyone know if there is a tartan with mostly pink or pink and purple? My wife has caught the kilt bug and she wants something a little feminine (read: girly ). Any help would be appreciated!!

[bluebonnet]

Hi Rpeters, welcome and hello from Alberta Canada... my little granddaughter is a highland dancer and we've just gone through the pink and purple tartan phase...whew... there was a huge selection... search for Celticmom's thread on her wee one's kilt making... it is the prettiest pink/rasberry tartan ...

[McElmurry]

There is no colour code for pink but I put pink in the keyword search and the Ferret returned the following.

http://www.tartansauthority.com/tart...key=Pink#pages

[OC Richard]

Thanks for that link!

BTW I thought that in tartan terminology "rose" was normally used rather than "pink", though I could be wrong.

I note that in the slideshow style sequence of images in the upper right, lovely examples of mid-19th century Highland Dress from The Highlanders of Scotland alternate with generally dull (and in several cases, hideous) modern Highland Dress. I wonder what point they're trying to make....

[Highlander31]

How about this? From the Wizard of B.C., and modeled by Panache's Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess (F-H.C.A.G.)




Here's the link to the thread, if you care to see more.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-review-43443/

[CDNSushi]

The problem, with "pink death" (pink camo) fabric, as I understand it, is that it's no longer available, and the source for it has possible dried up. But let's just say that if it became available again, MY wife would probably like something made from it (like a mini-kilt or something).

I've checked the Scottish Tartan Register, and came up with "Aisla Pink" - a fashion (dance) tartan (STA ref: 7587).

Also, try "Kyle Pink" STA:7588 or "Sunart Pink" STA:7586.

[figheadair]

Thanks for that link!

BTW I thought that in tartan terminology "rose" was normally used rather than "pink", though I could be wrong.

I note that in the slideshow style sequence of images in the upper right, lovely examples of mid-19th century Highland Dress from The Highlanders of Scotland alternate with generally dull (and in several cases, hideous) modern Highland Dress. I wonder what point they're trying to make....

Rose was a Wilsons' term for a particular shade of light red, they also used pink and bloom which one might also describe as pink.

[figheadair]

Pink is but any pale shade of red i.e. a light red. Historically red was such a prized colour that any shade was desirable and the other shades would be balanced accordingly. Here and here are examples of old tartans that used a lighter red that today we might called pink. This does not mean that that shade would have always been used. Each dyeing depended on the amount of yarn to be dyed vs. the amount of dyestuff. A further weaving much have had quite different results and it was not really until Wilsons' came on the scene that there was an attempt to standardise shades.

None of this helps the OP of course as these examples are not commercially available.

[creagdhubh]

There is no colour code for pink but I put pink in the keyword search and the Ferret returned the following.

http://www.tartansauthority.com/tart...key=Pink#pages

Well done! Loads of pink and purple tartans there.

[RogerWS76]

You can find a Pink Stewart at Sportkilt.com!