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9th February 10, 02:56 PM
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Help Me Choose a Tartan!
So here's my dilemma:
I need a kilt. And by a kilt I mean of course another kilt. And by another kilt I mean of course a tank. I'm in a bit of a sticky situation because there's no real obvious tartan choice for me, so help me choose!
A little background. My background is Welsh, English and German, with my family name, Price, being Welsh. Bruce has been used as a second (middle, for the Americans out there) name for men in my family for generations but I'm not sure if there's a Scottish connection. In fact, I didn't think much about Scotland until I moved here unexpectedly with my wife nearly 4 years ago. We had our first child here and it's become about the most important place in the world to me.
The problem: There's a Price Welsh tartan which would suit me very well, except that it doesn't really look like a traditional tartan, and I feel a bit weird buying a pattern I know was made up only recently in order to drive sales to sentimental pseudo-Scots (which I may or may not be, I'm not really sure yet.) The other problem is that the quality of the fabric from the Welsh mill is not that great, so I'd have to have it woven in Scotland, adding to the cost.*
Other options I've thought about are the Bruce tartan, since the name is important in my family, or the Wallace tartan, since Wallace does mean "Welsh", and my son was born on 11 Sept. (You know why that date's important, right?)
I'm going to do a little more poking around in my genealogy, I realize I may need a bit more to go on before I make this decision. What are your thoughts? What do you think about Welsh tartans in general? What sort of reasoning do those of you without Scottish blood have for the tartan you wear?
*Scotweb's website says they have some 16 oz Price Welsh tartan woven by Bately in stock. I read that mill shut down last year, so I assume they've only got a limited amount left. If I go with the Price family tartan, that could save me special weaving costs. I should add that my wife really likes the Price tartan.
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