Quote Originally Posted by CDNSushi View Post
Wow, you learn something new every day. Now at the risk of exposing my ignorance, could someone explain HOW it's possible that a tartan might have more than one sett size? I was under the impression that sett size was determined by thread count... And if you alter the thread count, are you not then changing the name/design of the tartan itself? Or is it simply just a matter of doubling or halving the thread count to obtain the larger or smaller sett size?
The thread count is a fixed formula, but there is no reason why it can't be doubled/trebled etc , as long as the actual propotions remain the same.
A client wanted a kilt done in St Kilda which is a small red/ black sett, I got D Dalgleish to enlarge the sett so that red lines were about 1 cm wide, it looked great when it was finished, not at all like a table cloth!