Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
What defines the tartan is a combination of the pattern and colors, and if you change all the numbers in the thread count proportionally, the pattern (and therefore the tartan) remain the same.
I've never understood why anyone has any trouble with this concept. In a recipe 4 ounces of fat and 8 ounces of flour is seen to be proportional. In other words, you want more pastry and you size the recipe up! The thread count works the same way but some simply do not see it. 4 parts (threads) red to 8 parts green is the same as 8 parts red to 16 parts green. Perhaps we should have called it the THREADS (plural) count