Quote Originally Posted by zazenkilter View Post
Yes, do read David again, he said that some times when the thread count is changed to much IT IS HARD TO ID THE TARTAN.......
That was my point. when you change the thread count, you run the risk of change to the tartan as it was designed, and have in fact plagerised the tartan and make something that it not... a number of your mates have read what they please and not what was asked.
The question was not how do you redesign the sett, it was how to make it smaller, the wt of the thread used will do that with out changing the sett GO UP
Gary, the post that you made was completely incorrect and misleading,

you said :Originally Posted by zazenkilter View Post
Sett size gives the formula that is made of thread count and colours used to make a tartan. once the formula is sett and registered, IT CAN NOT BE CHANGED and be what it was named as, to change the formula or sett, you will make a completely new tartan. the only way the set is changed is the ounce of the thread used to make the tartan. a 10 oz is smaller, therefore the tartan sett size is smaller then aa 22 oz thread and so on...there is NO OTHER WAY TO change the sett size for a given named tartan. hope this helps you. You can always create a new tartan based on an original tartan, by change in the number of threads per colour and repeat the pattern, but if it is to close to the original tartan the Registry of Tartan, may not pass if for registration.

It is that point which several of us have had an issue with, the threadcount is not a product of the size of thread used, it is independant of anythickness of thread, whether fine silk or heavy rope, as long as the count is followed, the "tartan" name remains the same and as registered, and whether or not the numbers or doubled ( or tripled or anythign greater) as long as the ratio is followed everything is still good