Tartan Design Questions

[Todd Bradshaw]

FYI the Scotweb Tartan Designer puts the sett size of our tartan at 6.5". The yarn count is 278 yarns to make up a sett. The design software uses half of that, as it adds a mirror image of the pattern you design to make the sett (so you'll actually be picking around 140 different yarns in colors of your choosing for the design). Two different Dalgliesh-woven versions of our design in heavyweight wool came out accurately at about 6.5" sett size. Since lighter cloth is made from thinner thread, lighter weights of the same yarn count will have a slightly narrower sett. Our Marton Mills 13 oz. versions of the same tartan and yarn count come out with about a 6" sett.