Hi Graham

The Antarctica tartan is really gorgeouos, and it has a companion, the Arctic tartan, which is more dark blue and less white. My daughter dances and pipes in her Antarctica kilt (and she's been to Antarctica, which is why she likes it so much!!), and her best friend dances in the Arctic tartan, both pleated to the stripe. They look really great together. Some time when they're both home together, I'll get a pic of the two kilts and post it.

If you're interested in either tartan, it was designed by Ros Jones on the Isle of Mull, and she sells it from Mull at http://www.celtictartans.com/our_own_tartans.htm
The web site describes what all the colors mean. She's also designed an Isle of Mull tartan based on the geology of Mull - really neat tartan in unusual colors. The picture on her web site doesn't do the colors justice - the green is really much more a mossy green than the web site shows (at least on my monitor). All of her tartans are woven by D.C. Dalgliesh, and they're a very nice light-medium weight tartan (about 12 oz) and come double width. No kilting selvedge, I'm afraid, but it's light enough that a hem is invisible.

Sale of the Antarctica tartan helps raise funds for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust.

Cheers!

Barb