Just curious where can I find swatches (if possible) of the US State Tartans? Thanks.
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Various States have tartans which have been officially adopted at various points.
So it's not like the Irish Counties situation where a Scottish weaver, House of Edgar, at one stroke devised tartans for all 32 Irish Counties.
I think Rocky or somebody at USA Kilts was inventing a batch of tartans for various States based on the colours of the State flags.
Ditto with the Irish County tartans. House of Edgar's Irish County tartans were "fashion tartans" in that the colours and patterns were chosen solely because they looked nice.
However each Irish County does have colours associated with it. These are the strips of the various Countys' GAA teams. And sure enough later somebody came along and invented a batch of tartans using the GAA kit colours.
Tartans based on things outside of the language of tartan rarely are very satisfying from an art design or weaver's standpoint. Tartans aren't flags. Tartans aren't coats-of-arms.
In any case I just wanted to give some background to the complicated and messy US State tartans situation.
California, for example, adopted a tartan which is a subtle variation on the Muir tartan to honour John Muir.
West Virginia adopted a tartan which is a subtle variation on a tartan shawl brought by a Scottish immigrant in the early 19th century.
You'll have to Google each state to discover all of the various stories.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
I remember several years ago when Connecticut codified a state tartan. Someone somewhere must have had it woven, because neckties were being sold at the Scotland, Connecticut Highland Games a few years ago.
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