History of Prince of Wales Tartan

[highlander_Daz]

He didnt display the optional travel rug and biscuit tin.

actually its quite a nice Tartan, I sometimes play in a pipe band that wears Black Stuart (which is similar) and they have nice Kilts made at the House of Edgar,

[GlassMan]

LOL but I have found a site that makes custom dog/cat collars, dog harnesses, leashes & doggie coats in your choice of tartans!

http://www.kiltiecollars.com/

I'm actually tempted to get one... for my dog of course, smart-alek!

[Prester John]

All in all, I think I like it too!

[GlassMan]

With so much red & green it's just too bad I can't get it here before Christmas.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

This tartan actually has its origins in the Duke of Rothesay tartan, first seen in a kilt dating from the 1840s. The Duke of Rothesay hunting tartan was made by simply reversing the red and green -- we know this variation existed at least by the 1940s.

ITI notes on the Price of Wales tartan indicate that this was originally supposed to be the Duke of Rothesay hunting tartan, but a mistake was made in the white pivot, and the resulting new tartan was called "Prince of Wales."

Weaving errors are responsible for more "new" tartans than most people know!

Matt

[Kiltman]

[QUOTE=M. A. C. Newsome

ITI notes on the Price of Wales tartan indicate that this was originally supposed to be the Duke of Rothesay hunting tartan, but a mistake was made in the white pivot, and the resulting new tartan was called "Prince of Wales."

Weaving errors are responsible for more "new" tartans than most people know!

Matt[/QUOTE]

Matt,
What other tartans are the result of weaving errors?

I very much like the stateliness of the Prince of Wales tartan.

[GlassMan]

That's really cool. I like the idea that it came out of a mistake!