trying to ID this off of ebay

**Downix** · 22nd February 09, 07:47 AM

Found an auction with this fabric. Was curious what it was, if anything. Finished my own kilt, eye'ing some fabric to practice more.

**george7** · 22nd February 09, 08:05 AM

Looks like MacFashion

**Downix** · 22nd February 09, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by georgeblack7

Looks like MacFashion

That was my guess, but thought it couldn't hurt to check and see if it was someones family/military unit/fraternity/etc. Of course once I get it, then the thing becomes "who will get it when I'm through with it."

**Chas** · 22nd February 09, 08:48 AM

Hi All,

I think you both are correct. If I understand these things correctly, to be a tartan, the warp and the weft have got to be the same - this fabric isn't, so it must be a fashion plaid.

Regards

Chas

**randal** · 22nd February 09, 08:59 AM

It seems to me it might be McFlannel

**Barb T** · 22nd February 09, 09:34 AM

It's also not a twill weave.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 22nd February 09, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

Hi All,

I think you both are correct. If I understand these things correctly, to be a tartan, the warp and the weft have got to be the same - this fabric isn't, so it must be a fashion plaid.

Regards

Chas

You are generally correct on that point, however there are a few asymmetrical clan tartans, but I cannot remember which ones they are at the moment.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 23rd February 09, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Carolina Kiltman

You are generally correct on that point, however there are a few asymmetrical clan tartans, but I cannot remember which ones they are at the moment.

Just a point of clarification - asymmetrical does not mean that the warp and weft are different. It means that the sett pattern does not reverse itself when it repeats.

Let's say your tartan pattern is "ABCD," where each letter here represents a stripe of color. A symmetrical tartan, which is most common, would run like this in both the warp and weft.

A B C D C B A B C D C B A etc...

An asymmetrical tartan would run like this, again in both warp and weft.

A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D etc...

Whereas a tartan with a different warp and weft might run something like this.
Warp: A B C D C B A B C D C B A etc...
Weft: E F G H G F E F G H G F E etc...

The tartan in the original post closely resembles a dress MacDuff in certain respects, but everyone is correct, it is a fashion tartan, and the different warp and weft is the biggest clue.