Grrrr! A frustrating choice

[Rex_Tremende]

I apologise for beating this horse, but I'm having trouble in seeing past the assumptions that I've made above (ya, ya, I'm gettin' old). Please point out where my thinking is in err. Pictures and hand puppets could help.

There have been a few discussions about this tartan in other threads. I'm hoping Mein does not mind, but here's a photo depicting the problem:



At the bottom of the photo, you'll notice that the horizontal stripe is rotated, which shows the point where the other half of the tartan begins (and has been spilt off). But the vertical stripe is not rotated, so rotating the tartan makes it not match up end to end, and flipping over to the wrong side it makes the twill not line up.

At least I think that's the problem.

If it were my vest, I'd do it on the bias and not worry about it.

Regards,
Rex.

[Barb T]

There have been a few discussions about this tartan in other threads. I'm hoping Mein does not mind, but here's a photo depicting the problem:



At the bottom of the photo, you'll notice that the horizontal stripe is rotated, which shows the point where the other half of the tartan begins (and has been spilt off). But the vertical stripe is not rotated, so rotating the tartan makes it not match up end to end, and flipping over to the wrong side it makes the twill not line up.

At least I think that's the problem.

If it were my vest, I'd do it on the bias and not worry about it.

Regards,
Rex.

This is a serious problem with the original weaving run of the tartan. You also wouldn't be able to make a proper kilt out of it, either.