Piece of the month - What do you see

**Chas** · 5th December 10, 06:04 AM

Do we get to ask questions with a yes/no type answer? Or does it all have to be all our observations?

Either way, my first observation is that the piece was hand woven.

Secondly the threadcount seems to have gone awry in the first picture.

Regards

Chas

**figheadair** · 5th December 10, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Chas

Do we get to ask questions with a yes/no type answer? Or does it all have to be all our observations?

Either way, my first observation is that the piece was hand woven.

Secondly the threadcount seems to have gone awry in the first picture.

Regards

Chas

Hummmm!

Let's leave the Y/N questions for now as see if others will quote your comments and add their own and so on. That way we should build a comprehensive picture. If things go seriously off I'll get things back on track.

One thing I will offer is that the warp was roughly 22" wide.

**artificer** · 5th December 10, 07:57 AM

having read your other papers on early tartans, I'm forced to wonder if the sett is nearly the full 44" across, with the half sett taking up the full warp.

Although I need to qualify my guess by saying that I'm not a fabric guy, so I am, to a certain degree, flying blind.

**figheadair** · 5th December 10, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by artificer

having read your other papers on early tartans, I'm forced to wonder if the sett is nearly the full 44" across, with the half sett taking up the full warp.

Although I need to qualify my guess by saying that I'm not a fabric guy, so I am, to a certain degree, flying blind.

I've added a couple more pictures to post #1 that should help clarify things.