The swatches I ordered December 18th finally came in. I am going to order a few more in the more popular universal setts in the fullness of time.

I am very curious to see a good close-up photo of "traditional" purling. I have a hunch having random amounts of different colors in each purl might be quite pleasing to the eye; I want to see it so I can figure it out and try it on one or another swatch in my own workshop.

This one is LochCarron Strome (16oz) Clan Scott modern Green.

The swatch looks really really dark compared to fringed:



Diving right in without counting first I purled one side six threads at a time, 3+3. Looks OK, but I don't like the effect of alternating single solid red purl versus two barber pole red purls at the other end of the sett. I don't know if there is anything wrong with it, I just don't like it.



I noticed there was hardly any contrast between the green, black and blue when I combined those colors in in individual purls, so I did the other edge of the swatch, 4+4 style, mostly monochrome. The narrow yellow stripes are four threads wide, but the thread count came out even.