Modern weathered tartans

[chrisupyonder]

Did anyone see this. It shows how quickly a modern tartan mill can set up the weaving machines to make any tartan. I do not normally watch Gok's programs but the tartan weaving caught my attention. It was the Lochcarron mill.Gok's Clothes Roadshow (Fashion)
Channel 4
Tuesday 15th February 2011, 20:00 to 21:00
episode 4
"Brix heads to the Highlands of Scotland to see how the iconic - and currently very fashionable kilt - is made."
I cannot find anywhere to watch online though.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/g...es-1/episode-4
For any given colour they have hundreds of shades of wool yarn.
The point is that as long as they can get a sample of actual cloth then they can reproduce it but if all they have is a photo then the actual shades can vary. They can also do short runs I believe.
The second point is that I don't think it is the mills wanting to produce more tartans, it is the sellers that decide what they can sell and weathered tartans are open to interpretation whereas the modern tartans are pretty much standard no matter which mill is doing the weaving.