Ancient or Modern?

[Hothir Ethelnor]

If the colours are light and pastel with the red turning orange then your swatch is "ancient"

If on the other hand the colours are dark with a blackish navy blue and a deep green and a bright scarlet red then you have a swatch of "modern" colours.

And I'm not speaking out of knowledge here perhaps it's a good question for Nick I'll ask him.

When getting a custom run of cloth made can you specify the colours used even to the point of sending in yarn swatches or is that too much of a hassle to try and keep track of? Let's say I wanted my clan tartan (MacDonell of Keppoch) but I wanted custom shades woven by glena could I ask for a weathered red, mixed with a modern green and royal blue? Or do you have to stick to stock shades when handling orders not placed using the tartan designer.

[Nick Fiddes]

When getting a custom run of cloth made can you specify the colours used even to the point of sending in yarn swatches or is that too much of a hassle to try and keep track of? Let's say I wanted my clan tartan (MacDonell of Keppoch) but I wanted custom shades woven by glena could I ask for a weathered red, mixed with a modern green and royal blue? Or do you have to stick to stock shades when handling orders not placed using the tartan designer.

D C Dalgliesh who produce most of our glena fabrics for us can weave in almost any shades you specify, provided they have a suitable yarn... otherwise special dying would add significantly to the price. We are currently working on setting up arrangements with them to be able to provide yarn samples, since swatches are obviously not possible with a special weave. We expect to make these a chargeable product, which would be refundable against an eventual order as with swatches.

[Mad Mick]

Nick,
Thanks for the replies. Can you just tell me though, so that I can try and get my head around the differences in shade etc, does this mean that my MacDiarmid Modern (from Lochcarron) swatch that I received from Scotweb would in fact have been the MacDiarmid Ancient (on the basis that you suggest above a special weave swatch is not an option)? I don't have a problem with it if this is the case, it just gives me an idea regarding colours etc.