13 June 2012

I was just informed that my kilt is rare and no one is allowed to weave that tartan anymore. Cool. Except I found this out as I was trying to purchase a sash to match it. So it makes me sad. The gentleman on the phone (very Scottish) gave me many options about finding a company who could weave it. They will likely be very expensive, as they were all actually in Scotland. I must now do some research. I don't intend to spend more than fifty or sixty dollars on this endeavor, so I'm expecting this search to come up fruitless.

It's call the pride of Scotland.

2 comments:

Abby said...

That's interesting. No one is "allowed"? What does that mean? I honestly wouldn't know one tartan weave from another. Nice looking kilt, though.

Larz said...

I guess it's got a sort of copyright or something. Whoever came up with the particular pattern decided not to keep sharing it. Which is strange, because according to Scottish Ralph every time a weaver uses a custom pattern, people get royalties for it. *Shrug* Ah well.