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The Connelly Tartan

Many people have now asked why we don´t as yet have our own tartan. There has in fact been some research done into it but as yet there has been no firm agreement as to which form it should take. We are now looking for suggestions. Please contact us and let us know your thoughts. Feel free to send in your suggestions or post ideas on your blog or site and send us the link.

Some thoughts on the process

The sett size or pattern must be between 5 and 7 inches which is required for pleating to the sett for kilting. Thread numbers should be around 240 (6 inches at 40 epi) for 15oz wool or 300 - 350 (6 inches at 50 epi) for medium weight to produce the ideal sett size. The interactive weaver automatically mirrors the sett to make it symmetrical: therefore the numbers of threads you insert do not make up the total threadcount - your total threads inserted are almost doubled in the total count. Threads should always be even in number as the loom takes the thread across and back before finishing it off We recommend that four or more threads are used per colour as two appear as a broken line. Before commencing with a weave we check the design against the Scottish Tartans Authority data base for similarities which may affect a successful registration although this is not a guarantee of success. Here is one suggestion, produced on the House of Tartan website, which is by far the most professional and cost effective which we have found to date.