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Sett pattern - add and arrange colours
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The great majority of tartans have setts that use a reversing or mirrored symmetry. This means the sequence of colour bands runs one way, then pivots and repeats itself in reverse. The pivot colours at the ends do not double up. So a threadcount described as 2Green-4Red-6Black would actually be woven as 2Green-4Red-6Black-4Red-2Green-4Red… and (More...)
A tartan’s sett is the area covered by one repeat of its pattern. Its dimensions are relative rather than absolute. The actual size will depend on factors such as the material it is being produced in, and its intended use. (It will be far smaller woven for a silk tie than painted on an aircraft (More...)
Arranging your colour sequence
You arrange the bands of colour in your tartan design simply by moving their sliders - just click-and-drag the entire slider bar up or downwards. You can also create a new colour band in your design by dropping a colour from the Use panel anywhere in the sequence. To identify which slider bar you need to (More...)Thread Counts (colour band widths)
You can adjust the width of each band of colour in two ways. Either click-and-drag the ‘handle’ of any slider bar to the left or right. Or type a number into its counter box to the right of each. Note that the count will always increment in steps of two, as tartans are almost always (More...)