The threadcount indicates the colour stripes of the warp and weft in sequence and the number of threads in each stripe. It has been described as the DNA of a tartan.   The designer of your tartan should be able to provide you with the threadcount or a weaver's ticket. A threadcount can also be taken from a woven sample, providing it is large enough to show the full sett. Your application must include the threadcount for your tartan otherwise it will be refused. Please ensure that the threadcount you submit is correct as it cannot be amended after the tartan has been registered. Please use the links below to access more detailed information on threadcounts and how they should...

Model wearing a kilt made from the Ryder Cup Tartan. It’s one of Scotland’s most well-recognised cultural exports, but what else is there to know about tartan other than its Scottish symbolism? CULTURE Mel Gibson in Braveheart Diana Princess of Wales even has her own Memorial Tartan, which is a pale blue and white design mated to heavily pronounced black and red grids. The “Princess Plaid” features the colours of the Union Jack and was created as a sympathetic tribute and variation of the Royal Stewart colours. Braveheart, the mid-1990s Scottish historical epic starring Mel Gibson, had a tartan specificially designed for the film by Gordon Cavell of the Islay Woollen Mill and Charles Knode of the Shepperton Studios wardrobe...

Rabbi Mendel Jacobs with a prayer shawl in the new Jewish tartan JEWS around the world with a love of all things Scottish will now able to dress in an official kosher tartan. The distinctive blue and white design was created by Mendel Jacobs, the only Scottish-born Rabbi living north of the border, and has been registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority. The Jewish tartan is designed to represent both Scottish and Israeli heritage The tartan, featuring distinctive tones of navy and burgundy, is a kosher non wool-linen mix which abides by shatnez - the Jewish law prohibiting the mixture of wool and linen in garments. “A friend of mine told me about a Polish tartan and a Sikh tartan...

Scottish swimmers wore specially designed "Games" tartan in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Picture: Ian Rutherford. Tartan comes in many forms, from the traditional clan designs to Irn-Bru, American and even Edinburgh Zoo Panda variations. This week, a Jewish tartan designed by a Scotland-based Rabbi was officially recognised. Irn Bru tartan Picture: National Records of Scotland With over 7,241 different variations of tartan registered with the Scottish Tartan Register - the only official government register for tartan in Scotland - we looked at 19 of the more unusual tartans that are currently available. There are several rules for the registration of a new tartan: Each tartan registered must be both unique and ‘sufficiently different’ to all tartans already included in the...

The Royal Stuart Tartan Stewart tartan has rock‘n’roll status as a fabric worn by punks, pop and glam rock stars, and is probably the most recognisable tartan in the world. There are in fact more than a hundred Stewart tartans registered in the Tartan Index but the Royal Stewart is the most prolific - its red, green and white stripes are printed on shortbread tins and Scotch bonnets, while the Dress Stewart, with its prominent white overstripes, is commonly used for more formal wear. Royal Stewart tartan was perhaps the preferred fabric for punks because it was so easily available from charity shops and bargain bins. The Royal Stewart is the queen’s official tartan, while also championed by rebels during...