What’s the difference between tweed and tartan?

June 15, 2021

Tweed and tartan are similar as they are often both twill fabrics. Twill is a type of weave characterised by visible diagonal lines which are created by an offset in the warp of threads. This type of weave creates a durable fabric and you may be most familiar with its use in denim jeans. Traditional tartan is always a twill weave but tweed can also be weaved using a plain or herringbone structure. This is the first characteristic that differentiates the two fabrics. The next is the most noticeable difference.Where tweed is usually of plain design, usually using a solid...

When did Scots start wearing tartan?

June 09, 2021

Tartan is known all over the world as being a Scottish fabric. Known for being intertwined in Clan history and as a way to express modern Scottishness. Scotland's national dress is a tartan kilt and it would be easy to think that Scotland was where tartan was born, but this may not be the case. Ancient tartan fabric has been found all over the world, the oldest dating back to 3000 BC. It seems that wherever cloth was woven, there were tartan-like patterns woven into the cloth. However, these chequered patterned clothes had no names and no symbolic meaning other...

Fathers Day 2021

June 03, 2021

A day to celebrate all the fathers, father figures and clan chiefs! We’d like to help you find the perfect gift for your fathers and father figures this fathers day and have created a shortlist of a few items we think they would love to receive as gifts this year.  Mist Tartan Gift Box With Tartan Hip Flask Nothing says “Thanks for being an awesome dad” quite like a Mist Tartan Gift Box With Tartan Hip Flask does. The mist gift box contains a 100% lambswool Mist Tartan scarf, perfect for those cold winters (and cold Scottish summers too), a...