BLACK WATCH (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'F' and woven in ancient colours

and woven in ancient colours

Note: This cloth is on a weaving schedule due to be completed mid-end February 2025

This change away from the red of this swatch apparently does not have the approval of the Marquis of Bute

D C Stewart says

BLACK WATCH (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'F' and woven in ancient coloursGov. Tartan No. 1. This sett is based on Logan's 'Sutherland' tartan. Various thread counts appear in Wilsons pattern books of roughly the same proportions. Documents show that this was the tartan appointed for the Highland Companies in 1725 and later for the Black Watch in 1739. Slightly different count from 42nd Regiment. In 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent