Hello #NeedleworkMonday fans. This week I want to share with you my attempt at crocheting a Nova Scotia Tartan. A tartan is a textile design of certain colours, arranged in a plaid stripe formation that was created to designate certain Scottish clans. A common example of a tartan can be seen in Scottish kilts.
The Nova Scotia tartan, designed in 1953 by Mrs. Bessie Murray for a trade display on sheep rearing, was adopted as the official provincial tartan 10 years later.
For my tartan I have started with a chain of 230 in red.
The first row, and all remaining rows, are made by double crochets with one space in between each.
The colours and number of rows are determined by the colours in the tartan pictured above.
The next picture shows the pattern half fininhed.
This is the finished pattern going lengthwise.
Now I will work on the weaving of chains into the spaces, going in the other direction. This will form the squares, or plaid pattern.
But you will have to wait until next week because this is as far as I have gotten right now. There will be lots of ends to work in so I am trying to figure out an easier way to do the vertical rows. Stay tuned!
Thank you for looking, and Happy Needlework Monday ,