MacFarlane VS

A tartan of Clan MacFarlane.

Its design is pattern KWK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

Black and white MacFarlane (Lendrum) design from the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842).

The MacFarlane VS tartan is one sett, recorded at 3 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
MacFarlane VSK/7 W6 K/1201842
MacFarlane VS sett
  · ×1 — MacFarlane VS0.00K/7 W6 K/120
  · ×2 — MacFarlane VS0.00K/14 W12 K/2401842
  · ×4 — Lendrum (B&W)0.00K/28 W24 K/4801842
3 Variants: MacFarlane VS · MacFarlane VS · Lendrum (B&W)

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