Since my father started D.C.Dalgliesh in Selkirk back in 1947 we have amassed one of the largest collections of tartan samples in the world. So if there is a tartan out there that you
desire there is every possibility that we have woven it at some point. These can all be reproduced in modern colours (darker, deeper, fuller colous) or in ancient colours (lighter, softer colours); in our medium weight 11oz. cloth or in our heavy weight 15oz. cloth; in single width, 29 inches wide or double width, 56 inches wide cloth all using 100% wool and using traditional weaving methods giving the edge of the cloth a traditional selvedge ideal for kilts. Because of this versatility we have the resources to weave material for the individual or cater for the larger orders for pipe bands and the like.
Our K7 is the lighter of the two cloths we produce at 11oz. in weight. It is more commonly used to make trousers, ladies skirts and kilted skirts, neck ties and bow ties and more recently we have had customers using it in home for home furnishings.
Our K1 cloth is heavier at 15oz. in weight and this is what we refer to as our kilting material as we believe it makes a lovely finished kilt and so most of the material we make in the weight is used in kilt making. It is also used for a heavier trouser and for harder wearing home furnishing.
Both are produced using the finest 100% wool dyed to the highest quality at a local firm of dyers to meet the high standards we set ourselves and that our customers deserve.
PLEASE NOTE - Colours vary from mill to mill, so if you are trying to match a tartan in your possession, we would need to see it for colour matching before we could commence with the order.
