Ruban tartan

Gift wrapping, cake decoration, hair work, bouquet binding, curtain and cushion trimming, handfasting cords and craft projects of every kind. It is the most flexible form tartan comes in, because it needs no making up and no sizing, and it works at any scale from a hair tie to a two metre ceremony cord.

Narrow widths for hair work, cake bands and fine trimming, where a wide ribbon compresses the sett into an unreadable blur. Wider widths for sashes, bouquets and handfasting, where the full pattern should show. If you are unsure, order a short length in two widths and decide with the ribbon in your hand.

At least one and a half metres per length, and two metres is better, since the cord has to wrap the couple's joined hands with enough left to tie. Many couples use three lengths braided together, one for each family and one for the marriage, which means ordering three times that.

Yes, across over 5000 clan, district and fashion setts. Set the sett at checkout. If your surname returns nothing, try spelling variants first, since standardised spelling is modern, then send us the name so we can check whether it is a sept of a larger clan.

Yes, particularly for a wedding. Tartan is woven in batches and slight shade variation between runs is normal. On one length nobody would notice. With two pieces from different runs sitting side by side on a cake or in a bouquet, it shows. One order means one length of cloth.

Premium acrylic woven to the sett with finished edges rather than raw cut ones, so it does not fray when handled or tied. The pattern runs through the weave, meaning both faces show the same sett and there is no wrong side to worry about when it is tied in a bow or a knot.