The tartan for all true South Carolinians.
Dissatisfied with the fact that the patronisingly named Carolina tartan had been adopted by the legislatures of both North and South Carolina as their State symbol, Mary Katherine Hurt of Sumpter, SC contacted International Tartans to confirm the existence of the North Carolina tartan, and instantly commissioned one for her own State. Although attempts have been made to discredit it by some with a vested interest in the Carolina tartan, the South Carolina has proved to be popular in ‘the Palmetto State’. In the words of Matt Newsome, custodian of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Charlotte.
“…in some instances, a tartan may be “unofficially” approved for a district by wont and usage. In other words, if a particular tartan is being manufactured and sold for a particular district, and people are buying and wearing that tartan to represent that district, then over time the tartan becomes generally accepted as a district tartan through no one’s authority other than the weavers and wearers.”
District Tartans: An Introduction
Adapted from ‘The Compendium of District Tartans’ by Newsome & Bullman