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Prince of Wales check pattern generator
A Prince of Wales check is a glen check with one more thing in it: a fine overcheck in a third colour, crossing the whole sett. That single line is the difference between a cloth that reads as grey and a cloth that reads as grey with a red idea in it.
- Thread count
G12 F12 G12 F12 G4 F4 G4 F4 G4 F4 A4 - Weave2/2 twill
- SymmetryRepeating straight round
- SeamlessYes — the tile repeats by construction, in every engine
- ExportPNG and SVG, A4 spec sheet with a centimetre ruler, WIF weaving draft
What makes it prince of Wales check
The glen sett — coarse then fine — with four threads of a third colour added at the end of the repeat, on a 2/2 twill. Because the overcheck is one narrow band it lands on a wide interval, which is what keeps it a whisper rather than a stripe.
Suiting, jackets, coats. The overcheck is the colour a buyer picks a season by.
How to make one
- Open the Sett engine and pick prince of Wales check from the ready-made checks in the panel. The studio writes its thread count into the cloth for you.
- Put your colours on it. Choose a palette or paste your own hex codes; the ground, the field and the lines take their colours in that order.
- Set the scale in threads. The bands are threads, not pixels, so the check keeps its proportions when you change the yarn count or the repeat width.
- Export what the job needs. A seamless PNG for print-on-demand, an SVG for vector work, an A4 sheet with a ruler for a mill, or a WIF draft for a loom.
Questions
What colour should the overcheck be?
Traditionally red, rust, sky or lovat over a grey or brown glen. In the studio it is the third colour in the palette, so it changes with a click.
Is it the same as a Glenurquhart check?
The ground is. Take the overcheck out and you have a glen check.
