CHAPTER VII.

CHECK PATTERNS.

101. Utility of Check Styles--102. Principles of Checking--103. Several Styles of Checks. CHECKS COMPOSED OF TWO COLOURS--104. Forms of Checking in Two Shades--105. Common Check--106. Modification of Common Check--107. Check consisting of Two Sizes of Squares--108. Pattern composed of Solid Squares and of an Over-check--109. Counter-change Check--110. Compound Checking--111. Gradated Check--112. Broken Check in Two Colours--113. Basket Check. CHECKS COMPOSED OF THREE OR MORE COLOURS--114. Principle of Checking with Three Colours--115. Ordinary Three-shade Check--116. Set Check--117. Compound Checking in Three Shades--118. Counter-change Check in Three Shades--119. Interchanging Check--120. Counter-change with Over-check. SHADED AND IRREGULAR CHECKS--121. Shaded Check in Black and White Cassimere Twill--122. Shaded Cheek in Two Colours due to using Designs composed of Various Weaves--123. Irregular and Mixture Checks--124. Fancy Broken Check--125. Examples in the Colouring of Tartans--126. Types of Tartans--127. Two-colour Plaids--128. Three-colour Plaids-129. Four-colour Plaids--130. Five-, Six-, and Seven-colour Plaids 119-158