Artist creates official Guernsey tartan pattern

Katy Barratt has used colours inspired by Guernsey lifestyle and events

An official Guernsey tartan has been created by a local textile designer.

Katy Barratt said she had been inspired by a trip to the Isle of Man and had used a traditional style of weaving to make items throws, scarves and purses.

The repeating chequered pattern is a woven design of horizontal and vertical bands of varying colours, known predominantly for its Scottish heritage and origin.

The National Trust of Guernsey said the creation of Guernsey tartan was "a landmark moment in the island's cultural history".

"Approved by the Bailiff and woven in Scotland, this family-run textile project celebrates Guernsey's identity, capturing memory and meaning in every thread," it said.

Ms Barratt said she wanted the colours to showcase special and unique things about Guernsey.

She said: "A lot of tartans associated with places, the colours are significant to the place, so the Jersey one is a really lovely tartan, it's got a golden colour for the sand and things like that in it.

"I thought I could do that, Guernsey's got the lovely scenery, but I thought that is just like another island, what makes Guernsey Guernsey? So I literally wrote down a list of everything that I could think of that was Guernsey."

Ms Barratt said the orange/brown colour represented the Guernsey cow, grey for the Guernsey donkey, blue for the fisherman's Guernsey, green for sport, pink for the Guernsey lily and the white, red and yellow for the flag.