Tartans

I've been pursuing my book stash--do I keep or give away? There are many quilt books; knitting books; dyeing books; some sewing books; many weaving books and stitching books. I love my books!

 Sorting through them, I might place one on the give away pile and 15 minutes later,
 I'll put it back on the shelf.  The books I treasure the most are my tartan books--

These are books I researched when I was working on the family tartan--

I poured over every one I could get my hands on--

How does a tartan look?  What is the right tartan for the clan name?

How to weave a tartan?

I loved loved this book!  So warm and interesting to read!

I was weaving our family tartan for gifts--after some research,

I decided on Gunn Clan to weave--after all our name doesn't have

a specific tartan for their name--

that was--20 years ago--

this is now--just plug in Tartan authority for Handweavers and you get

all the information you want at your fingertips--you can even get

a full copy of Mary Black's tartan book online---too bad I'm not

weaving tartans anymore!

But, such a joy to look at the books and all the history available

now.  I could write a 'book' about my tartan adventures!

Enjoy a brief look at tartans!

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