Haven't posted in a while, but I am back from the desert. Whilst watching a somewhat melodramatic special on the History channel, I saw a swatch of tartan fabric that seems to be about 4000 years old. This was a special on the Taklamakan/Urumchi/Loulan mummies of the Tarim basin, and although they seem to have intermarried, the first group of western settlers there must have been very much a Celtic group.

I have wondered - there is plenty of fabric there, enough to determine the original sett. Has anybody looked into doing a run of that? I'd be in for a kilt's worth in a heartbeat.

Any interest?


Phil