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Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.

Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials.

Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland.

Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns.

Tartan is often called plaid in North America, but in Scotland, a plaid is a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder as a kilt accessory, or a plain ordinary blanket such as one would have on a bed.

Scotland (Scots) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west.

In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

A kilt is a knee-length non- skirt-type garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century.

Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage even more broadly.

It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

Other methods are knitting, felting, and braiding or plaiting.

The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling.

(Weft or woof is an old English word meaning "that which is woven") The method in which these threads are inter woven affects the characteristics of the cloth.