Beautifully crafted at Lochcarron of Scotland here in the Scottish Borders, The Red Red Rose tartan was launched on the 25th of January 2020, bringing together Burns Night and Chinese New Year.

While festivities took place across the globe for both events, at Lochcarron of Scotland we commemorated the double celebration with this exclusive tartan.

Celebrate

Robert Burns Night celebrates Scotland’s National Bard, renowned poet Robert Burns and takes place on the anniversary of his birth the 25th of January. Every year in honour of Burns, his exemplary poetry, contribution to Scotland and his legacy is celebrated all over Scotland and beyond. A traditional Burn's Supper is hosted where poems are read in homage to one of Scotland's most prolific writers, Robert Burns.

Chinese New Year 2020 also fell on the 25th of January. One of the most important and widely celebrated annual festivals, Chinese New Year marks the beginning of a new year in the traditional Chinese calendar, an event celebrated with an important family reunion and feast. The Red Red Rose tartan brings both together to celebrate the historical moment when these two events coincided, the next occasion this will happen being the year 2096.

 

A Red Red Rose… The Design

Named after one of Burn's most famous works, the 1794 love song, A Red, Red Rose. The love song professing everlasting love inspired this tartan with its sentiments about family, culture and heritage. Meanwhile, the tartan itself is based on the Burns Check, which was created in 1959 in celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Robert Burns' birth. According to our friends at The Scottish Register of Tartans, the Burns check is aptly based on the black and white Shepherd’s Check - Burns himself was from humble origins and worked on his family’s farm in his early life. The Burns Check features a Hodden grey overcheck with two green lines through the overcheck. This symbolises the green fields where Burns worked and drew inspiration for much of his writing.

The Red Red Rose Tartan is based on the Burns Check, designed in a red colourway, with gold cutting through the overcheck.  The colour red is also a symbolic and significant colour in both Chinese cultures and in Chinese New Year celebrations. It represents luck, prosperity and happiness.

 

Made Proudly In Scotland

The Red Red Rose tartan is expertly woven here at our mill in Selkirk. A glimpse at the manufacturing stage portrays the expert craftsmanship that goes into making each of our tartans. These are the skills and love of quality that make us the world’s leading manufacturer of tartan.

 

 

A Red Red Rose… For Someone Special.

The Red Red Rose tartan is available in an exciting range of products. Perfect for gifting throughout the coming season of celebration or add a handsome touch of Scotland for your home with this celebratory tartan.

Gift someone you love with a luxurious cashmere scarf in the Red Red Rose tartan. A timelessly elegant accessory with a lustrous finish.  Similarly, The Red Red Rose tartan is available in 100% lambswool as a scarf, poncho, serape and stole and the tartan is available as an extra-fine merino stole.

The exclusive new tartan also looks beautiful in our 100% lambswool blankets too!

All of our Red Red Rose tartan accessories and products have been made proudly in Scotland. Gift your loved ones something truly special with this exclusive tartan. Designed and woven by the world’s leading manufacturer of tartan.