Quote Originally Posted by bookish View Post
Much of this is specialized knowledge that I would have to look into more to understand (like what a "convolutional neural network" is). So, I think I'll leave it at that for folks to investigate if this is really a problem space you find interesting. I don't know if the finished product would justify the cost in time and money to develop, but there we are.
So, now we have TWO problems, one quite generic but possibly VERY interesting; i.e., could an ambitious AI wrangler develop an algorithm that would do a decent job of answering the "what tartan is this?" question (that might be of general use to retailers, customers, and even tartan historians).

The other, far more practical, is "who weaves the Ashyre Gold tartan, and how would one go about obtaining a kilt made from it?" The answer to the second part of that one is probably obvious, except that I know nothing about the retailer that Peter MacDonald identified, or who sews for them, what fabric weights are available, etc., and the email contact I found for the retailer has not triggered any response as yet.