Weaving Wednesday | The Armstrong Ancient tartan weaving on the loom at our Selkirk mill. A significant family of the Borders, the Armstrongs settled in Liddesdale by 1376 and later extended their power and influence to Annandale. Their warlike chiefs and their supporters waged war on both sides of the Border, and their power was so great that they were able to defy the authority of the Scottish King. Woven here in the heart of the Scottish Borders, the Armstrong Ancient tartan is rich in histor