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I know that cotton is "death cloth" that does not insulate when wet and can be dangerous to wear in cold (or even lukewarm) weather.

I know that wool does insulate when wet, and therefore makes a good base layer in winter.

Are there any other natural fibers that make a good base layer for cold weather activities outdoors, or are wool and synthetics your only options?

I'm a #nudist with a bad addiction, I'm a fabrholic. I create reference photos of fabrics. The cream fabric is a saree silk. Saree cloth is sentuously clingy with a swinging movement. The other, the red silk, is billowy and light. These differences are important to me as an artist. I draw them over and over with ballpoint pens to capture their qualities.

Can anyone here maybe help to identify a tartan?

I recently bought some fabric with the following pattern on it. I made a bowtie and pocket square out of it; except for fraying like hell, it's quite nice.

I looked it up in the scottish register of tartans and couldn't find a match, so I'm assuming it's some generic plaid woven by the mill, but I'm curious if it isn't someone's tartan after all. Both for curiosity and because I wouldn't want to step on any toes by wearing someone's clan tartan or something like this.

I reproduced it as well as I could pixel by pixel, here it is.