Hot response to tartan rugs

(original article from http://north-west-news.whereilive.com.au)

 NEVER in a lifetime would Rob McCartney have imagined himself engrossed in the art of rug making.
But now, the McDowall resident, 56, has teamed up with his sister Catriona to create a tartan rugs website, in honour of the Scottish pattern.
Growing up surrounded by tartan patterns, the dynamic duo first discovered their talent in the early 90s, but it wasn’t until 1999 that their work became widely recognised after appearing in a book for Women’s Weekly.
``Women’s Weekly picked up our unique designs and sold more than 50,000 copies,’’ Mr McCartney said.
``This was when we discovered that there are so many people out there interested in learning more about making crotchet tartan rugs and learning about their family tartan,’’ he said.
And after launching their website www.crmtartan rugs.com, the McCartney’s said they had been contacted from people as far as Canada, America and New Zealand.
``We have improved and further developed our tartan patterns and now have about 1400,’’ he said.
The pair have also developed a CD containing 150 tartan patterns and said they were in the process of producing another CD for Irish, Welsh and Isle of Man Tartans.
Mr McCartney said his next mission was to finish a book called What is Your Tartan to educate people about their Scottish heritage.