Desc: Spinning a Yarn: The Dubious History of Scottish Tartan: Directed by Tim Neil. With Brian Wilton, Andy Taylor, Fiona Anderson. Moray Hunter narrates the story of tartan's murky past and colourful present, taking in the Englishmen who forged a guide to clan tartans, Walter Scott's tartan pageant of 1822 and the 21st-century Scottish Register of Tartans.