Create tartan plaid pattern from scratch

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I want to try and create a specific tartan plaid pattern in Photoshop, but after searching through tutorials, they are over my head--I've never created anything with lines before so that is new to me.

This is the tutorial I found which appears to have a lot of good info, but it's still a little over my head. I'm hoping there is someone here who has created this type of thing and who can link a good tutorial (not looking for people to search and post a link if they've never done it before). It involves creating a repeated pattern (which I've done once with one repeated image).

Create a Plaid Pattern in Photoshop - Vandelay Design

Below is the specific pattern. There are 2 people standing next to each other so there are two pieces of clothing with this pattern in slightly different sizes. I sent a message asking them for the specific name of this plaid pattern. What I'm hoping to do is to create a 9"x12" pattern for the background layer then put a smaller photo of them on top. Then the plaid pattern will look something like a border around the photo.

tartan plaid crop.jpg
 
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