Spirit of Alba
Its design is pattern BGBBGBGBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Claire Donaldson of the House of Edgar for Robert Nicol of Perth & Dunfermline.
The Spirit of Alba tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit of Alba | LB/8 DBi38 G2 DB4 G4 DB36 DP48 G2 DBi/4 | 280 | 2001 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Spirit of Alba Fashion Weavers
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.

