Spirit of Alva
Its design is pattern BBBBGKGKBB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Spirit of Alva tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit of Alva | DBi/6 DPi10 DP4 DPi11 DG20 K4 DG8 K21 DB47 DBi/2 | 258 | ~2005 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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258

256

242

268

232

316

252

280

268

258

296

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.