Haig Check (Estate Check)
In pattern BWKWKWKW.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 8 stripe tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/6244/
Related setts
Setts a curator has related to this one.
- derived-from: Shepherd or Falkirk — The Haig estate check is a coloured elaboration of the black-and-white Shepherd's Check — the Border check — with a blue overcheck added. It was designed in 1908 by the Colonel of the 4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers for the regiment's pipers and later taken up by Earl Haig's family of Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders.
Thread count
B/12 W12 K12 W12 K12 W12 K12 W/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buccleuch, Check — ΔT 1.07
- Haig Check — ΔT 1.32
- Buccleuch Check (9 squares) — ΔT 1.36
- Halliday — ΔT 1.70
- Hogg — ΔT 1.70
- Strathspey (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.74
- Glen Feshie Check — ΔT 1.82
- Border Bell — ΔT 2.04
- Bell, Border (Name) — ΔT 2.04
- Dupplin Check — ΔT 2.04
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
ID: /setts/s8/k1w1k1w1b1~x12/