Alberta
A tartan of the Alberta family.
Its design is pattern GKRKBKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 1961 for the Edmonton Rehabilitation Society's disabled handloom students; officially approved by Alberta's legislature.
The Alberta tartan groups 4 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta ★ | G/104 K8 R8 K8 T16 K8 LY/32 | 232 | 1961 | |
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| (District) | 0.13 | G/96 K8 R8 K8 T16 K8 LY/32 | 224 | 1961 |
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| District Tartan | 0.21 | G/24 K2 R2 K2 LB4 K2 Y/8 | 56 | 1961 |
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| Alberta | 1.02 | G/72 K8 B8 K8 LB12 K8 Y/24 | 184 | — |
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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.











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.


