Bowling
A tartan of the Bowling family.
Its design is pattern WBYKGKWKGGKGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Irish family pattern originating in Waterford Mill, later recorded at Pendleton Mill from the 'Clan Originaux'.
The Bowling tartan groups 3 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 |
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| Bowling ★ | W/8 DB56 LO12 K24 G8 K8 W8 K8 G32 DY24 K8 DY12 W/8 | 416 | 1880 | |
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| Irish Family Tartan | 0.79 | W/2 DB28 Y6 K12 G4 K4 W4 K4 G16 DY12 K4 DY6 W/4 | 206 | 1880 |
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| Bowling | 0.81 | W/2 DB28 LY6 K12 G4 K4 W4 K4 G16 Y12 K4 Y6 W/4 | 206 | — |
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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.