MacWhirter
A tartan of the MacWhirter family.
Its design is pattern WGKWKGKWKRWW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacWhirter tartan groups 2 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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| MacWhirter ★ | LB/4 DG32 K4 LB8 K4 Y8 K4 LB8 K4 R32 W4 LB/4 | 224 | 1850 | |
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| MacWhirter | 0.13 | LB/4 G32 K4 LB8 K4 Y8 K4 LB8 K4 R32 W4 LB/4 | 224 | 1850 |
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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.