Nocken
Its design is pattern BKBKBKWKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 2012 by Peter Nocken and Jessica Brosch; colours and stripes symbolise family members and love of Scotland.
The Nocken tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nocken | LB/6 K12 W4 K12 DB4 K4 DB64 K4 N/2 | 216 | 2012 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Nocken Blue
- Nocken Blue Modern
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.