Orkney
A tartan of the Orkney family.
Its design is pattern KBGKBGBGBKGBKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Ronnie Hek for the Westry Knitters; chosen by public vote as Orkney's official district tartan.
The Orkney tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney | K/6 DR26 G38 K6 T38 G6 DR18 G6 T38 K6 G38 DR26 K6 LY/6 | 516 | 2000 | |
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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.