Let $F$ be a unramified finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_{p}$ and $\overline{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}}$ be an irreducible mod $p$ two-dimensional representation of the absolute Galois group of $F$. The aim of this article is the explicit computation of the Kisin variety parameterizing the Breuil–Kisin modules associated to certain families of potentially Barsotti–Tate deformations of $\overline{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}}$. We prove that this variety is a finite union of products of $\mathbb{P}^{1}$. Moreover, it appears as an explicit closed connected subvariety of $(\mathbb{P}^{1})^{[F:\mathbb{Q}_{p}]}$. We define a stratification of the Kisin variety by locally closed subschemes and explain how the Kisin variety equipped with its stratification may help in determining the ring of Barsotti–Tate deformations of $\overline{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}}$.

In this article, we apply the methods of our work on Fontaine’s theory in equal characteristics to the φ/𝔖-modules of Breuil and Kisin. Thanks to a previous article of Kisin, this yields a new and rather elementary proof of the theorem ‘weakly admissible implies admissible’ of Colmez and Fontaine.