A Colour pre-requisite for Argyll Hose?

[Kilted Canadian]

So here's the dilema I pose to the rabble, with thanks for whatever insight you may grant me.

The tartan I'm looking to get my kilt in only has 3 colours. Black foreground with green and red overchecks. Would this number and type of colouring be acceptable to have a pair of Argyll Hose made?

Or would I be better off ordering an extra yard or two of cloth and making a pair of matching tartan Cadadh?

[azwildcat96]

Watch out for some of these jokers around here...They'll have you believing that you should get a rainbow checkered pattern!

Just kidding...The locals were a bit restless this afternoon with one of my earlier posts.

[azwildcat96]

Seriously though, I think it would be easier to find Argyle hose already made, or have them made with the colors of your choice, than to find someone to make Cadadh hose from spare tartan. I'm not sure how common the Cadadh option is, as I've never really seen it, only read about it. If you do commission a pair, don't forget the pics.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

So here's the dilema I pose to the rabble, with thanks for whatever insight you may grant me.

The tartan I'm looking to get my kilt in only has 3 colours. Black foreground with green and red overchecks. Would this number and type of colouring be acceptable to have a pair of Argyll Hose made?

Or would I be better off ordering an extra yard or two of cloth and making a pair of matching tartan Cadadh?

I'd suggest diced hose in one of five possible patterns: red/white; red/black; green/white; green/black; black/white. You can certainly have argyle hose made in green/black with red overlines if you wish. Likewise (if you've the cash to splash about) you could have custom knit hose made in your tartan, which would be a much more satisfactory state of affairs than trying to have "cadadh" made from the web of the tartan used in making your kilt.

There's a reason "cadadh are called "bag hose", and it probably has something to do with how they (don't) fit.

[Mael Coluim]

I very satisfied with the Argyll tartan hose I recently purchased from Dunadd Trading Company. Chris has just added the military hose mentioned by MoR. Think I'll place an order for the red/black ones.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I believe the question here is whether three colors is sufficient for a decent looking pair of Argyle hose, correct? I see no problem with it. I have Argyle hose to match one of my MacQuarrie kilts that has three colors -- red, green and blue. The hose look fine.




It's even possible to have Argyle hose made in two colors. The difference between these and diced hose would be in the pattern. I don't own any two color Argyle, but if you look at this image I found with a Google search, you'll see the top one is black and white only, and I believe a couple at the bottom could be blue and white only.


Notice how the pattern is more complex than the simple two colored diced hose.


Either Argyle or diced should look ok. I'd recommend getting a pair custom made for you rather than off-the-shelf, so you can get the best match with your tartan and the best fit.

[davidlpope]

Here's my pair of Argyll hose, made to wear with my Old MacMillan kilt. That tartan is predominately three colors: green, burgundy, and yellow (there are also thin stripes of black in the sett). In this case I made the green portions a marl mixture of dark green and light green and used the burgundy and yellow as solid blocks because I didn't like the color produced by either a mixture of the green and the burgundy or the green and yellow.

These are a bit different than the traditional pattern which use two primary colors and two secondary colors, allowing a marl of the two primary colors to create the main background color, the diamonds are the primary colors, and the two secondary colors are the overstripes.



DSC_4487 by davidlpope, on Flickr

[Ryan Ross]

The tartan I'm looking to get my kilt in only has 3 colours.

Out of curiosity, which tartan are you going for?

I'd suggest diced hose in one of five possible patterns: red/white; red/black; green/white; green/black; black/white. You can certainly have argyle hose made in green/black with red overlines if you wish. Likewise (if you've the cash to splash about) you could have custom knit hose made in your tartan, which would be a much more satisfactory state of affairs than trying to have "cadadh" made from the web of the tartan used in making your kilt.

There's a reason "cadadh are called "bag hose", and it probably has something to do with how they (don't) fit.

I second the idea of going for diced hose.

[Kilted Canadian]

The tartan I'll be going for is the Renwick Modern:


So as you can see, there really are only 3 colours totalled up, and no shades or anything of the sort.

Am I completely out of luck in terms of Argyll?

*Not that I'm against diced hose: in fact I feel quite attatched to the red and black pattern(which the local Highland Regiment wears), and it appears that they may be the better option, especially in terms of price and versatility, yes?

[longhuntr74]

You'd have a great set of hose with black and green diced look and a red overstripe...which to my understanding would be technically classified as argyll hose.