My hose are sold according to shoe size, not leg length. When I put on my hose, they come up some inches above the knee.

The garters with flashes fit at the top of my calves, some inches below the knee.

If I turn down the top of the hose, they either cover the flashes, or they come up to and partly cover the bottom of my knee. In cold weather I don't mind that, but I'd rather show a bit of leg. I can double up the hose from the bottom, or I can turn over the hose-above-the-garters to provide a three ply thickness.

Now I'm quite tempted to get hose with a design (lion, saltire) at the top.

If I turn over the hose, won't the design be mucked up?