Because you wanted to know about hose.
Here are some pics of our Heritage style kilt hose.
The first picture shows the length of the hose compared to others commercially available.
(all hose are the same shoe size) (and I lined up the toes for a fair comparison. If I line up the heels the differance is even greater.)
The top sock is our Heritage. Woven from a 80% wool, 20% nylon blend.
The center sock is Gaelic Themes "Piper's hose" in a 70% wool, 30% nylon blend.
The bottom sock is Gaelic Themes "Wool rich" hose also in a 70/30 blend.
As you can see, our hose are significantly longer. You can also see how thick these are. They are better than twice as thick in the turnover than the pipers hose.
This picture shows the colors we currently have.
Far left is Gaelic themes Aran (cream)
followed by (L to R) the Heritage Cream, Smokey Brown, Smokey Gray, and Bottle Green. The sock on the far right is Gaelic Themes "Pipers hose" in Lovet Green.
We are trying to add Lovet Green, Lovet Blue, Cocoa Brown, and Dark Grey. We'll see if the yarn mill will do custom colors and what it will cost.
Right now we are still working out the prices. They will not be cheap though.
The lady who cranks the machine is a sub-contractor and charges me a set price. I'm adding only a packaging and shipping fee.
Price will be in the neighborhood of $50.00 cdn.
Steve Ashton
www.freedomkilts.com
Skype (webcam enabled) thewizardofbc
I wear the kilt because: Swish + Swagger = Swoon.
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