Here's my first attempt at kilt hose. I based them off of this pattern with a few changes of my own. I knitted toe up instead of top down, shaped the toes for left and right, worked a short row heel and changed the ribbing pattern. The original calls for one rib going up the back of the leg with the calf increase causing new ribs to pop out of the first, forming what look like knife points down the back of the calf. Instead of that I put one rib on either side of the ankle and worked the increases from the middle of the knit section, causing the ribs to meet in wide Vs down the back of the calf. I used Jamieson's of Shetland Double Knitting weight wool yarn, which isn't really appropriate for socks, but I have a thing for thick, scratchy wool so it's ok. They're very warm, definitely winter socks.



Nice and fitted. They stay up just fine without garters.



Calf increase.



The pattern on the cuff didn't show up really well with this mixed colour yarn, but it still adds nice body and texture.

This pair took almost exactly 6 skeins of yarn, by which I mean I had 5 inches or so left over at the end. I actually had to cut the tails off of the inside of each toe and felt them to my working yarn just to be able to bind off.