tartan hose

[PIPER IÑAKI]

http://www.google.es/imgres?num=10&h...9,r:2,s:0,i:80
Hello.,
I'm thinking about sew a normal red sock to the bottom of the tartan hose I saw you.. in order to make a one piece hose.Does anybody have some exeperience about??could be match??

thanks

[Pleater]

Those have the pattern only at the top, as they are intended to be worn with spats.

You can buy hose which are plain and have a pattern at the very top, only on the turned over cuff, which already have feet.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[PIPER IÑAKI]

Thanks Anne.,I supposed that,handy inventions...
Why the tartan hose are so expensive??I have seen brands in the net for 115 pounds
I have 6 yards of tartan at home,I'll try to make some franky-hose home made...Any advice?

[Pleater]

The full tartan hose cost due to the amount of time they take, all the fiddly changes of colour and the number of different tartans and shades of colour. Even using a knitting machine would take a long time, the indivdual colours are placed by hand then the row knitted, then the next row placed. It is faster than hand knitting but very wearisome.

I am sure that I have seen making the bias cut leggings described on the forum - maybe the search function will find them.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[powburn]

Hi,

Have you seen the Tartan Cuff Hose available from http://www.BonnieTartan.com ?

They're a lot cheaper than full tartan hose or the hose tops that are worn with spats.

I posted a photo of my pair here months ago.

[Chas]

http://www.google.es/imgres?num=10&h...9,r:2,s:0,i:80
Hello.,
I'm thinking about sew a normal red sock to the bottom of the tartan hose I saw you.. in order to make a one piece hose.Does anybody have some exeperience about??could be match??

thanks

I have a pair of those. I think it could work - with time and patience. And advice from an elderly female relative who knows about sewing and knitting.

The problem, I think, is finding the right colour socks. The bottom of the hose tops is not red, it is what is called a marl. That is to say it is a mixture of the red and black together. You can only see it close up. More than a metre and it looks like one colour.

If you can get the socks - it will work.

Regards

Chas

[PIPER IÑAKI]

I have a pair of those. I think it could work - with time and patience. And advice from an elderly female relative who knows about sewing and knitting.

The problem, I think, is finding the right colour socks. The bottom of the hose tops is not red, it is what is called a marl. That is to say it is a mixture of the red and black together. You can only see it close up. More than a metre and it looks like one colour.

If you can get the socks - it will work.

Regards

Chas

Thanks,I think so.. I gonna try it..I will post some pics.

[OC Richard]

Yes those things are called "hose tops" and they're worn with spats only. That particular pair are red & black "diced" hose tops.

Without spats, your options are full diced or tartan hose, self-coloured (solid coloured or plain) hose, or self-coloured hose with a tartan or other pattern turnover cuff.

Anyhow here are hose tops, red & black diced and red & white diced



here are red & white diced full hose



here are red & green diced full hose




here the three gents on the right are wearing tartan full hose



Scoll down on this page to see quite a few tartan-top, patterned-top, and tartan hose

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...96/index5.html