Double Kilt Hose for Cold Weather??

[ForresterModern]

Hey Ron.

I virtually always wear some sort of polypro liner with my kilt hose regardless of weather--hot or cold. In cold they help keep your feet even warmer, in heat they may make them a tad warmer but they keep my good kilt hose from soaking up all the sweaty oils and gritty salt my feet give off anyway, thereby making my hose last a little longer in their life. Same goes for heavy cushioned hose for hiking, and heavy winter hose for skiing. snowboarding, snowshoeing or shovelling the driveway---just way more comfortable.

I have soccer socks too, both the lycra nylon stretchy ones and some cotton ones as well, left over from my previous life when my knees and feet were still fully functional and I played defense and goalie for several different teams. It was typical for me to wear one pair of each when I played, mostly for the extra cushioning and slippage between layers that protected my feet from blisters from porlonged and aggresssive wear. Those are relegated to my soccer duffel which has not seen the light of day in a while but will as The Boy comes of age and needs an aging playmate to teach him the ways of the ball, the grass and the goal.

I have never considered nor needed to consider wearing them with my kilt hose, and depending on the combo chosen could see that being unique and stylish or frankly garrish and comical. Try it and take some pictures--maybe it will catch on.

Me. I will stick with my polypro liners and kilt hose--at least for now--and keep the soccer socks for when I attempt a revival of my soccer career.

[Riverkilt]

Crack me up, "Garrish and comical"....why not!?

Slow poke here - hadn't even thought of the common sense idea of an undersock offering protection and longer life for the kilt hose...I'm finally figuring out what wiser men do as a matter of course....story of my life.

And, "lazy me" is wondering if an undersock could maybe somehow eliminate the need to wash the wool hose after every wearing....

I don't much like cold weather, but now I'm sort of looking forward to it to experiment with common sense...

[Zardoz]

My first thoughts on this were that doubling up two generally thick socks like that wouldn't fit in most of my shoes. I double up when I go skating, but I usually put some crew socks on over the kilt hose, then take them off when I put the street shoes back on. If I had to contend with really cold weather regularly, I'd think some silk/nylon sock liners would be my speed

[Riverkilt]

I worry about how double sox tend to wrinkle up and then make it painful to walk on the wrinkles....would stay thin on the inner pair for sure...or them fancy thin ones that cling to the bod rather than wrinkle up.

[AKScott]

I worry about how double sox tend to wrinkle up and then make it painful to walk on the wrinkles....would stay thin on the inner pair for sure...or them fancy thin ones that cling to the bod rather than wrinkle up.

My winter boots are a full size larger than my summer boots, strictly to make room for more sok, more loft, more trapped air, better insulation.

Generally with the thin lycra/spandex liner socks I don't have to adjust my shoe size.

I hadn't thought of a liner sock as saving wear and tear on expensive kilt hose. Maybe if I ever spring for diced hose I'll revisit that one. Neat idea.

[JohntheBiker]

Clearly there are some practical reasons listed here for wearing sock liners and I am sure that there X-markers that could turn it into a fashion statement.

As to warmth, it's all about the knees! Thick wooly kilt hose will keep your legs warm but you'll feel an icy blast of winter cold around your knees, especially if you wear your kilts with enough space between kilt and hose.

[Riverkilt]

I'm not a physicist, but do know that hot air rises. When I'm kilted in cold weather I like to think that maybe some of the hot air trapped under my kilt spills out below and helps warm my knees some.

[Glen]

I have a pair of thin cross country skiing socks that end, fortunately, right where I fold over the hose on my short legs. The socks are designed to be worn inside the cross country ski socks, thus work great inside hose...