There's a Bump!

[Dale Seago]

Wil,

Check this instructional video out, courtesy of our own Matthew Newsome:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/garter_howto.html

This is pretty much the method I use, the only difference being the very last step: Instead of looping the ends over the top and down behind, I tuck them from beneath up under the portion that's tied around the leg to adjust them to the length at which I want them to hang. I have a couple pair of garters that are inches shorter than the rest, and with those there's no need to tuck them up at all.

With the regular-length ones tucked up, of course there is a slight swelling, but it's really not something that "stands out" unaesthetically, as you can see here: