A Different take on White Kilt Hose

[Steve Ashton]

Oh goody goody, I get to be technical again.

In pigment Black is all colors combined.

In light Black is the absence of color.

[PatrickHughes123]

Patrick, out of curiosity, do you prefer only white hose or have you just not gotten around to getting another color? What other color would you get, if any? To me one of the most fun things about the kilt is choosing the color of socks for the desired look. Do you dislike colored hose?

Tokareva,

When I first bought all of my kilt wear, I knew less about kilt wear than I do now. And I was just so desperate to get a kilt, I bought standard white hose. I bought white hose because I thought they looked good at the time and I still do and also because they are stereotypically Scottish. It is weird that you asked this because recently I have been thinking about getting tartan hose or diced hose, quite like the look of them. I have nothing against solid-color, although they aren't really my thing. But not right now, I want to wait until I need to buy a new kilt (by wearing my current one out after wearing it so much) and it means I will get the use of the stuff I have right now.

[ThistleDown]

Oh goody goody, I get to be technical again.

In pigment Black is all colors combined.

In light Black is the absence of color.

Or: In the absence of colour, when no colours are showing, the result is black. If all three primary colours (red, blue and green) are showing, the result is white.

[Me cousin Jack]

Or: In the absence of colour, when no colours are showing, the result is black. If all three primary colours (red, blue and green) are showing, the result is white.

Or pearly greys.

[ThistleDown]

When I first bought all of my kilt wear, I knew less about kilt wear than I do now. And I was just so desperate to get a kilt, I bought standard white hose. I bought white hose because I thought they looked good at the time and I still do and also because they are stereotypically Scottish. It is weird that you asked this because recently I have been thinking about getting tartan hose or diced hose, quite like the look of them. I have nothing against solid-color, although they aren't really my thing. But not right now, I want to wait until I need to buy a new kilt (by wearing my current one out after wearing it so much) and it means I will get the use of the stuff I have right now.

I think that's the path that many neophytes follow, Patrick -- so no fault to you. The stereotype is unfortunate, however, because it has evolved from the kilt-hire firms and what they sell and not from what has been traditionally worn.

In the Highlands -- if you are interested -- the tradition is for solid or 'speckled' colours. There is a place for diced and tartan hose but, as with all things in the Highlands, its the 'place' that sets the tone.

[Wareyin]

In the Highlands -- if you are interested -- the tradition is for solid or 'speckled' colours.

Do you happen to have a picture or a link to 'speckled' colored hose? I've probably seen them, but I can't quite picture what that entails right now.

[Steve Ashton]

lightly speckled

[McMurdo]

Do you happen to have a picture or a link to 'speckled' colored hose? I've probably seen them, but I can't quite picture what that entails right now.

These I would describe as speckled, they were hand knit in the 1970's or so on the Isle of Barra.





This pair is even more speckled and were brought back at thet same time

[PatrickHughes123]

These I would describe as speckled, they were hand knit in the 1970's or so on the Isle of Barra.

I have looked at your pictures, and it seems to just have a slightly different design from regular hose. More lines than regular hose.

[tripleblessed]

Steve, Thistledown, thanks for reminding me I got too focused on my sentence and the restricted area of physics in which I mostly
worked. Although perhaps I painted enough sets I don't like to think, anymore, in terms of pigment.