These are beautiful!!! Much like the ones I envision at the Scottish Tartans Museum..

I confess I have also knitted garter ties, although on a much less ambitious scale. I was preparing to sit with a friend during a lengthy surgery and was looking for simple project...so I found one of those little knitters (when I was little and poor we made them from wooden bobbins and a few finishing nails) and knitted up several pairs of tubes in wool. Finished off the ends in tassels with a crochet hook. Because they stretch lengthwise the length and yarn tension would seem to be difficult to match up but because they are tied and tucked under my hose I can adjust so they look and feel perfectly even.

Quite fun and as I was kilted (as always) it made for some amusing waiting-room conversations. And I ended up with new ties in unusual colors...brick red and a slate blue. I enjoy a little color but can't wear elastic flashes.

Moosedog