Kilt Hose I've Knit

[Tommy Hunt]

Here's another hose Pam is knitting for me. Half complete. (can't get it to come up)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thistle...30261/sizes/o/

[thistlelass]

Here it is.....a pic of the next pair of kilt hose I'm knitting...one down, one to go...
Navy Blue wool-DK. Toirneach Pattern but I've added reverse stockinnette stitch panels down the sides which come across the back of the leg once the calf decreases are worked. The cuff pattern is called Rib and Welt from Vogue Stitchionary.

From the front


From the back

[thistlelass]

I've started on the second Navy blue stocking and have learned a few lessons from this one

1. Make the cuff wider. This one is a bit too narrow and could have stood another repeat of the pattern.

2. The leg needed to be about another 1/2 inch longer as well...that's what I get for not measuring with my tape but measuring by sight!

I just got my two socks at a time book this past week, so once this pair is done and I've finished another knitting project that's pending, I'm learning that technique! I can't imagine how much time that will cut off of kilt hose knitting! I wonder if that means I have to add more kilt hose to the "to do" list?

[thistlelass]

Finished the Navy Blue kilt hose

[Friday]

2. The leg needed to be about another 1/2 inch longer as well...that's what I get for not measuring with my tape but measuring by sight!

could it be that we forget that one the hose is put on, the tightness factor pulls the hose shorter. If you have a 15 inch circumference calf you would knit the hose at about 14 inches or less. As you put the hose on this stretches the hose around the calf and pulls the top down.

[thistlelass]

could it be that we forget that one the hose is put on, the tightness factor pulls the hose shorter. If you have a 15 inch circumference calf you would knit the hose at about 14 inches or less. As you put the hose on this stretches the hose around the calf and pulls the top down.

I know, I was in a hurry-another project in the wings that has to be completed by mid-October.

[Tommy Hunt]

I've started on the second Navy blue stocking and have learned a few lessons from this one

1. Make the cuff wider. This one is a bit too narrow and could have stood another repeat of the pattern.

2. The leg needed to be about another 1/2 inch longer as well...that's what I get for not measuring with my tape but measuring by sight!

I just got my two socks at a time book this past week, so once this pair is done and I've finished another knitting project that's pending, I'm learning that technique! I can't imagine how much time that will cut off of kilt hose knitting! I wonder if that means I have to add more kilt hose to the "to do" list?

Absolutely!

[thistlelass]

Absolutely!

I thought that might be your stance on the subject!

[Friday]

I thought that might be your stance on the subject!

Just remember that he doesn't wears the pants in the family and his word is the law,






well maybe a desire!

[Knitknut]

Thought I'd chime in with a quick reply to say that I'm also on Ravelry and joined the Kilt Hose and Flashes group there a little while ago. I'm dawnsdreamdesign there.

I posted pics of the KHs I knit for my son Eric (thebigeman77) on the DIY forum here, so I'll just link to that one:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...8&postcount=46
Didn't notice the handknit KH thread here on this forum also, so I'm a bit late in getting in on it.

Currently I'm working on a dark gray pair for him with a broad spiral rib cable top. Will try to take a pic when I have access to my digital camera again (I'm away visiting family at the moment), and get the details posted on Ravelry then.

Dawn
Ravelry ID: dawnsdreamdesign
www.dawnadcock.com