Kilt Hose I've Knit

[thistlelass]

Some listings for Reverse heel Flap

Denise's Toe Up

Duck Pond

Northwest Knitter Universal Toe-Up, Reverse Dutch Heel Sock Pattern

Wow, thanks for all the tutes on Reverse Heel! I've bookmarked all!!

[thistlelass]

I found this link a little while ago, so if you'd like to give these a try sight unseen, this is what looks like (I only read a bit of the way into the pattern)kilt hose, possibly Argyll or as they call them Highland Dance Socks. I say Argyll because of the number of colors of wool called for.
I must warn you, there are no photos with this and the printing is very fuzzy so I'd suggest a seasoned knitter give it a try in case there are any errors in the printing. Might be worth a go if you're interested in knitting this type of kilt hose.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...463018582.html

[fluter]

Speaking of marled yarn, tartan hose, and highland dancers, I remember that the socker moms who knit tartan hose for dancers often referred to using 2 strands of yarn. Well, I finally stumbled across an explicit statement that they were using 2 different colors for the marl. D'oh! If it'd been a snake, it would have bit me.

Friday, I'm loving your idea about joining strands with the winder.

my knitting skills are worth a lot...but that might be a pretty price for a pair of stockings!!

Wait until you read about the tartan hose that used 72 balls of yarn, and took over a year to knit.

[thistlelass]

I've read about those somewhere...not sure where. 72 balls of yarn~ That's like knitting a Kaffe Fasset or Alice Starmore sweater!!! A year to knit a pair of hose...that is dedication and it sounds as if the knitter didn't have one sock syndrome either! Both stockings were completed! As for me, I'll stick with a couple of pair a month-that's about my limit right now. The Argyle stockings might be tackled in a year or so-or when I retire-if ever.

[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.