Sneak Preview of new hand knit hose (and a rave review)

[tyger]

For instance Paton's Silk Bamboo yarn.

Yep. Now, bamboo flooring is supposed to be one of the toughest. This yarn is 70% bamboo/30% silk, so.......look out! Need hose to go with my tartan.

[Jack Daw]

Wow, nice design! Coveting.

[KFCarter]

Unfortunately matt, the review is biased. To get a true review, it must be an objective, third party examination of the product in question.

I will happily provide this service for you. Just have your wife make up a pair to my measurements and I will give my objective review.

Actually, I think a single outside viewpoint is far too small a sample. For a statistically significant result, she'll need at least a dozen or so responses, and, yes, I'll gladly volunteer to help fill out that quota.

[SFCRick]

nice color

[piperdbh]

Bro. Newsome,
Be careful where you wear those hose. That pattern is usually referred to as "Saxon Braid".

[Highlander31]

Nice color. Look forward to seeing them when they are finished.

[Valeria]

I thought some of you might be interested in getting a sneak preview at some new hose my wife is knitting for me. Beautiful shade of green with a nice cable pattern running down the front. The yarn is a wool/silk blend that just feels lovely.



There is a video on my blog with a rave review from our youngest son (holding the hose in the above screen cap).
http://kiltmaker.blogspot.com/2009/0...-progress.html

Wow, I just love knitting cables and those hose looks just great Is your wife a member on ravelry???
If not please tell her about it and make her join this amazing groups site. There are also free patterns for socks and great groups to liking or you can make your own group if it's not. It's just HUGE and I still love it over there after a few years

My husband and son have handknitted socks as well and my son is almost 10 years and loves his socks. If I ask him what socks he wants to wear it's mostly the hand knitted one and sometimes I must say during summer that he shouldn't wear them because they're too hot and his answer is, mom if it's too hot I can always take them off but now I want to wear them He's sweet.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Wow, I just love knitting cables and those hose looks just great Is your wife a member on ravelry???
If not please tell her about it and make her join this amazing groups site. There are also free patterns for socks and great groups to liking or you can make your own group if it's not. It's just HUGE and I still love it over there after a few years

Yup, she's on Ravelry more often than I'm on X Marks. Her screen name is JMN. I believe there is a kilt hose group on that forum that she's involved in....

[Spartan]

Bamboo yarn??!! I'd never heard of this for a fabric. What is it like?

My wife knit a pair of hose with yarn 40% wool, 40% silk and 20% bamboo. They are great. You can see them (one of them anyway) in this thread, post #5 >> http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/o...x.html?t=47646

Matt, those are excellent. My wife is starting a new pair and is going to use a cable stitch for the top. I'll show her your picture.

[McMurdo]

They look absolutely grand, I look forward to seeing the finished product.