Next stab at kilt hose

**meinfs** · 21st May 09, 07:56 AM

Nice looking pattern. I'm a member of the KAL group but no time to do anything about the kilt hose (that I promised myself). Hope this one goes smoothly for you.

**sydnie7** · 21st May 09, 08:28 AM

Thanks, Mein. This one's a Knit-A-Lone, no YahooGroup posts

Second cuff completed -- yeah! they look alike! (gotta celebrate the small victories) -- and into the first garter area. Have to put them down and attend to other business for a while, but I'll get back to them asap and continue posting my progress. The more I work with this yarn, the more I like it!

**meinfs** · 21st May 09, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

Thanks, Mein. This one's a Knit-A-Lone, no YahooGroup posts

Knit-A-Lone! That's funny!

(to others, KAL means Knit-A-Long)

Second cuff completed -- yeah! they look alike! (gotta celebrate the small victories)

Yes a victory nonetheless, indeed!! I still have an unfinished scarf that I'm making for a friend who was diagnosed with leukemia. I intend on having several of our bowling buddies to knit a little bit into the scarf and then when it's finished I'll present it to him...

**sydnie7** · 24th May 09, 05:31 PM

Next milestone, both done down to where the calf shaping begins.

These are going to look wonderful with the tweed that (ahem) needs to become a kilt one of these days. Put the cart before the horse, I fear, when most would have put the kilt before the hose

Ah well, they will all eventually come together!

**Joseph McLaren** · 24th May 09, 05:37 PM

I'm very impressed by anyone knitting anything, it's a closed book to me, but these are brilliant! Look forward to seeing the finished result.

**Dan R Porter** · 24th May 09, 05:37 PM

Whats the time spent so far? Can not wait till they are finished!

**ali8780** · 25th May 09, 08:51 AM

looking great!

**sydnie7** · 25th May 09, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Dan R Porter

Whats the time spent so far? Can not wait till they are finished!

Maybe on my next attempt I'll keep track of the hours. I'm 7 or 8 days into these, working on them almost every day, sometimes 5 or 6 hours a day.

Or maybe I won't keep track. . .

Already thinking about the next. . . I may try some more elaborate cuffs, but just end at the garter area to be worn with "store-bought" hose. Looking at my posts, that much only took 3 or 4 days. It's this length of leg that seems to go on forever!

**fluter** · 25th May 09, 10:12 AM

Well done, Sydnie. I am going to try to re-join the KAL, Real Soon Now.

Originally Posted by sydnie7

Or maybe I won't keep track. . .

Yes, I figure that at market rate for my time, I had about $2000 in my first pair of kilt hose. Please don't anyone tell Alan about my $2000 pair of socks, though.

It's this length of leg that seems to go on forever!

That is a well established property of kilt hose, alas!

**Heming** · 25th May 09, 03:06 PM

Looks really good! Keep posting pictures!

Although I remain amazed at "them strange foreigners" (said with a loving smile) who keep insisting on knitting on four pins. Over here in Scandinavia we use five pins, stitches spread on four and work around with the fifth. Probably a preference issue, but when I used to live in Scotland I kept having to buy two sets of pins to have one workable set for my technique (and a spare pin in case I wanted to go Arran). I have a lot of spare single pins in British sizes if anyone's interested ;-) Goes to show: You can change your habits only that far.