Non-knitting ignoramus here, but I love listening to experts talking about thier expertise using precise but specialized terms like "3-needle-bid-off" to describe a solution to a one off problem as has been done above. Truly fascinating to watch (or here listen) to an artisan at work.

I for one would be proud to wear such a pair of hose in just about any color that matched or complimented any of my kilts. I think the pattern is beautiful, far more so than any standard off the peg kilt hose, and would likely look wonderful in any color under the appropriate kilt. I picked up something similar at a highland games in Strathmore while in scotland last year in a murled purple that beautifully matches my IoS kilt. Sounds like VMAC has an enviable monopoly on this production line though.

Shantarra, I say go for it and do it in whatever color would compliment a kilt you already know from VMAC's collection, then show us in photos the end result. I for one would love to see them in a different color, heck a variety of different colors if you get bored, travel a lot this fall, or simply get disproportionaltey motivated.