Argyle hose pattern again

[fluter]

In a perfect world, it would be better to find someone to use their spinning wheel to ply the marled yarn, as opposed to knitting with the two yarns together.

Thanks, I had reached the same conclusion, although as you say it would pass well enough as is.

In fact there is a spinner just up the street, and my wife is eager to learn. She has the same problems with time allocation that I do, alas! In my case knitting is fun and addictive, but it severely impacts your sewing time. DW has papers to grade, and young minds to mold.

[piperdbh]

Instead of using marled yarn, or holding two strands together, why not K1 in color 1, then K1 in color 2, then 1, then 2 and so forth, to make the marls really look woven? You might be able to get by with fewer butterflies that way.
I've never liked marled yarn, and the marls I've seen in tartan/Argyle hose don't look very nice, I don't think.

[fluter]

Instead of using marled yarn, or holding two strands together, why not K1 in color 1, then K1 in color 2,

I've done that, and I'll do it again. Meanwhile, I'm still experimenting.