2-up knitted garter ties (a la Arlen)

**Santa Wally** · 3rd April 11, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

First pair I did 10 stitches wide but they are just a bit too wide so this pair is 8 stitches wide. All credit to Arlen's thread for getting me started!

My wife started making me garter ties after seeing Arlen's thread. She is making them 8 stitches wide. Perfect. My thanks to Arlen for posting his thread and my wife for making me custom garter ties that complement my hose.

**thistlelass** · 4th April 11, 07:25 PM

Years ago I made a pair of knitted garter ties for Lamar (Ferguson-Britt) and they turned out well. Knit both at the same time on dpn's. I want to knit some for my husband to go with his new Aran sweater and matching kilt hose-this has inspired me to put the ties on my list as I knit the hose!

**KiltedSurveyor** · 4th April 11, 09:07 PM

My wife read this thread, and said that I should recommend KnitFreedom.com for "excellent video instruction". I have now done as I was told, in a very real and legally binding way.

**sydnie7** · 5th April 11, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by KiltedSurveyor

My wife read this thread, and said that I should recommend KnitFreedom.com for "excellent video instruction". I have now done as I was told, in a very real and legally binding way.

Thanks, I'll give them a look!

**room2ndfloor** · 5th April 11, 11:31 AM

[QUOTE=sydnie7;968556]The ties are on size 5 straight double-pointed (DPN), the same needles I have used for kilt hose.

I've got circulars on order to try my hand at the 2-up kilt hose method. I thought there had been some threads on this forum showing the process, but can't locate them right now. Here's a link to a book at Amazon, instead.

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Here is a link to the toe-up version of John Anderson's kilt hose.

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting...n-anderson.htm

I am making these, using two 16" circular size 2 needles. I am nearly to the point of putting on the cuffs. The pattern is for worsted wool, but I am using a thinner sock yarn for more formal hose, for an afternoon/evening wedding.

The instructions are very detailed. I have an album here with my progress.
A couple of knitters here on X Marks have been very helpful to me.

There's a lot of discussion of these on Ravelry.com. Site is free to join.

**Chirs** · 6th April 11, 06:01 PM

I'd said I'd try using tunisian crochet for a hose garter. Here it is.

For your consideration and your critique.

(It's hard not to notice that the hose is a little to small for me. I am in the process of replacing my current selection but I'm wanting to make my own.)

I should probably be putting this in its own thread, shouldn't I..?

**Ryan Ross** · 7th April 11, 01:03 PM

Looks great! When I knit garters, I always do them both at the same time, too.

**Arlen** · 7th April 11, 05:24 PM

Fantastic! Those are looking wonderful! (I usually avoid 2 at a time because I get distracted when I knit and I know they'll end up joined. But you are obviously a pro!)

**Friday** · 6th May 11, 10:07 AM

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**sydnie7** · 6th May 11, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Arlen

Fantastic! Those are looking wonderful! (I usually avoid 2 at a time because I get distracted when I knit and I know they'll end up joined. But you are obviously a pro!)

I was worried about the joining bit, too

But I still have to pay attention to anything I'm knitting, even this dead easy stuff, so it's not a problem. And it turns out to be really obvious when the first garter "falls away" onto the right-hand needle.

Bigger issue is the twisting supply yarns and dangling bobbins of beginning edge fringe yarns, those can get in quite a tangle if you're not careful. I'm still not sure if this is any faster than going one at a time but it makes for slightly less boring work.