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18th April 11, 07:29 AM
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 Originally Posted by Nighthawk
First off, you simply use tied garters; not the elastic ones that are so common today. The tied ones, I've found, are much more comfortable, anyway! Second, if the hose are made correctly, they're actually really comfortable. I had a pair once that I wore out. I need to make another. You're right about the lack of stretch, though. The sewn hose do need to be a little loose, and not skin tight like we're used to in modern woven hose.
Right on. Cadadh don't even have to look all that loose, depending on the foot shape of the wearer and how good the pattern they've made for themself is. Lamar Britt, for example, learned to make them from Bob Martin and makes the very best fitting ones I've ever seen. I swear, you can't even tell they're not knit.
I promise you, these things are cadadh:
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18th April 11, 11:44 AM
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Here is a pair I made some years back.
I don't know why the colors in the photo are so bad-they are actually red and black, but you get the idea
Last edited by David White; 18th April 11 at 11:51 AM.
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