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    MacGregor Hose

    Last weekend at the Greenville Highland Games I had the chance to once more speak with Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor. He always has the best kilt hose!

    These are what he was wearing last Saturday.


    They were hand knit by his great-grandmother and are over 110 years old by his estimate!

    He says the family has a trunk full of hose she knit. Here are another pair knit by her hand that the MacGregor was wearing a couple of years ago when I first met him at the Stone Mountain Games in Atlanta.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
    Last weekend at the Greenville Highland Games I had the chance to once more speak with Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor. He always has the best kilt hose!

    These are what he was wearing last Saturday.


    They were hand knit by his great-grandmother and are over 110 years old by his estimate!

    He says the family has a trunk full of hose she knit. Here are another pair knit by her hand that the MacGregor was wearing a couple of years ago when I first met him at the Stone Mountain Games in Atlanta.
    Those are WONDERFUL!

    What a lucky devil to have such a "treasure chest" and also quite lucky that at least SOME of them fit.

    If it had been my Great-grandmother knitting, everything would have been a size 14.5 (grandfather) or a size 8 (father & great-grandfater) and I'd be stuck high and dry w/o a single pair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
    Last weekend at the Greenville Highland Games I had the chance to once more speak with Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor. He always has the best kilt hose!

    These are what he was wearing last Saturday.


    They were hand knit by his great-grandmother and are over 110 years old by his estimate!
    Did you also find out the story behind that kilt he's wearing? I notice there is no fringe on the apron.
    Kenneth Mansfield
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    My tartan quilt: Austin, Campbell, Hamilton, MacBean, MacFarlane, MacLean, MacRae, Robertson, Sinclair (and counting)

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    MacGregor Hose
    Last weekend at the Greenville Highland Games I had the chance to once more speak with Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor. He always has the best kilt hose!

    These are what he was wearing last Saturday.


    They were hand knit by his great-grandmother and are over 110 years old by his estimate!

    He says the family has a trunk full of hose she knit. Here are another pair knit by her hand that the MacGregor was wearing a couple of years ago when I first met him at the Stone Mountain Games in Atlanta.
    I LOVE THOSE HOSE! wonderful colors I have not seen used before in hose

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    Quote Originally Posted by SlackerDrummer View Post
    Did you also find out the story behind that kilt he's wearing? I notice there is no fringe on the apron.
    I didn't talk with him about his kilt. I didn't have that much time to speak with him at the Games, unfortunately. It looked to be a fairly typical 8 yard knife pleated kilt. Ronan told me after that he thought he saw buttons for braces on the kilt, but I didn't notice.

    I know that Sir Malcolm has a lot of kit that has been handed down in his family -- his sporran that I always see him wearing, for example, was given to his father. But I don't know if the kilt is older or was made for him.

    This kilt is in the Black and Red MacGregor tartan (aka Rob Roy). It's not that unusual on an older kilt to find no fringe. I actually make all my kilts standard with no fringe, unless someone specifically requests it.

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