Hose Patterns

**NorCalPiper** · 29th August 10, 02:31 PM

Hey Rocky-
We do embroidery and can embroider onto existing hose. PM for details

**RockyR** · 29th August 10, 02:41 PM

I'm looking more for intarja (I know it's spelled wrong)... having the pattern knit IN the hose. If you can do that, we'll talk.

BTW... Kelly would NOT be knitting hose for our store. She's just knitting a pair for me.

Keep the info coming guys!

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 29th August 10, 04:38 PM

Rocky, here's a pattern for the stags head that I did in intarsia.

And also a picture of the hose I made.

It's my first pair of socks so not too great but it's definitely doable and with a tighter gauge the pattern should work well for the whole leg.

**fluter** · 29th August 10, 04:47 PM

Yay, Kelly! When she gets on Ravelry, she will be welcomed by the Kilt hose and flashes group. Several of us here are members.

Many of us make our first kilt hose from the Toirneach pattern on Knitty, another useful site.

As for tartan hose, it's more of an algorithm than a pattern, but it will come. I personally am still working up to it.

**Pleater** · 30th August 10, 05:41 AM

You're going to frighten the poor thing into fits - stag head intarsia is not the thing for a first time hose knitter. You have to build up to that sort of thing gradually, getting used to the little needles and fine yarns and to the methods used for knitting in the round. That is definitely the best and neatest way to make ribbed and cabled hose.

Intarsia is usually done in flat knitting rather than in the round, but for hose it takes skill and experience to achieve a good result. There are increases or decreases to take into account, and placing the cuff pattern so it aligns with the leg pattern when folded over.

You can do intarsia in the round, you just have to adapt it for knitting one row knit one row purl but joining up the centre back, or you can be sensible and use a knitting machine then sew the seams.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: