Shepherd's plaid kilt hose

[Aspiringloser]

That must be nerve racking to do when you are first learning. I am very impressed. I'm a fan of your work. ;)

[piperdbh]

Those look really good. Now you've got to tell us what the yarn, what needle size, and how many times you ripped it out.

May we see the seam, too, please?

[fluter]

Beautiful work! I, too, would love to see them worn.

[room2ndfloor]

Those look really good. Now you've got to tell us what the yarn, what needle size, and how many times you ripped it out.

May we see the seam, too, please?

Needles, size 2 US, two small circulars. Yarn was a combination of Schaffhauser Baby superwash with wooly nylon carried through.

I ripped out several times. First, a couple of times I could see that the pattern was wonky, so I ripped back. Second, the calf was too small, so I ripped back. I was working on these from time to time over a period of three months.

I have been knitting for over fifty years, mostly Icelandic-patterned sweaters. The shaping involved for these hose was a challenge I took on just this year, when I agreed to marry the Kilted One.

Seams look straight while the man is walking, actually better than in the photos:



Here he is this morning in his new Isle of Skye from USA Kilts:

[piperdbh]

I've never seen increases worked that way. Is it of your own devising?

[Remy]

Beautiful! My wife knits so I appreciate the time involved. I know there's no way she would kint a pair like that for me. Your husband is a lucky man.

[xman]

I love these hose!

[room2ndfloor]

I've never seen increases worked that way. Is it of your own devising?

I worked these hose from the cuff down, according to Mrs. Newsome's chart, which she made from Lady Gainsford's written instructions. Mrs. Newsome posted her chart on the Ravelry site.

So, what you are seeing are decreases. I knit two stitches together through the back loop for a left-leaning decrease, and two stitches through the front for a right-leaning decrease.

Mrs. Newsome said to maintain the back "seam" to keep track of the pattern and the speckling on the sole of the foot. It was a challenge to knit just part of the pattern, so that the diagonal boxes matched up through the back.

And yes, this is a method of my own devising. I taught myself to knit when I was a child, and it is just the past five years or so that I have learned the terms for the various techniques. I knit "continental" style, which involves the left hand much more than "English" style.

[Santa Kona]

Wonderful

[creagdhubh]

Very nice!!!