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    Quote Originally Posted by seanachie View Post
    Sorry to be slightly off topic but can Matt or someone else be kind enough to tell which tartan he is wearing with the Green & Black diced hose in Post #6? Thanks in advance for the help.
    This one?



    I believe that is the Mull district tartan, which I assume Matt wears because of the connection to clan MacQuarrie:
    http://www.clanmacquarrie.org/tartan_district.htm
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    Good to see not only Ken’s smart hose, but that his wee lad is also kilted, and in red hose.
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    I think Matt has more hose than I have clothes.

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    Yup, that's the Mull tartan I'm wearing the above pic. :-)

    David, those Tain hose are a bit thinner than the Lewis, so I suppose they compare more to the Glenmore in that respect.

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    The nice ones first, from left to right.

    Lovat green, yellow marl, thick wool, nice cabling. Came with a Harris tweed jacket I bought off eBay.

    Red and green diced hose. These are from J. Higgins via davidlpope and are a bit larger than my other hose, but I try not to look a gift horse in the mouth!

    Argyle hose. My lass scored these on eBay for about $25 and they go quite nicely with my Douglas modern tartan kilt.

    Navy, soft wool. These Locharron hose were a xmas gift and I was quite sad when after washing, they came out two different sizes. It took a lot of stretching/shrinking to even them out, but the process wasn't good for the wool, hence the pilling.

    Lovat green. These are basic but the wool is really nice. They also came with an eBay jacket and, even though they've been darned in couple places, I still like 'em





    And the not as nice ones, left to right. I say not as nice because they are thinner and have less real wool in them.

    Black from the Scotland Kilt Co.

    Grey from eBay.

    Light khaki from the Scotland Kilt Co. These were white and I tried to dye them dark green. Apparently they are mostly synthetic because the colour is just a shade darker than original. At least they're not stark white now though

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    It's been a good week for hose at my mailbox. Shown here are the Sandringham hose from House of Cheviot's Country line in Heathland Marl. Very substantial fold over. Also their Lewis hose in Claret and garter ties in tartan red. Seen below are some Diamond ribbed knee highs in denim from Sock Dreams. I've already got a few in other colours, but have been waiting for this colour to come back in stock. They make excellent warm weather socks for casual wear. All will get their trials very soon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
    It's been a good week for hose at my mailbox. Shown here are the Sandringham hose from House of Cheviot's Country line in Heathland Marl. Very substantial fold over. Also their Lewis hose in Claret and garter ties in tartan red. Seen below are some Diamond ribbed knee highs in denim from Sock Dreams. I've already got a few in other colours, but have been waiting for this colour to come back in stock. They make excellent warm weather socks for casual wear. All will get their trials very soon.

    Those hose in Heathland Marl are VERY nice. House of Cheviot makes wonderful hose, don't they?

    For those interested, the Scottish Tartans Museum will be expanding the range of hose we offer from House of Cheviot. I'm working on a major update to the gift shop site which will reflect this (among other changes), but until that is "live" you can preview some of the new styles we'll be offering here. (If anyone wants to place an order with us for anything you see there before they go up on the site just let me know).

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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
    Those hose in Heathland Marl are VERY nice. House of Cheviot makes wonderful hose, don't they?
    mmmmmm. I positively drool over the Shetland hose. Maybe someday ...

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    Thanks for the pics....someday....gonna pull the trigger on a pair or two of the yellow Lewis Hose....
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