Could I get a pattern?

**NorCalPiper** · 15th February 08, 12:11 AM

OK........As you all know, or may not know-I'm in the throws of getting back into the scene (The games, solo piping.....caleidhs...ahhhhhh)...Um...sorry..Got lost in a moment. Anyway, my wife is from India and her Aunt has come to town for a visit. Tonight, she sat on the sofa and began knitting, which was something I thought to be odd (Ethnocentric me) for someone from India to be doing. This lasted all night and by the time i really paid attention she had knitted this incredible cabled portion of something. She told me it was going to be a sleeve for a sweater and proceeded to show me. And by God it was a sleeve. Wait.......that also looked like a....YES....Kilt hose!!!!!

"Auntie, can you knit hose"?

With my best Indian accent-Head bobbling side to side...ahem...."I can knit anything, but I am needing the pattern".

So within seconds I had her infront of the computer showing her diced hose. She felt she could tackle it, but again, needed a pattern.

SOOOOOOOOOOO-Does someone had a pdf or jpeg of the pattern for doing diced hose I might have?

**Bugbear** · 15th February 08, 12:25 AM

How long did it take for her to knit that sleeve...?

I'm sure they have you covered on the patern in the following posts; I don't know anything about knitting. Um... String.

**BoldHighlander** · 15th February 08, 01:18 AM

You know, yesterday I was looking up hand knitting Aran kilt hose etc, and now I cannot find the one site that I thought you might find of interest.

Anyhow, these links might be of help in some way:

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...tory/socks.php

http://www.thedietdiary.com/cgi-bin/Argyle.pl

Good luck!

**Redshank** · 15th February 08, 01:29 AM

For $15 you could buy the book from Amazon........
Designs for knitting kilt hose by Veronica Gainforth

Give that to your wifes aunt, sit back, and watch the various designs of hose coming to you through the post..

Chris

**fluter** · 15th February 08, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by Redshank

For $15 you could buy the book from Amazon........
Designs for knitting kilt hose by Veronica Gainforth

That's a wonderful book, but it does not have patterns so much as design elements for making sock patterns.

If she has knitted socks before this is an attractive one Toirneach kilt hose; and Here are some pix of BluesDoxieGa's skillful execution of it!

I myself am a novice sock-knitter, so I took advantage of other material on knitty.com and my public library to get started.

**Earl D** · 15th February 08, 08:20 AM

NoCalPiper:

This pattern has been shared by a fellow X-Marker.

John Anderson Kilt Hose

When I get my old fat fingers limbered up and familiar with the knitting needles again, I plan on trying my hand at knitting a pair.

**BluesDoxieGa** · 15th February 08, 08:45 AM

NoCalPiper,
This website advertises a tartan kilt hose kit, with instructions. It is available only through retailers, but you may be able to order from one of them.

http://www.woolexpress.com/socks.htm