Finished Kilt Hose

[djmacnyc]

Hey All,

Finally finished and dyed up the kilt hose I've been working on the last couple months from handspun, Shetland wool, 3 ply. Dyed them a nice deep green last week to go with my Blackwatch kilt and soon to be MacArthur tartan kilt!

Now I can put the whole kit together. More pix soon.
Thanks for all the encouragement.

Best regards,
Doug
NYC

[KWD]

Very nice job! A perfect green too, not too dark not to light.

[tulloch]

WOW! Those are beautiful. Congratulations. I must work harder!

[piperdbh]

Those are really nice hose. I'd like to know where you got the yarn. It looks really smooth.

This might get me kicked out of the club, but I prefer the hose undyed. I think the natural color shows off the cabling better. However, the color looks good, too.

Is this a self-contrived pattern, or did you use bits and pieces of other patterns?
I'm assuming you used size 1 or 2 (US) needles. Have you tried the square needles from Kollage? I prefer them to the round ones; somehow they just feel better in my hands.

I hope you get lost of compliments on those hose. They're beyond any that I've made.

[YoungLady]

Those are beautiful, I love the pattern. Once I finish the coat I'm knitting I am going to try knitting my first pair of kilt hose.
but can I ask why you had to dye them? If you wanted green hose, why didn't you use a green wool?

It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but is that a twisted stitch pattern?

[artificer]

What a beautiful pattern! You are to be congratulated, those are some very fine hose you've made yourself.

[Schiehallion]

Your hose look fantastic and the colour too is excellent. Well done there!

[xman]

Excellent!

[tripleblessed]

Man, is that ever one fine-looking pair of hose! GREAT job.

I do have to agree that the pattern is more evident before
being dyed. Perchance another pair worn undyed. Much of
the anti white/cream vitriol spewed randomly about the forum
is related to their making it look like rented kit. NOBODY
could ever in their wildest dreams imagine you could rent
something so fine.

[Nighthawk]

Wow, I wish I could knit... Those are SPECTACULAR!!