Hose for Isle of Skye kilt

[room2ndfloor]

Just off the blocking mat, my third pair of kilt hose this year:







I made these to go with my husband's Isle of Skye kilt. I included the flashes to show the tartan colors.

The cuff, a Celtic braid, is adapted from a chart in Lady Gainford's book. I used oddments of Japanese sock yarns.

The leg is ribbed, with decreases down the back. I used two kinds of German sock yarn for this, wool & silk blends. One was a solid green, the other a variegated green, blue, and brown mix.

The toes and heels are premium German sock yarn, which I reinforced with a thin woolly nylon yarn. I made the joins for the heels and toes in garter stitch, the better to see when I have to replace them.

I'll get a photo soon with these hose on the man himself. It's a northern latitude here, not much daylight for taking pictures.

[Oddern]

That is quite some original hoses. I don't think I have seen striped hoses worn with a kilt before. It would be interesting to see pictures of your kilted husband with his new hoses.
Skål!

[tyger]

Outstanding!_

[flyrod6057]

Absolutely stunning!

[JSFMACLJR]

I love them!

[Laird_M]

Do you take orders?

I'm planning on a getting an IoS kilt at some point and those look, no, those ARE awesome!
Your husband is a very lucky man.

[Thomas H]

Awesome, I wish I could Knit ,

[piperdbh]

My first, second, third and fourth responses have all been, "Ooooohhhh!"

Those are VERY nice! I'm liking them a lot!

[tulloch]

Congratulations to you both. He will be very happy and warm in them. A great accomplishment.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I'll have to show my wife pictures. Nice!