Show off those Tartan Hose!

[Kilted Craanen]

Hello all,

I was browsing the Google for tartan hose, but I didn't get any results I was pleased with. I know that McMurdo has a pair, so McMurdo, can ye post a couple of pictures of those?

Others with tartan hose, please post a few too! I'm looking for lots of different tartan hose, so everything is welcome! (please post a few of the calf too!!)

Thanks in advance!

Daniel Craanen

[McMurdo]

Here are the photos I have of my Maple Leaf Tartan Hose, I also have red and white diced hose.

Maple Leaf





Here are my hose for the Isle of Skye




the back

[Kilted Craanen]

Thank you for the pictures McMurdo, much appreciated. Is anyone able to post one showing the back of tartan hose?

Greetings,

Daniel

[DWFII]

My wife knitted these up for me over Christmas...





They are Merino Superwash fingering yarn--a mix of 90% (?) merino wool and 10% nylon for strength and durability. She had to dye the red for the rakers.

[DWFII]

PS...done right the back of the hose won't look any different than the front. But the seam is in the back on mine whereas the seam is on the side on some commercially manufactured tartan hose. Like I said though, if the hose is knit right and the person making them handles it correctly you won't know the seam is there unless you know the seam is there.

[svc40bt]

Here are my Hunting MacLeod (aka MacLeod of Harris) tartan hose. You can just see the seam in the back.

[Kilted Craanen]

Thank you all for the help!

I know there's a nearly impossible seam with tartan hose which have 2 diamonds in one circumfrence, but apparently the Gordon tartan hose have four and thus you'll get the diamonds a bit malformed at the back according to my knitter, as she's got to change the pattern once my calf gets thinner near my ankles

Any experience with this?

Daniel

[beloitpiper]

Sorry, they don't show up too well


Here's my second pair that I wear with my Hunting Stewart

[McMurdo]

Here are some close ups of the backs of the tartan hose I have along with the backs of my diced hose

[Kilted Craanen]

Thanks! the last pictures are awesome

daniel