Scarf leg wrappings

[pugcasso]

I don't have any actual 'hose' socks yet ... the only ones I can find in a store (where I got my kilt) are kind of expensive ($30). So I've been basically using scarves as leg wrappings.


These are some scarf leg wrappings (short normal socks underneath ... scarves wrapped around calves - long laces from shoes winding around calves and tied - other laces at top wrapped around and tied. Just a rough idea from looking at Viking and Anglo-Saxon leg wrappings





The original of golf (my walking stick upside-down - hand made by someone I saw at the Saturday market)

[Nick the DSM]

Not bad, dude, doesn't look too bad for a substitute.

[Ryan Ross]

You're pulling it off, man.

...now all you need to do is rig a sporran to keep your lunch in.

[Laird_M]

Actually, they look very authentic!

Wrappings were used long before socks/hose were even thought of.

Well done mate.

[CMcG]

Necessity is the mother of invention... now what are you going to do for a sporran?

[O'Searcaigh]

Actually, they look very authentic!

Wrappings were used long before socks/hose were even thought of.

Well done mate.

Hey, great idea; I really like that look. I think I'll try it too. Laird M -- I wonder if this has anything to do with why the ties for traditional brogues are tied so far up the legs? (I usually wear slip-on buckled or bowed brogues). Great look!

[EagleJCS]

Hey, great idea; I really like that look. I think I'll try it too. Laird M -- I wonder if this has anything to do with why the ties for traditional brogues are tied so far up the legs? (I usually wear slip-on buckled or bowed brogues). Great look!

How far up the legs do you think they should be tied? I only tie mine just above my ankle (3-4 inches at most above the top of the shoe at the ankle), and it's been suggested by some - here and elsewhere - that even that's too high.

To the OP, great ingenuity, and it goes well with the rest of your ensemble.

[O'Searcaigh]

How far up the legs do you think they should be tied?

Heck, I don't know but I watched a video (by one of the kilt shops) showing how to tie them several ways, one "short" just above the ankle and another long higher up the calf. I've seen fellows wearing them tied quite high at highland games. But what do I know, I wear buckled or bowed slip-ons -- too lazy to tie shoes

[biblemonkey]

Cool! One wonders if this is how "kilt Hose" were first created.

[Guinness>water]

Very interesting! I like the way it looks. Really does make you wonder if this is the reason ghillie brogue laces are so long.