Interesting Offering on Ebay

[beerbecue]

Technically, I don't believe that anyone in the pictures is wearing 'tartan' hose. I believe they are 'diced' hose, or commonly called 'argylle' (never know how to spell that one)

And no, they do not match the kilt......

[Tartan Hiker]

On a bit of a tangent, but relevent to this thread...

I have two pairs of off-white kilt hose (approx. 50/50 blend of acrylic and wool) purchased before I discovered the font of wisdom that is this board. Since I am now loathe to wear them I felt that trying a dye job was worth the risk.
I have a neat new brown button-down shirt that I wanted to match, a la Hamish the Wise, so I grabbed a box of Rit dye and gave it a whirl. The result was better than I had hoped for, as the irregular distribution of the wool and acrylic fibers produced a very pleasing effect in the hose, and the dye took very well.

[beerbecue]

That is a neat idea!

There is no end to the resourcefulness of folks on the board....

Oh, I did see several diced and tartan socks for sale on various merchants' websites. The diced ones are much less expensive, and the tartan ones (actually argylle, the patterns were more diamond than square) were much more expensive, as it seems they are more 'made to order'.

Red/white and red/black diced are fairly common....

[Moosehead]

You can also just buy regular argyll (or argyle) socks and cut them so that they act as the cuff on a similarly coloured pair of solid hose. Then again, there are also the "women's" over-the-knee argyles. Cheap.

[macwilkin]

So the correct traditional style, for formal wear, would be to have hose in the same tartan as your kilt? ...and then have solid color flashes?

Yes. For example, I had my formal hose made by the Tartan Thistle in Washington State. I sent them a swatch of material left over from my kilt (always ask for the remainder of the material; you never know when it will come in handy!) and they matched the sett.

I wear a pair of "ancient red" (orange) flashes that match the ancient red in my hose and my kilt (Cumming Hunting/Buchan District, ancient colours).

Were they expensive (the hose)? Yes, but they were worth every penny I paid for them. You get what you pay for -- that is the true definition of frugality, according to my grandmother -- you may only one of something, but it's the best and will last a lifetime.

Cheers,

Todd

[James]

I'm still unable to wear the white socks, because to recently they were only for little girl dancers-and that sticks in my head.

James

[michael steinrok]

I've got a pair of "Argyles" . I bought them from my clan chief. They're beautiful but bloody expensive. Thats' because they're handwoven and wonderfully colorful.

[GlassMan]

Any other suggestion on good vendors for argyle or tartan socks?

[macwilkin]

Any other suggestion on good vendors for argyle or tartan socks?

http://www.tartanthistle.com/Argyll_...tan_socks.html

I mentioned them before (I think!) but they are worth mentioning again!

Cheers,

Todd

[Bob C]

I know I'll draw the ire of some, but I think those hose are not only horrendously overpriced, but they look costume-ish. I'll take plain hose, including off-white ones, any day.