What we do in our band (and what all Highland dancers do) for a double fold is to pull the hose up the thigh, put the garter on, then fold the top down so that the top edge of the hose is at the top of the garter, then fold again at the top of the garter. This puts the raw/top edge of the hose on the inside of the fold next to the garter, not on the outside at the top, as I think I understand from Hamish's description.

Maybe I misunderstood Hamish, but what I think I understood him to describe would put the wrong side of the hose on the outside. All of the hose that we have are meant to be rolled at the top, so the inside of the top of the hose is actually the "right" side.

Barb