In need of diced hose pattern

[idyllicchick]

Instead she has been knitting one stitch green and the next stitch black.

The small and large Shepherd's Plaid in Gainford's book calls for doing this as well. Just two colors, no marled yarn. Matt's hose pictured above were knit up using this technique, as opposed to the photo in the original post which does use marled yarn.

I think they both look great! But like you all have been saying, finding that marled yarn is going to be tough.