It's Jamieson's Double Knitting 100% Shetland Wool -- blue lovat
A first kilt hose in double knit, nice look, but a lot of stitches. At least it was not sock yarn. Looking forward to seeing both completed and shown off.
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These days sock yarn refers to an English 4 ply weight, which is at the most 2/3rds the thickness of the Double Knitting weight of yarn. Different brands vary in the thickness of DK - to create their own niche as their patterns can't be knitted sucessfully in other brands - at least by amateur knitters.
Usually a sock yarn has a proplertion of Nylon in it, the higher the percentage the harder wearing the sock is.
There used to be a boot sock yarn that was 50 percent Nylon and the rest was crossbred wool - a rather coarse hard wearing wool.
The 'best socks' were made in 3ply yarn and some brands had merino and lambswool options.
I think - though it was bfore my time there were even 2ply sock yarns - but they would be a real labour of love to knit on terribly skinny needles.
Sock knitting is having something of a revival, which might benefit kilt wearers.
My red cabled hose are worked in two-ply wool on size US 2 needles. You're right, Anne, they are a lot of work. I've discovered the smaller the yarn, the more comfortable the hose, especially after standing in them all day at a games.
Originally Posted by Friday
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