Another Pair of Handknit Hose/Can I Be Forgiven...

[piperdbh]

My method is to knit a tension swatch in the round and pull it over the ball of my foot to see if it stretches to be how snug I'd like. Knowing the ball of my foot is 9.5 inches I can then work out how many stitches I'll need at each point up the leg. My mistake here was not working both cables into the swatch. The travelling stichwork actually seemed to stretch nearly the same as the plain stockinette.

Some knitters advocate a two-swatch system: work one swatch in pattern, and another in stockinette, then average the "stretch" of the two to come up with the stitch count.

[guitarmatt]

Some knitters advocate a two-swatch system: work one swatch in pattern, and another in stockinette, then average the "stretch" of the two to come up with the stitch count.

For my next pair I'm going to do just that, but instead of averaging just increase as necessary for the patterned leg after I work the stockinette foot.

[thistlelass]

Some knitters advocate a two-swatch system: work one swatch in pattern, and another in stockinette, then average the "stretch" of the two to come up with the stitch count.

For Kilt Hose, I'm a swatcher for sure and two (or more) is sometimes required. Tommy likes his hose knit to measure, so one for the pattern-especially hose that have a lot of pattern, seems reasonable!

I would definitely like to see the pattern made with the cuff a lot wider on these.