Cable hose finally finished

[room2ndfloor]

However, I have another plan for next time. I will cast off above the foot and then pick up stitches again for the heel and toe. That way I can rip out a worn out foot and then once more pick up stitches and replace the foot. As one may tell, i am quite commited to experimentation and chagrinned to do two projects the same way.[/QUOTE]

Beautiful knitting. Design is very clever! You put a lot of work into these, and it shows.

I love a knitting challenge, too. What I have done with my heels and toes is to knit a strand of woolly nylon (sold for use in serger machines) along with the yarn. The stress points are then reinforced. It does not change the gauge. There's a slight color variation, like flecks of a tweed.

Your technique, to cut away a worn-out foot and knit on a new one, is often used to extend the hems and cuffs of children's sweaters.

[longhuntr74]

I've not yet figured out how to knit simple garter ties...so the fact that you can make something tubular with design is absolutely a mystery to me. Well done. I like the two piece design!

[Whidbey78]

Interesting concept. I always thought that having the parts that wear out be easily replaceable would be a good idea, but had no idea how to impliment it. One of these days I might "borrow" your idea.

I have yet to actually take up knitting, but my wife(an art teacher) gave me a copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kitting and Crocheting" that was being discarded by the school, along with yarn and tools, some of which she assures me have a purpose but I have yet to figure out what that purpose is. I haven't done anything with it yet...maybe next winter.

[Elf]

OK, now that this thread is loosing steam, more photos have fallen out of the computor. First, this is my first attempt at separate hose parts with just a little cabling.



and a better view of the whole side,



Also, I hope to have corrected the original picture file corruptions.

Again, thank you all for your responses and advice on making the next pair even better.