How to wear hosetops?

[thistlelass]

Not to take the post off topic, but I wonder how hard it would be to attach some feet to them.

It would be somewhat of a pain in the tush since they're machine made...however, the ribbing could be removed by cutting, frog the stitches back a couple of rows to before the patterned top, pick up the live stitches and then you run into the problem of finding the right sized needle to match the gauge and an even bigger problem on finding yarn to match to knit the foot. Not worth it to me when kilt hose can be purchased easily.

[svc40bt]

They might look good over regular socks with taller boots (8"-10").

[Friday]

It would be somewhat of a pain in the tush since they're machine made...however, the ribbing could be removed by cutting, frog the stitches back a couple of rows to before the patterned top, pick up the live stitches and then you run into the problem of finding the right sized needle to match the gauge and an even bigger problem on finding yarn to match to knit the foot. Not worth it to me when kilt hose can be purchased easily.

That is a very good method for a knitter, but a real man would use a stapler with colored staples to match the yarn.

[Southern Breeze]

That is a very good method for a knitter, but a real man would use a stapler with colored staples to match the yarn.

Real men use DUCT TAPE. Staples, must be the wifes idea....

[Atlanta Kiltie]

ROFL You ain't right!

[Pleater]

Yesterday - out in the garden, I was burning some old fence panels and I stepped on a nail in an old post top. It went through the sole of my shoe and into my heel, and so fixed me to the large piece of mesh it was under.

Eventually, after some pulling I got myself free, inspected what might have been on the nail, washed my foot and went to call the health centre to check on the date and effectiveness of my last tetanus shot - and finding I should be protected, I went back to work.

Today I see an image of pinned heels and feel all queasy.

Maybe because it isn't real it actually affect me more. I mean that the idea of someone creating the image is why I get the heebbies looking at it.

Strange.

When I looked at the first picture I thought that they would make good sleeves for a lady - it was quite common at one time to wear knitted sleeves over smock or blouse sleeves but under the shorter, wider sleeves of a gown, particularly in cold weather.

Anne the Pleater

[Galician]

Strange. When I looked at the first picture I thought that they would make good sleeves for a lady - it was quite common at one time to wear knitted sleeves over smock or blouse sleeves but under the shorter, wider sleeves of a gown, particularly in cold weather. Anne the Pleater

How interesting to hear that! When I entered the monastery in my mid-teens, I learned that it was common to wear half-shirt sleeves (think cuff, then a sleeve reaching to the elbow) under the sleeves of the cassock we would wear.

[Nervous Jock]

How are you supposed to wear these? I bought these from GlengarryHats.com and thought that they were longer.

The bottom of the diamond on the higher Black Red Black line should be level with the top of your spat.