My wonderful mother is going to custom hand-knit me a pair of Argyle kilt hose for my formal wear kit, but specifically for my daughter's wedding. (She's also going to practice the pattern first on less expensive yarns, so I will get another pair out of this.) Now, I already know who I'm going to be commissioning the kilt from, as it will be (most likely) a Cumming Hunting (ITI Number: 4636) with a custom finish (darker green, more vibrant red), so I will be color matching the yarns in the fancy pair (we are thinking alpaca/wool blend...unless I can convince the wife to spin me a chiengora/wool blend from my other "daughter".)

I'm not a huge fan of the Argyle pattern going into the cuff (as it's hard to make sure the diamonds line up).

Now to the question:

What does the Rabble think of doing a solid color, patterned cuff in one of the colors of the Cummings Argyle (red, green, black, ITI Number: 7644) instead?

Keep in mind, for this instance, the advice against "matchy-matchy" is being tossed out the window entirely (the bride's request). Of course, once I have the kilt and hose, there will be pictures, but that's likely a year away.

I'm thinking this pattern's cuff would look dashing in the red or green with the opposite color of garters ties.

So, what do y'all think?