I'm pleased to announce that we now have available a new line of kilt hose through the Scottish Tartans Museum gift shop.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose.htm

These are the Lewis Hose, made in Hawick, Scotland, by the Cheviot Sock Company. They retail for $45 and are worth every penny!

These are a higher end hose that you'll want to get if you really want to give your feet a treat. They are made from 50% Merino wool, and a 50% Acrylic blend, which makes them very comfortable, and also very easy to care for. They are machine washable in cold water (on the gentle cycle). I have a pair that I've washed several times now and they are still in brand new condition (in fact, I've become so enamoured with the pair that I bought a few months back that I had to hunt the company down so we could offer their hose in our shop!).

The foot of the sock is specially reenforced with some kind of elastic blend yarn (they tried to explain the details to me but it was over my head). The point, though, was to make the sock especially strong in the places that most hose wear out first, the heel and toe, in order to make this a very long lasting sock.

What I'm especially excited about, though, is the color range. You'll have to check them out for yourself on our web site, but you'll see quite a few colors that are simply not normally available in kilt hose (purple, anyone? How about orange? Or bison?) Of course all the standard colors are there, as well.

Notice also that we are now offering traditional garter ties from the same company, in the same wide range of colors. These garters can be worn with any kilt hose -- not just the Lewis range. I've had mine for a couple of weeks now, and I haven't worn elastic garters since. I find these much more comfortable, especially at the end of the day -- they don't cut the circulation off like elastic garters can.

Anyway, I've sung their praises enough. Just check them out. I mainly wanted to let everyone know that they are now available and I'm pretty excited about them!

Aye,
Matt