Shepherd's plaid kilt hose

[piperdbh]

Those look really good. Now you've got to tell us what the yarn, what needle size, and how many times you ripped it out.

May we see the seam, too, please?

[room2ndfloor]

Those look really good. Now you've got to tell us what the yarn, what needle size, and how many times you ripped it out.

May we see the seam, too, please?

Needles, size 2 US, two small circulars. Yarn was a combination of Schaffhauser Baby superwash with wooly nylon carried through.

I ripped out several times. First, a couple of times I could see that the pattern was wonky, so I ripped back. Second, the calf was too small, so I ripped back. I was working on these from time to time over a period of three months.

I have been knitting for over fifty years, mostly Icelandic-patterned sweaters. The shaping involved for these hose was a challenge I took on just this year, when I agreed to marry the Kilted One.

Seams look straight while the man is walking, actually better than in the photos:



Here he is this morning in his new Isle of Skye from USA Kilts:

[piperdbh]

I've never seen increases worked that way. Is it of your own devising?

[Remy]

Beautiful! My wife knits so I appreciate the time involved. I know there's no way she would kint a pair like that for me. Your husband is a lucky man.

[xman]

I love these hose!

[room2ndfloor]

I've never seen increases worked that way. Is it of your own devising?

I worked these hose from the cuff down, according to Mrs. Newsome's chart, which she made from Lady Gainsford's written instructions. Mrs. Newsome posted her chart on the Ravelry site.

So, what you are seeing are decreases. I knit two stitches together through the back loop for a left-leaning decrease, and two stitches through the front for a right-leaning decrease.

Mrs. Newsome said to maintain the back "seam" to keep track of the pattern and the speckling on the sole of the foot. It was a challenge to knit just part of the pattern, so that the diagonal boxes matched up through the back.

And yes, this is a method of my own devising. I taught myself to knit when I was a child, and it is just the past five years or so that I have learned the terms for the various techniques. I knit "continental" style, which involves the left hand much more than "English" style.

[fluter]

And yes, this is a method of my own devising. ... I knit "continental" style, which involves the left hand much more than "English" style.

That is just spectacular! My first attempt is pretty much a mess in the back. I still wear them & hope everyone will be looking at the pleats, instead. I shall have to have another go, inspired by you and Joannie.

I started learning Continental (though I'm still working on the purl) so that I could carry one color in each hand for his project.


Wallace muted tartan, matching hose by arcturus1997, on Flickr


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