Hose Height / How much knee?

[Calgacus]

First of all, thanks to all of you for such detailed answers and photos. It is nice to see that there is so much consistency amongst members of this forum who's style I often admire. Cheers mates!

However, I am still not wrapping my brain around the folding method being suggested by some to rectify the situation when the hose are too long to fold the standard way and achieve the height you want. The only one I can envision not ending up with the top cuff of the hose inside-out would be an elaborate accordian type fold. Some have mentioned folding the cuff back up at the end, but I can't picture how that also would not end up with the cuff inside-out so perhaps somebody could explain that to me in further detail. Sorry for being a bit daft on this. I'm just trying to figure out how to get the hose I already own (that were not custom made) to the proper height.

Kyle, you and I have similarly sized feet. I'm a 10 or 10.5 US depending on the brand of shoe so I do appreciate your tip on going to a size small, as I never would have imagined that would fit on my foot. But it does not solve my dilemma with the hose I own already and the last thing I need is an excuse to spend lots of $ on all new hose, lol. My highland kit addiction has been on a bit of a shopping spree lately after about 15 years of admiring things I had no way to afford.

Tips like these are so useful when one has no other family or friends that wear the kilt!.. well, I have convinced my father to begin wearing it. Still working on my brother...

Slainte!



Clarification: My issue with the concept of the upward fold at the end has to to with proper sizing of the cuff and the placement of the garter. I'm thinking that if I did it doubles over the garter and then back up with the full width of the cuff then it would now be too low rather than too high, or have an unsightly bulge only for the top part of the cuff if it was done in a way that did not expose the back side of the cuff while still turning the whole cuff out the right way. Perhaps I am just over thinking this. I will have to play with it when I have time.

Folding the way I described does indeed end up with an 'inside out' cuff. It's not really a problem with the hose that I own, some have a ribbed cuff which works either way, some have a cable-knit pattern which also works either way. Some have a more complex pattern, but they all seem to work OK inside out.

I do agree that some patterns might not work inside out, so you would then be forced to simply turn down the cuff once, or maybe try a down-up-down fold, which would need very long hose and would lead to quite a thick cuff, but would mean that the pattern was the right way round.