camouflage kilt hose

[Tartan Hiker]

I'd go with a solid hose but camo flashes.

Now why have I never thought of that????

[Pleater]

No wonder the yarn and blanket have not come to my attention recently.

I have been thinking of trying to knit the patterned part of some argyle hose on my knitting machine, using the intarsia technique and seaming them up the back of the leg, then doing the heel sole and toe plain - possibly on double pointed needles so as to be sure of no ridges.

I had thought of doing black/grey/white so as to go with my black kilt, but the kilts I tend to wear most often are DPM, and I could create mixtures from three colours of very fine yarn to aproximate the colours in the material.

I have no idea when I could get around to doing some experiments, but it would be an interesting exercise in colour matching - something for the brighter days I think - to get the right shades and contrasts.

Anne the Pleater

[piperdbh]

Anne,
I have the space-dyed (variegated in the US) yarn, as well. I was thinking exactly what you posted, about working them in a simple rib and let the colors work out however they would.
I'm not suggesting that anyone should wear these; I just wondered if anyone had seen them or wanted to see them. I plan to make a pair of boot socks for my neighbor who's a deer hunter, and that gave me the idea for the kilt hose.