A Colour pre-requisite for Argyll Hose?

[davidlpope]

The tartan I'll be going for is the Renwick Modern:


So as you can see, there really are only 3 colours totalled up, and no shades or anything of the sort.

Am I completely out of luck in terms of Argyll?

No. If you're really set on Argyll hose do this:

Primary Color #1- Green
Primary Color #2- Black
Secondary Color #1-Red
Secondary Color #2-Red

The result will be green and black diced hose with overstripes of red through every diamond. This is similar to the way that the Royal Highland Fusiliers Pipers hose is done- They have only red and green in their tartan, but the pattern employed is an Argyll one. See this[Note, I'm linking to this page to reference the hose pictured which are watermarked, not to encourage a sale]:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Scottish-ROYAL-H...#ht_713wt_1141

[M. A. C. Newsome]

What David said. You can get a perfectly nice pair of Argyle hose with three colors, as my photos show.

[AFS1970]

I have a similar tartan, wide green and blue and narrow black and purple. I just got my first pair of argyle topped hose, green with the argyle being wide green and blue and narrow black. They look great with the tartan. I am looking for purple flashes to complete the look.

[artificer]

I am looking for purple flashes to complete the look.

Ask, and you shall receive. Your choice of grape or purple.

Loogit me! I'm like a genie.

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[M. A. C. Newsome]

Or a US source, as you are in CT.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/garters.html

[Mael Coluim]

Loogit me! I'm like a genie.

ith:

Now where did we put that bottle?

[artificer]

Now where did we put that bottle?

Bottle I can do, but you can all breath a sigh of relief, no harem pants for THIS genie