Abstract: In a method of printing hosiery, a hose tube is placed over a flat form having a pair of side edges which taper towards each other at a predetermined angle, at least one of these edges being substantially straight. There is then placed over the hose tube on the form a print carrier which is initially in the form of a frustoconical tube but which is flattened along two opposed fold lines. These fold lines also taper towards each other at the said predetermined angle so that the print carrier fits snugly over the flat form. The hose tube is contacted closely between the fold lines and the side edges of the form during a subsequent hot pressing operation, so that a design carried by the print carrier is properly transferred to the hose tube and there is no resultant discontinuity in design in the finished hosiery in those areas.