Jacobite era kilt hose - knitted or sewn ?

[figheadair]

I was simply replying to the original question -

"Hello all !
I have a question about kilt hose of the 1740 Jacobite era ....
Those who could afford hose, did they only have hose sewn from tartan fabric ? Or did knitted hose in that period already existed ?
Thank you in advance for any information !
Smallpipe"

I interpreted the question as being -
did they only have hose sewn from tartan fabric ? Or did knitted hose in that period already existed ?

The question in the OP could be interpreted as assuming that people wore Highland clothes all the time. That might have been the case for the poor Highlander for whom the plaid was probably his only garment. But for gentlemen, especially travelling outside of the Highlands, and possibly in it at times, they would have worn standard European dress of the time.

In terms of Highland clothes, we know that cloth hose were widely worn. We also know that knitted stockings existed at the time. What we don't have evidence of, so far as I know, is that knitted hose were worn with Highland clothes. If they were, one might reasonably assume them to have been plain, rather than diced or tartan, as they would have been far simpler to fashion. I cannot think of a portrait that shows plain hose.