Jacobite era kilt hose - knitted or sewn ?

[Steve Ashton]

Peter, you are infinitely more knowledgeable on Highland Dress than I am.

But I know history and history shows us that knitting is very old. Knitted footwear is old. Knitted stockings are old.
History also shows us that knitted stockings were worn by the majority of people in the Western world from the Renaissance up until today. They were everywhere and could be self knit or purchased inexpensively by just about everyone. By 1600 polished Cotton Lisle from Balbriggen were so common that the name Balbriggen became a catchname for "everyman hose" like Q-Tip, Zipper, and Kleenex would become later.