Evolution of Kilt Stocking/hose.
As I go through reading about the evolution of Scottish Highland dress, there seems to be minimal information on the transformation for cloth/wool bag socks, into the knitted hose. In the early 17th century, illustrations seem to depict knit hose, not the bag socks. So does anybody know if wool knit socks/hose were used in the 17th century? I see it appearing more and more toward the mid, 17th century. Can anybody enlight us about the progression from the bag sock to the knit hose?
Allan Collin MacDonald III
Grandfather - Clan Donald, MacDonald (Clanranald) /MacBride, Antigonish, NS, 1791
Grandmother - Clan Chisholm of Strathglass, West River, Antigonish, 1803
Scottish Roots: Knoidart, Inverness, Scotland, then to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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