I'm making a pair of cadagh

[Alan H]

At least, I think that's the name....I mean a pair of the tartan, woven "socks".

As my understanding has it, in the 1600's, even early 1700's before knit hose were readily available, Highlanders wore lower leg coverings made of tartan cloth. They were (at least so I understand) made on the bias, since the fabric has some more "give" when it's diagonally aligned. Well, I've got a "Great Kilt" for Ren Faire (Yes I know it's about 60+ years or more in the wrong era, but this is what people wear in my Guild and the other local Scottish Guilds) and I found a similar bolt of wool on the shelf at Joanne's fabric. A yard was four - fifty, so I figured that I couldn't go too far wrong.

We shall see. I'm making them extra baggy, and will bind them up the leg with straps a la Liam Neeson in Rob Roy, though I'm "faking" the actual foot part with some totally non-period shoes. At least they're really simple, they almost look like turnshoes. Sorta.