traditional hand-tied garters?

[gilmore]

You might take a look at your local fabric store. They often have woven "tape" of different fabrics and weight that is used to re-enforce seams, and that work quite well as garter ties. You can buy them in any length you want. And for a dollar or so per yard.

You may have to sew the end if you want to fray it, (or hem it, of course)but some are so tightly woven that that isn't really necessary.

[piperdbh]

I can knit you some of them, which would be like the "Snake Garters" that Puffer posted about a couple of months ago. They could be any length you wanted, any color, and would stretch to about 1 1/2 times their original length. PM me if you're interested.