A Different take on White Kilt Hose

[Steve Ashton]

I am of the suspicion that the white hose thing came from the 1960's when you just were not anyone unless you had a pair of hand knit hose in fisherman cables knit with love by your granny. They were almost always cream or ecru, thick and terribly hot. But they were made by granny so you wore them with pride.

It seemed in those days that everyone had these hand knit cable hose Some had large 'bobbles' which I am told were called "Piper's knots".