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[M. A. C. Newsome]

I wondered if "home knitted hose" might have been part of the genesis of the cream hose. Un-dyed wool is sometimes cheaper than dyed wool.

Undyed wool is not white. It can be cream colored, or oatmeal colored, or some other similar shade, but not white. Bleached wool is white. I think when people speak of "white" kilt hose, people often confuse it with cream colored. I recently asked someone who was speaking against white hose what he thought of hand-knit cream colored hose, and he had no problem with those. Two different animals, in most people's opinion.