Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Not at all, Matt. I was talking about lace making, an old and skilled craft, not knitting. There is a difference. If the OP wishes to invest time (and money) acquiring the equipment and skills necessary I am sure he will have an absorbing hobby and, one day, might be able to create something approaching lace. In the meantime if he wants an actual lace jabot he might be better looking around for some to buy. Here is a site that may get him started - http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/equipment.htm
Piperdbh is a knitter (and a skilled one), and in his original post, he is asking about how the jabot collar is typically tied because "a certain member of a kilt forum" (no doubt referring to himself) plans on knitting himself one.

There are different ways to make lace, and one of which is by lace knitting. I assure you this is a very real and traditional craft, as well. My wife knit my jabot according to a pattern adapted from a nineteenth century Shetland lace knit shawl. If you are interested in seeing other examples of lace knit craft items, here is a blog full of wonderful photos of items made according to patterns from a book called Victorian Lace Today.
http://victorianlacealong.blogspot.com/

My wife has that book (as a matter of fact it is where she found the old Shetland shawl pattern), and it is full of absolutely beautiful examples of traditional Victorian lace knitting.

Could one go out and buy some premade lace and make his own jabot, as you suggest? Sure. Nothing wrong with that.

Could one learn the fine and venerable craft of making bobbin lace, which is what the link you provided deals with, and then make a jabot from that? Sure. That would be excellent.

Bobbin lace is one way of making lace. But not the only way.

But as piperdbh is a skilled knitter, I am assuming he has knit lace in mind for his project, and will be applying his considerable talent in that direction. And that is fantastic, too! :-)