You do see evidence of what we now call "garter stitch" in the sixteenth century, but I don't know that we have a. any evidence that it was *called* garter stitch *in the 16th century* or b. any evidence that it was *used* for "garters" at that time. ;o) I'd have to defer to those of you who specialize in later time periods than I, which is where I'd suspect that we find more info on the use of various knitted items for the lower limbs, as they become more common... --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Kocian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] knitted garters (when) are they period? > > On Apr 13, 2007, at 12:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > (we're told that the garter stitch is called that because it was > > used for garters--can anybody verify this?) > > I heard that too, however garter stitch can be found as the > treatment for hand-knit stocking tops. I've heard the tops called > welts and also garters, so I wonder if that's how garter stitch gets > its name? > > -Carol _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
