The Highlands (Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghàidhealtachd, “the place of the Gaels”; Scots: the Hielands) are a historic region of Scotland. It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots1 replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of A’ Ghàidhealtachd literally means “the place of the Gaels” and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. Kilt hose are highly ornamented here. For these kilthose you knit the bands flat and pick up stitches. For a smaller leg I would recommend going down a needle size.