a girl asks one question and suddenly, she's blogged!

[zats_clear]

I had an email last week from someone looking for sock patterns for small feet. says WiseHilda of Ravelry and Knitty fame. Her blog entry for today highlights something I had not put together in my online pattern seeking - Knitty does, indeed, have the vast majority of their socks listed out in multiple sizes! I'm thrilled!

(and actually, I just told her that I had been looking for patterns and was directed there by my fellow knitwits and how grateful I was that her patterns were all size inclusive)

Comments

[minxy]

Hee! I saw that post and wondered if maybe you'd written the email! You are famous on teh internets, obvs.

[zats_clear]

*snort*

not so sure about famous, but I was certainly amused!

[afuna]

Ohh yay. I have been thinking of doing socks, but I haven't been sure where to start because my feet tend towards the smaller side of average. So glad to hear there's at least one place where the patterns consistently take that into account.

[zats_clear]

go tiny feet!!!

btw, my initial query was over on dwsockclub here if you are interested in some of the wonderful patterns located by our knitting sisters!

[afuna]

Oh cool, thank you!

[pinesandmaples]

I guess I don't quite understand the trouble with sizing socks. Maybe that's because I learned to make socks by experimenting with the number of stitches, yarn, and needles until I had something that fit my foot and I knew how that worked. It's not that hard to stop short, take out stitches, or make socks fit specific feet unless they are something wicked like Skew or something from Cat Bordhi. Even Cookie A's patterns can be adjusted pretty easily by pulling stitches from the sole, working the foot/leg to desired length, and dropping needles to change gauge.

It's not like we're talking bust darts here.

[zats_clear]

oh I plan to learn how to do that and I know I am smart enough to do it, math is fun, but right now is not the time. I was pretty clear that I needed something that was a go right out of the box, as it were. Why? Getting ready for a PCS (military move), experimenting with migraine meds so I can be (and currently am YAY) pain free for the first time in over a decade, soccer season, multiple family visits before we leave this coast, and catching up on all the crap I have had to let go by the wayside because I could not focus on it (literally) w/o pain.

Basically, I wanna eat my cake now. I'll learn about the eggs and flour later, when I can have fun with learning about it instead of cry in frustration and bemoan lost time.