How long is a foot?

Thanks, Chex. For future reference, that will be really useful.

Hesira

CHEX wrote:

That's how I feel about it. I wouldn't want to make something she couldn't get on her foot.

Hesira

Wooly wrote:

Used to be, I couldn't find many 8s and figured it was because that was the most common size.

sue

Sorry no, I'm not trying to argue with you. It's just that there's no hard and fast rule about height vs shoe/foot size. Yes, one can generalize, but I know too many exceptions to the short person = small foot, tall person = large foot for me to trust those generalities when it comes to fitting a person.

sue

Yeah, I knew about the fingertip to fingertip measurement usually equal their height. Just never heard about the forearm = foot length one.

sue

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:50:59 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net spun a fine yarn

I'd be aghast if someone outright asked me my measurements, Aaron! Noreen

Why? Is it like carrying coals to Newcastle? You already have too many socks? Or, you do not care if the socks fit because you are going to hang them on the refrigerator as you would any little gift of that caliber? Or, you desperately need pot holders?

I do not just blurt out the question, "How fat are you?" That *would* be rude.

Hairdressers and dressmakers know things long before the doctors, lawyers, and even the priests. And, knitters and dressmakers are not that far apart. : )

Make them comfortable, let them talk, listen to them, and they will tell you. You just have to remember to write it down in your little knitter's notebook that you have out because you are knitting, right? They will never remember that they told you their sizes, (because the actual story that they told you was about some stupid clerk at a department store) and they will be very surprised that you exactly guessed their size. But, you did not guess, you knew! Because you listened and you wrote it down.

This is Harvey Mackay with a Franklin Day Planner. It works. Even for knitters.

Aaron

Aaron, I've never asked anyone their 'size' or their measurements, nor has anyone ever volunteered them, nor have I volunteered mine. If anyone ever DID have the gall to ask me, I'd blithely answer "why, are you writing a book? Leave that part out and make it a Mystery!" JM2C, Noreen

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:34:53 -0400, suzee spun a fine yarn

Thank you, SUE, for saying what I couldn't quite find the words for! Noreen

No, but when you *first* meet a person? That's a bit intrusive a question at an introduction.

sue

You crack me up Mystery Woman!

Hesira

YarnWright wrote:

You're welcome. I mean, I could see asking a friend about their sizes when you ask when their birthday or anniversary is, but any other time is a bit much.

sue

There are meetings and there are meetings : )

Some meetings go on for hours. Recently, I *met* another branch of my wife's family - it took all weekend. When lunch takes 3 hours, well, I know all about Dr. Fong's allergies and her shoe size. She also told me about the tradition of knitting in S. E. Asia.

Aar> > Why? Is it like carrying coals to Newcastle? You already have too many

On 2 Aug 2006 15:51:49 -0700, hesira spun a fine yarn

;) :D :p heeheehee! Would you have me any other way???? Grin! Noreen

If I knew about the forearm/foot ratio before, I had forgotten it. Looking at my forearm, I would have bet that it was longer than my foot, but I measured and it was very close. Interesting!

BB

S.E. Asia knitting traditions? Tell us more!

=Tamar

Dr. Fong teaches SE Asian women's studies but has never specifically researched textiles.

She was saying the there is a long (at least 1000 years) tradition of using two needles to make lace, but that there is not really a tradition of knitting clothing. Knitting lace was carried out in shops and large wealthy households. She did not have any knowledge of how widespread the craft was.

But, since Dr. Fong does not knit, I thought it was interesting that specifically said "2-needles." I was interested because it solved a family mystery.

When my wife was a young girl, she remembers her Mother knitting a very fine sweater and saying it was the first sweater she had ever knit. So, my DW wonders why my first sweaters are not as nice as the first sweaters that her mother knit? I think my DW's Mother grew up working as a lady's maid and was trained to knit lace and be a dress maker.

Aaron

Since Dr. Fong has "never researched textiles", if she is referring to knitting, I think her assigning a date of "1,000 years" is hearsay. On the other hand, the "lace" may have been a form of sprang, which is made on a frame using two movable sticks and can be used to make complex patterns. There are lacy sprang hats that are over 1,000 years old from both Europe and Egypt.

However, I have never come across any information about ancient SE Asian lace-like work other than a general statement that almost every culture does some form of twining or looping. Asia did have nalbinding very early; one of the mummies of Urumchi had a hat made in nalbinding, and another had a kumihimo cord. But no knitting.

=Tamar