How long is a foot?

Hi All,

I'm knitting a pair of socks as a gift for a slender 6 foot tall woman.
I don't know how long her foot is and I can't measure her foot or her
forearm as she lives quite far from me. I don't want her to know about
this gift, so I figured I'd make it about size 8 or 8.5. US.

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

Thanks,

Hesira

PS: I tried Googling this, and you don't want to know what I came up
with!

On 1 Aug 2006 10:25:00 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

Unless she's a very small-footed person for her height that sock will
be too short. I'm 5'7" and I wear a .eu42 shoe. That's something
bigger than a women's US10, but not much. My foot is 10.375" long
from the back of the heel to the tip of the longest toe when I'm
standing. I knit most of my socks to an unwashed length of about 9",
sometimes a bit more; they shrink/bloom a bit on the first wash and
fit perfectly thereafter.

So I have to vote for socks that are at least 9.5" FINISHED SCOURED
length for a woman of 6' in height. The gals of my acquaintance with
that stature tend to have larger feet than me.

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Thanks Wooly,

I had no idea of what her size might be. My feet are kind of small so
I didn't know where to betgin.

Hesira

Wooly wrote:
On 1 Aug 2006 10:25:00 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

Unless she's a very small-footed person for her height that sock will
be too short. I'm 5'7" and I wear a .eu42 shoe. That's something
bigger than a women's US10, but not much. My foot is 10.375" long
from the back of the heel to the tip of the longest toe when I'm
standing. I knit most of my socks to an unwashed length of about 9",
sometimes a bit more; they shrink/bloom a bit on the first wash and
fit perfectly thereafter.

So I have to vote for socks that are at least 9.5" FINISHED SCOURED
length for a woman of 6' in height. The gals of my acquaintance with
that stature tend to have larger feet than me.

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Hmm -- I am also 5'7" and I wear a US woman's 8.5 or Eur 39. My
daughter is 5' 10.5" and wears a US woman's 7.5 shoe. So -- I guess I
would caution relying too much on height as an indicator although I
think my daughter's small feet are unusual (not for her as she takes
after her father whose sock size is just slightly longer than mine
though he is 6 ft tall.) My SIL who is about 5 ft 11 inches tall does
wear a US woman's 10 shoe - and I make her socks longer than the ones
I make for my DH. (They are brother and sister - but built
differently. We humans are marvelously varied individuals.)

Unless she's a very small-footed person for her height that sock
will
be too short. I'm 5'7" and I wear a .eu42 shoe.

I am only 5 foot tall but my foot measures 10 inches in length.

During WW11 I got extra clothing coupons for shoes as a child because of
my long feet.
My Dad used to say I would be a tall girl if I had not got so much
tucked under at the bottom. Another saying of his was that it was not
the shoes but the boxes they came in that I needed.#
Now my sister only took a size 4 but I have a 6 Uk sizes.

So it is difficult for you to judge her size.
Shirley





In message .com, JCT
writes
Hmm -- I am also 5'7" and I wear a US woman's 8.5 or Eur 39. My
daughter is 5' 10.5" and wears a US woman's 7.5 shoe. So -- I guess I
would caution relying too much on height as an indicator although I
think my daughter's small feet are unusual (not for her as she takes
after her father whose sock size is just slightly longer than mine
though he is 6 ft tall.) My SIL who is about 5 ft 11 inches tall does
wear a US woman's 10 shoe - and I make her socks longer than the ones
I make for my DH. (They are brother and sister - but built
differently. We humans are marvelously varied individuals.)

Unless she's a very small-footed person for her height that sock
will
be too short. I'm 5'7" and I wear a .eu42 shoe.


--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk

I agree with Wooly. Having shopped with my DD#1 who is 5'11", I think that
the length should be at least 9.5 inches. Height is not always an indicator
of shoe size but the shoes in tall catalogs tend to run larger than you can
find anywhere else.
Marilyn
"Wooly" wrote in message
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On 1 Aug 2006 10:25:00 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

Unless she's a very small-footed person for her height that sock will
be too short. I'm 5'7" and I wear a .eu42 shoe. That's something
bigger than a women's US10, but not much. My foot is 10.375" long
from the back of the heel to the tip of the longest toe when I'm
standing. I knit most of my socks to an unwashed length of about 9",
sometimes a bit more; they shrink/bloom a bit on the first wash and
fit perfectly thereafter.

So I have to vote for socks that are at least 9.5" FINISHED SCOURED
length for a woman of 6' in height. The gals of my acquaintance with
that stature tend to have larger feet than me.

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On 1 Aug 2006 11:49:04 -0700, "JCT" spewed
forth :

ones
I make for my DH. (They are brother and sister - but built
differently. We humans are marvelously varied individuals.)

Absolutely, but it does seem to be a general operating rule that
taller people will have bigger feet - they need more real estate on
the ground in order to stay upright during a brisk breeze

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Hi All,

I'm knitting a pair of socks as a gift for a slender 6 foot tall woman.
I don't know how long her foot is and I can't measure her foot or her
forearm as she lives quite far from me. I don't want her to know about
this gift, so I figured I'd make it about size 8 or 8.5. US.

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

My daughter wears an 8 or 8-1/2, so I just measured her foot - and from the
end of her heel to the tip of her big toe is just about 9-1/2"

Hope this helps

Moon


Thanks,

Hesira

PS: I tried Googling this, and you don't want to know what I came up
with!

Hi Wooly,

Pardon my ingnorance, but what do you mean by SCOURED? I've seen you
post it before, and wondered.

Hesira

Wooly wrote:

So I have to vote for socks that are at least 9.5" FINISHED SCOURED
length for a woman of 6' in height. The gals of my acquaintance with
that stature tend to have larger feet than me.

In article .com,
hesira wrote:
Hi All,

I'm knitting a pair of socks as a gift for a slender 6 foot tall woman.
I don't know how long her foot is and I can't measure her foot or her
forearm

I see you know that trick, then. Can you find someone about the
same height and slenderness to measure?

I figured I'd make it about size 8 or 8.5. US.

Would anyone out there know how long that is in inches? Any opinions
about that size? Think it's too big, small, or right? Any help would
be very appreciated!

The Yarn Harlot's new book, _Knitting Rules_ page 140 says that
a women's medium shoe size is usually 10 inches, a women's large
shoe size is usually 11 inches long.

She also says that foot size is usually 15% of their height.
(I've met a short woman with very long narrow feet, so the
"usually" is important.)

=Tamar