Grrrrr running out of yarn

[celticdragonfly]

Lion Brand Magic Stripes yarn - available at Hobby Lobby, the only usable sock yarn that I don't have to order online or go to a specialty yarn shop for. And cheaper than other sock yarns, and nicer to the touch than that *^$%(&* Wildfoote I just recently suffered through (and am not buying again).

"One ball makes a pair of socks!" Apparently only true if you're a women's medium or smaller. I'm about to run out of yarn, just before I get to the toe reductions of the 2nd sock. GRRRR.

I suppose I'll end up buying another ball, finishing the sock, and then using the rest to make a pair of socks for Maggie or something.

But GRRRR!

I get SO tired of having to rewrite every sock pattern because I'm a woman's large. I get so tired of seeing posts about knitalongs go by that there's no point in me even looking at, because they're for sweaters and such, and I KNOW the pattern won't go up to my size. I've got a kit for a pair of summerweight cotton anklets that I want to start on next, and I'm afraid there won't be enough yarn there for my size. I am so TIRED of being my size. And it's not just weight, so nobody start pressuring me to lose weight - I could starve myself until I go psychotic and I wouldn't get size 7 feet.

GAH.

Comments

sock sizes

[jfsnyder.livejournal.com]

Hmm. guess I'm going to be SOL on sox too...since I wear a size 9. And you're right, no amount of dieting in the world is going to decrease my sox size. but just think how tall I'd be if I wasn't all folded down for foot. :-) That's what my dad used to say to try and cheer me up.

Vis a vis the sweater sizes...I can always help you out there by increasing sizes. I do that all the time....making a child size sweater into a small adult size (for Allan), or making a sweater that only goes to large (don't EVEN get me started) into a 2XL for my dad. It is all about figureing out the gauge, then increasing by the right amount of stitches. I'm terrible at math, but I can do this. Go figure. Of course, I usually buy at least another skien if I'm increasing sizes. Kits are right out for me because they never have enough yarn for me to use for some reason.

[jenna-thorn.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, the benefit of feet big enough that I look like an L in profile...

cool boots on the cheap, because shoe stores cater to the drag queens and I hit the clearance rack. Platform laceups for $10.Woot!

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, hey, where do you shop, and can I come with you?

Then realized that although I like boots, I would NOT want platform laceups. And even large size boots, I'm going to have troubles, because I have curvy calves and they don't fit.

boots

[jenna-thorn.livejournal.com]

hee! I loved my platforms (I did, eventually, kill them) but then, I'm short. I have a few pairs of shoes that let me see almost eye to eye with my husband.

As for where, I am the queen of Big Lots and Discount Shoe Warehouse. 8-)

[the-blue-fenix.livejournal.com]

I get SO tired of having to rewrite every sock pattern because I'm a woman's large. I get so tired of seeing posts about knitalongs go by that there's no point in me even looking at, because they're for sweaters and such, and I KNOW the pattern won't go up to my size. I've got a kit for a pair of summerweight cotton anklets that I want to start on next, and I'm afraid there won't be enough yarn there for my size. I am so TIRED of being my size. And it's not just weight, so nobody start pressuring me to lose weight - I could starve myself until I go psychotic and I wouldn't get size 7 feet.

(raises hand) Me too, only for me it's length of garments. Lane Bryant and associated catalogs are better than most about offering 'tall' as well as 'petite' options for those of us who aren't medium height, but there are still clothes in their catalog sized for everyone _but_ me. Bluntly, petites can take in a sleeve or a pants cuff an inch or so with very little trouble -- pants and sleeves too _short,_ on the other hand, look like Frankenstein clothes with no recouse. Even if I had extra fabric and sewing talent, the extension seams would show.

My shoes are 11's -- actually easier to find than the 10 1/2 I used to need when I was skinny. But mostly I reject shoes for structural flaws incompatible with my bad foot tendons/heel spurs.

[marymont.livejournal.com]

You're lucky. Ever tried to find a size 11 1/2? They don't make them. My daughter wears them. 12's are too big, and 11's are snug. OTOH, some 10's are fine for her. She has an enormous collection of shoes that feel like they fit when she tries them on, but after she wears them once, can't wear again.

Shoes

[meerkat1.livejournal.com]

While it will only help for sport shoes, I suggest you try New Balance.
They have a wide varity of size and shapes. Here is a link to the "fitting" page. I Love my New Balance shoes. I can order them long enough, wide enough and they have great support for heavy people. Plus many of them are made in the USA.

http://www.brownsnewbalance.com/General/FootTypes.htm

I wear a 10D.

Re: Shoes

[marymont.livejournal.com]

Sport shoes are no problem--she can go to mens' sizes. It's finding the shoes for her senior prom and the equivalent that take us to weeping. Finding pointe shoes was another treat--she needed them with a hard shank because her feet were so strong, but compressible and long. But it was a gorgeous long line when she did go en pointe!

My husband wears New Balance sneaks. He wears a 10.5 EEE -- he can't find that size in any other manufacturer.

[technomom]

That's one of the things that keeps me from really pursuing learning useful things like sewing - I'm fat. I have size 9.5 feet. I don't know if they're really larger than they were 15 years ago, or if my refusal to wear uncomfortable shoes any more finally drove me to the right size. I know my feet have spread out, but I'm told that's fairly common for any woman who has had children.

FWIW - my skinny girl has size 8.5 feet!

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

My feet spread out, too. I used to have really narrow heels as a kid. Now I wear a wide. Well, three kids, all those hormones to loosen up the joints, yep.

I figure anybody who just looked at my shoe choices and knew the old Robin Williams bit would definitely qualify me as lesbian ;-). Comfy shoes all the way.

[technomom]

curiousmay9 and I often joke about the comfortable shoes!

[macgyvergal.livejournal.com]

Let me know what colors you need, since I work for Hobby Lobby, I get a 15% discount and as my gaming buds would tell you, I'm always ready to help out on purchases.

Go to www.hobbylobby.com on Sun afternoon for the next weeks sales.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Snort. As it happens, I just got home - from Hobby Lobby. Yours, as it happens. I saw you up front, and said hi and called to you as I was getting the kids into a cart, but you didn't hear me and headed off, you looked busy. So I figured I'd catch you when I came back up front, but when I did you weren't around.

They didn't have it. It's the purple stripes one, purple and gray and blue. Pity they didn't have it. I got the original ball at the Hobby Lobby up at Rufe Snow and the 820, so I'll try to get there sometime soon. I thought about going there before coming home, but I didn't want to end up there during rush hour, the traffic gets ooky.

[macgyvergal.livejournal.com]

I was probably getting ready to go home. We order stuff on Wed and I'll talk to Cheryl about the color. If she can get it, the warehouse can be iffy at times, it should come in Friday.

Distance wise the Rufe Snow store is closer to where I live, but travel-time wise the Hulen store is better. I can hardly wait until the store in Lake Worth opens, only five minutes from home and that's if I hit all the red lights.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Marvy cool, thank you.

There's going to be one in Lake Worth? OOh cool, much closer. When? Where?

[macgyvergal.livejournal.com]

Don't know when the Lake Worth store will open, but I think they're aiming for fall 2005.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's
http://www.lionbrand.com/graphics/yarns/310-203b.jpg
Purple Pattern 203:
Navy, purple and medium dusty blue stripes separated by stripes mixed gray and white

Ample Knitters

[bkseiver.livejournal.com]

For those of you who comisserate with Laura, consider the following list:
www.ample-knitters.com. Great advice on patterns, and knit-alongs for your sizes.

Re: Ample Knitters

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

But if you want to join the list, you might want to wait just a bit. I tried.
http://www.ample-knitters.com/status.html

Still a marvelous webpage with lots of resources.