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

[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.