Fits thighs up to...

[tephra]

So I'm cruising around LJ to avoid making a call that I need to make but really don't want to deal with and I come across a reference to Sock Dreams. Now I'm not that much for socks, at least not like I am for shoes and boots, but the indication was that funky (as in looks, not smells wiseguy) socks could be found there so I went looking.

OMG, tons of thigh high and over knee socks in nifty patterns and colors. They have toe socks and tabi, and animal print toe socks! *glee*

I find a likely pair of thigh highs, advertised as fitting feet sized 8-13 and stretchy for larger thighs. Cool. Then I read the sizing info:

"36 inches from the heels to the tops with good two way stretch. medium to larger feet sized 8-13 thighs up to at least 24 inches, remember, the wider your thighs the less high these will go, but you can always cuff them or slouch them. "

...

My calves are 24 inches.

*pout*

So morganalilith, I remember you mentioning you knit socks. Have any handy advice for a new sock knitter? Guestimation help on ounces of whatever weight yarn to sock size?

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[morganalilith.livejournal.com]

that's what i thought, but i don't always trust my menopausal memory these days, lol.

i'd say pick out some yarn, then pick out some needles that will work with it. knit a gauge swatch in the round. measure all the various variables of your feet/legs. do a little math, and have at. :)

there are some sock calculators on the web. they're mostly for your basic mid-calf sock if i remember correctly. but you're more than capable of devising one that'll give you all the info you need for thigh high socks.

and then take pics. i wanna see. :P

[tephra]

Assuming I actually make a pair I will take photos. And probably put them here and at deviantART. :)