Yesterday, I posted a question about figuring out what size to make socks for gifts. Janice in GA was kind enough to post the following link in response:

http://www.knittinganyway.com/socks/socksizechart.htm

Thanks much, Janice for the link and Catherine for the chart. That is a very good resource and I plan to make use of it. This chart is very helpful in the cases where I know or have a good idea of shoe sizes or when I have a co-conspirator who can obtain the shoe size for me.

Still, there are cases when I’m a little uncertain about shoe size and I don’t know that I have any convenient spies to provide such information. I’m sure knit-bloggers have encountered and overcome this situation in the past and I’m interested to hear any additional stories and tricks.

I’m thinking of things like stealing a sock and measuring it, but what if the sock resides several states distant?

I’m thinking about sneaking into the closet with a tape measure, but what if I’m caught. How does on explain why one is going through the laundry basket with a tape measure. “Honestly, officer, I was only trying to figure out what size sock to knit.” Yeah, right.

I’m thinking of taking the recipient shoe-shopping, but everybody knows I’m really not into shoes (a good pair of work boots, maybe). Besides, I might have to end up paying for some …

As clever as the knit-blogging community is, I’m sure you’ve got additional good ideas and I look forward to hearing them.