My friend moved to Florida, so I didn’t think she would want socks, but after she saw a pair I made for a mutual friend she said “I can always wear them when I come back up to visit Toronto in the winter. “
I happened to have stash yarn that will be perfect for her. Doing some swatching now, but will probably work on them when we are travelling together later this fall.
I think I’ll do the chevron stitch from Charlene Schurch’s “Sensational Knitted Socks”.
September 27, 2019
Casting on, assuming gauge will be 9/in for the stockinette portions. Based on that, Sharon’s base number is 76. The chevron pattern gets even more stitches / in, so the 11 stitch pattern really acts like 9 stitches, and if I make it 13, I assume it will be more like 11 stitches. 11 stitches * 7 repeats is 77 stitches, so I can do 3 repeats centred across the instep for the foot. I will test it on Sharon after I’ve done a few inches of the foot.
If it’s too big or small, I can go for multiples of 9 (11 in pattern) for a base of 72 or 80.
October 10, 2019
After knitting a few inches of the foot I tried the sock on Sharon and it fit without any negative ease, so I decided to tighten it a bit. Will 3 repeats on each side with 9 stitches in the chevron, and 3 purls instead of 2 between. This gives a total base stitch count of 72. Re-tried it on again after knitting up to the end of one foot and it fits nicely.
October 22, 2019
Bummer!!!! Had knitted up to the end of both heel turns & flaps and was about to continue on the leg portion. Had about 10 hours of flying from Bari, Italy, via Rome, back home, so I was counting on coming close to finishing, but the A-Holes (am I allowed to say that on Ravelry?) Security agents in Bari took my needles away! 
Will be out later today to buy a new set.
November 2, 2019
Bought new needles a few days ago, and finished last night. Tried them on me and they fit perfectly, but my feet are much narrower than Sharons, so I hope they fit her. Unfortunately, she probably won’t be up to Toronto until the spring. So we’ll see then who gets to keep ‘em.
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