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Posted by Jo Gibson on October 27, 2009, 6:36 pm
Hello folks,
I recently purchased an e-pattern for some nice slippers or "room shoes"
as the designer calls them. She is a woman from Denmark I believe,
living in Canada. I live in Scotland. My sister and her daugher live
in Alaska. All these places have different shoe sizing!
I am a size 6 in the UK and I think an 8 1/2 in the US. So my feet are
bigger than my sister and my niece. I would like to make them some
"room shoes" for Christmas, but can't figure out what size to make for
them. For myself, I can put my bare foot on the various patterns in the
instructions and work out which one to use, so it doesn't matter which
"size" that is, if you see what I mean.
I wonder if someone who wears an American size 7 would kindly take off
their right shoe and sock, trace round their foot and then measure how
long their foot is in millimeters for me? That would really help. The
same kind service from someone who wears and American size 7 1/2 shoe
would be nice too! I think it would be best if you put your heel on the
bottom edge of the paper, put your foot straight on the paper (not
diagonal or at an angle) and then just measured from the bottom edge of
the paper up to the end of your big toe.
Any takers?
-- Jo in Scotland
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Posted by Jeannette in Los Angeles, CA on October 27, 2009, 8:00 pm
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> Hello folks,
> I recently purchased an e-pattern for some nice slippers or "room shoes"
> as the designer calls them. =A0She is a woman from Denmark I believe,
> living in Canada. =A0I live in Scotland. =A0My sister and her daugher liv=
e
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> in Alaska. =A0All these places have different shoe sizing!
> I am a size 6 in the UK and I think an 8 1/2 in the US. =A0So my feet are
> bigger than my sister and my niece. =A0I would like to make them some
> "room shoes" for Christmas, but can't figure out what size to make for
> them. =A0For myself, I can put my bare foot on the various patterns in th=
e
show/hide quoted text
> instructions and work out which one to use, so it doesn't matter which
> "size" that is, if you see what I mean.
> I wonder if someone who wears an American size 7 would kindly take off
> their right shoe and sock, trace round their foot and then measure how
> long their foot is in millimeters for me? =A0That would really help. =A0T=
he
show/hide quoted text
> same kind service from someone who wears and American size 7 1/2 shoe
> would be nice too! =A0I think it would be best if you put your heel on th=
e
show/hide quoted text
> bottom edge of the paper, put your foot straight on the paper (not
> diagonal or at an angle) and then just measured from the bottom edge of
> the paper up to the end of your big toe.
> Any takers?
> -- Jo in Scotland
According to this web site, a size 7 1/2 U.S. shoe size would be
245mm.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/clothing_shoes_womens.htm
Hope this is the info you need.
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Posted by Jo Gibson on October 29, 2009, 8:09 am
Jeannette in Los Angeles, CA wrote:
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>> Hello folks,
>> I recently purchased an e-pattern for some nice slippers or "room shoes"
>> as the designer calls them. She is a woman from Denmark I believe,
>> living in Canada. I live in Scotland. My sister and her daugher live
>> in Alaska. All these places have different shoe sizing!
>> I am a size 6 in the UK and I think an 8 1/2 in the US. So my feet are
>> bigger than my sister and my niece. I would like to make them some
>> "room shoes" for Christmas, but can't figure out what size to make for
>> them. For myself, I can put my bare foot on the various patterns in the
>> instructions and work out which one to use, so it doesn't matter which
>> "size" that is, if you see what I mean.
>> I wonder if someone who wears an American size 7 would kindly take off
>> their right shoe and sock, trace round their foot and then measure how
>> long their foot is in millimeters for me? That would really help. The
>> same kind service from someone who wears and American size 7 1/2 shoe
>> would be nice too! I think it would be best if you put your heel on the
>> bottom edge of the paper, put your foot straight on the paper (not
>> diagonal or at an angle) and then just measured from the bottom edge of
>> the paper up to the end of your big toe.
>> Any takers?
>> -- Jo in Scotland
>
> According to this web site, a size 7 1/2 U.S. shoe size would be
> 245mm.
>
> http://www.onlineconversion.com/clothing_shoes_womens.htm
>
> Hope this is the info you need.
That site is fabulous! Thank you!
-- Jo in Scotland
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 27, 2009, 8:13 pm
Hi there, Jo. Hope you're feeling great.
I have in my sewing room, a shoe size thing called 'Quick Fit'. Happy
to measure it but I don't have anything here that might be marked in
millimeters except the little silver ruler that came with my SM. The marks
on it appear to be 2½ millimeters equals 1 inch.
Hoping that's the right ruler (?) I find that the American size 7 is
23½ and the size 7½ is 24.
Width for both seems to be about 9½. Please wait to hear from someone
else before you proceed; I'm not certain about this ruler. Polly
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"Jo Gibson" <> Hello folks,
> I recently purchased an e-pattern for some nice slippers or "room shoes"
> as the designer calls them. She is a woman from Denmark I believe, living
> in Canada. I live in Scotland. My sister and her daugher live in Alaska.
> All these places have different shoe sizing!
> I am a size 6 in the UK and I think an 8 1/2 in the US. So my feet are
> bigger than my sister and my niece. I would like to make them some "room
> shoes" for Christmas, but can't figure out what size to make for them.
> For myself, I can put my bare foot on the various patterns in the
> instructions and work out which one to use, so it doesn't matter which
> "size" that is, if you see what I mean.
> I wonder if someone who wears an American size 7 would kindly take off
> their right shoe and sock, trace round their foot and then measure how
> long their foot is in millimeters for me? That would really help. The
> same kind service from someone who wears and American size 7 1/2 shoe
> would be nice too! I think it would be best if you put your heel on the
> bottom edge of the paper, put your foot straight on the paper (not
> diagonal or at an angle) and then just measured from the bottom edge of
> the paper up to the end of your big toe.
> Any takers?
> -- Jo in Scotland
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Posted by J* on October 27, 2009, 8:22 pm
fwiw and future reference if/when might be needed...
one metre = 39 inches or 100 centimetres or 1000 millimetres.
makes that one inch equal about 2.5 centimetres.
just a wee correction.
j.
"Polly Esther" wrote ...
Hi there, Jo. Hope you're feeling great.
I have in my sewing room, a shoe size thing called 'Quick Fit'. Happy
to measure it but I don't have anything here that might be marked in
millimeters except the little silver ruler that came with my SM. The marks
on it appear to be 2½ millimeters equals 1 inch.
Hoping that's the right ruler (?) I find that the American size 7 is
23½ and the size 7½ is 24.
Width for both seems to be about 9½. Please wait to hear from someone
else before you proceed; I'm not certain about this ruler. Polly
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> I recently purchased an e-pattern for some nice slippers or "room shoes"
> as the designer calls them. =A0She is a woman from Denmark I believe,
> living in Canada. =A0I live in Scotland. =A0My sister and her daugher liv=