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Posted by Woolstitcher on November 14, 2008, 5:17 pm
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> Woolstitcher spun a FINE 'yarn':
> +I'm knitting a scarf for a 6 foot 6 inch man... how long should it be?
> +When knitting a scarf for myself, I knit it from floor to shoulder length
> .. I won't be able to measure that on the person that I'm knitting it for.
> +Thanks,
> Woolstitcher. . .
> Welllllllllll.... first of all, do you feel that your measurment system
> for yourself is a good scarf lenghth?
No, that's why I asked. I didn't know if there was a "standard" measurment
or size = to height.
Then, if so, what is YOUR height, and what is YOUR measuring from shoulder
to floor?
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> Should be pretty easy to do a bit of math and figure the same ratio for 6
> foot 6, yes?
> Personally, I always make scarves that are meant to be long a foot longer
> than the person I'm knitting for, so at 5 foot 5, I make them 6 foot 5 for
> ME.
> At DH's height of 6 foot 2, his scarf is 7 foot 2.
> HTH,
> Noreen
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> +I'm knitting a scarf for a 6 foot 6 inch man... how long should it be?
> +When knitting a scarf for myself, I knit it from floor to shoulder length
> .. I won't be able to measure that on the person that I'm knitting it for.
> +Thanks,
> Woolstitcher. . .
> Welllllllllll.... first of all, do you feel that your measurment system
> for yourself is a good scarf lenghth?