My daughter loves knee high socks so I told her to pick a pattern and I would make her a pair for her birthday. It usually takes me about 10 days to make a pair of socks so I started on March 1st. Her birthday was March 15th. Well I only finished them April 30th. She is tall ( like me ) 5'10" so to get near her knees the body of the sock had to be 15 1/2", then 2" for heel flap. She also has long feet so that was another 10". It was a fun pattern and I did enjoy making them. I know now to allow much more time.

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The only problem now is that my husband also wants a pair of knee highs. Different pattern and color though. I'll be starting those soon. First I have a baby blanket to make as grandbaby #7 is on the way.