knitting in circles

[watervole]

Making progress.  I have now mastered the art of knitting with four needles in a circle, as testified to by a centimetre of ribbing.

I'm still using my scrap wool.  I want to see if I can follow the instructions for turning a heel before I go into my nicer wool.

One problem.  The pattern tells me to use 44 [52,56,64,68] stitches for the leg, but gives no clue as to what size of actual leg these are likely to fit.  It gives details for length of foot and length of leg, but no clues as to circumference of leg.

does anyone have suggestions for what circumference of leg sock patterns typically cater for.

Comments

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

If you have any knitted socks that fit you could try counting the stitches on those to get some idea of what size is needed.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Different wool thickness and needle size. (Can tell you've never knitted!)

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

Actually I have!

Admittedly it was about 37 years ago...

[davidwake.livejournal.com]

Could you compare, say, 10 of your stitches with 10 of a sock that fits?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Differences in the pattern and wool thickness make that impratical. I haven't knitted a sock before, so I've nothing to compare with that uses the thicker wool used for hand-knitted socks.