How to Size a Ring
Whether you're buying a ring for yourself or someone else, you'll need to know the ring size of the lucky finger. This is easy to determine with some simple tools and a bit of information. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Cut a piece of paper about three inches long and as wide as a wedding band (no wider than 1/4 inch).
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Wrap the paper around the finger that you expect to wear the ring on, making sure that it is as snug as you want the ring to fit.
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Make a mark on the paper where it meets when wrapped around your finger.
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Unroll the paper so it is flat.
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Carefully measure the distance from the end of the paper you first wrapped around your finger to where the mark is.
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Search the Web for methods of determining your ring size using the marked paper and the charts or guides.
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Tips & Warnings
Although people are used to ordering shoes in half-sizes, whole ring sizes fit almost everyone.
If you feel unsure of the size, a jeweler has an instrument that can accurately measure it for you.
Make sure you measure the paper from the end that first touched your finger to the mark, and not from the leftover end back toward the mark.
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Anonymous
Jul 08, 2011
It said to seach the web for the conversion... Exactly what do they think we were doing when we came to this page... Typical -
ANON1436
Feb 13, 2008
I have to say something about the instructions, specifically number 6. If you are posting this as the "Subject Matter Expert," qualified to provide this information, then you should be complete. Your reader would expect that as an Expert, you would know what web sites are best to help then complete the project. Further, since the Difficulty is listed Easy, you might have considered a few of the many hyper-links you know so well and are appropriate rather than to ask the student just to go out there and find a site that will allow them to finish the project. This is admittedly the low-tech, least professional approach than our other colleagues suggested, but I have even seen fairly reputable magazines and catalogs use the exact methodology you are describing. In fact, the thing that brought me to the site today is that my catalog usually has a cut-out ring sizer, but not this month.
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ANON1436
Feb 13, 2008
I have to say something about the instructions, specifically number 6. If you are posting this as the "Subject Matter Expert," qualified to provide this information, then you should be complete. Your reader would expect that as an Expert, you would know what web sites are best to help then complete the project. Further, since the Difficulty is listed Easy, you might have considered a few of the many hyper-links you know so well and are appropriate rather than to ask the student just to go out there and find a site that will allow them to finish the project. This is admittedly the low-tech, least professional approach than our other colleagues suggested, but I have even seen fairly reputable magazines and catalogs use the exact methodology you are describing. In fact, the thing that brought me to the site today is that my catalog usually has a cut-out ring sizer, but not this month.
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Aug 08, 2006
We have a jewelry store and have been doing trade work for 15 years. To find your finger size you need to go to a store with a set of sizers (narrow sizer if you plan to get a narrow band, and wide sizer if you plan to get a wide band). Most stores will have at least the narrow sizers (WalMart has plastic ones that will work and they usual have no problem sizing your finger if they are not busy), and for the wide band just get a half size larger.
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Feb 22, 2006
It is much easier to have circles with the size of rings next to the circles, you can then put a ring that fits you or loved one (and also a ring that already goes over the knuckles) on this circle and match the size. It is somewhat faulty to measure the finger when so many people have knuckles bigger (like arthritis in older people). If you are going to a jeweler you can leave it to them, but to order online more accuracy is needed.
