I’m knitting a pair of star toe - Cat Bordhi new pathway gusset placement she calls Riverbed - but hey the stockinette is simple - socks. 

I’d be much further along on these socks if it weren’t for the strange vortex that distorts reality I was able to determine my gauge.  Depending on the amount of humidity, if I’m wearing wool or cotton, and if the minute hand is pointed up or down on the clock, my gauge is somewhere between 7.5 sts to 9 sts per inch.  I have even tried measuring the same row twice.  Can’t be done.  I get a different answer because a butterfly flapped it’s wings in some other country. 

Normally, I would take this all in stride.  Except these aren’t for me.  Or for anyone else within reasonable driving distance.  Or for someone who has the same size feet as someone within reasonable driving distance.  I am on my own for estimating fit.  Gauge is all I’ve got and so far it’s not playing fair.

So should I …  A) knit on and hope for the best, B) start over assuming size for the average gauge and hope for the best, or C) knit on as is for the first sock, knit the second sock in the average gauge, write a note to the intended recipient about how the universe conspired against me (and them by association to this whole affair), beg forgiveness that one sock will need to be reknit and could they please let me know which one that is, and hope for the best.