home made shoes & slippers
My employer finally let us have access to youtube - so I've been staying after work and learning stuff; mainly, how to make slippers, shoes and such.
My first effort was hand-felted slippers, that when I did the final shrink made them fit my sister. (Which is a size and a half smaller than me!) So know I know that wool shrinks a LOT. My next effort is going to be slippers made from a pattern I downloaded from Etsy and in a double layer of polar fleece. I've sent for some clear tool-dip for the soles; that'll be here by Friday, so I should have some photos to post next week. I read someone's review about tool dip as the sole for knitted slippers and she said it lasted more than two years!
One guy on youtube just painted his socks with the stuff! Instant shoes! (tacky, but if you're in a hurry . . . )
I also sent for some rubbery sole stuff that's more like a good shoe sole. Can't wait to make something good enough to try that out on.
Is anyone else here making shoes, slippers or moccasins?
By hand? By machine? What materials? Do they last?
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