I found an old pair of the kind of moccasin boots we all wore in, like, the 90s -- pardon me, 'vintage' -- on Etsy & grabbed those, & they helped my feet SO MUCH over the winter. You can still get em from Minnetonka but they're a hunnert twenny bucks a pop these days. The shorter versions are still in the sixty-seventy range, & it's not like I have any shortage of leather kicking around.
My next planned project is a pair of Norse Viking-era turnshoes, & then I'll probably try some shorter moccasins.
I neither knit or crochet, but I did trade a pair of slippers I couldn't wear (they had arch support! which is good for everyone else's feet! except for mine!) for a pair one of my roommates had that are felted wool with just a flat rubber sole. They're WARM & I can wear them out in the rain as long as I don't stand in a puddle for any length of time. Those got me through the part of winter that I wasn't wearing the moccasins for.
Four layers of relatively light leather is plenty of sole for me, even if I'm climbing around on rocks & stuff. As long as it's not a'a, but I don't live in Hawai'i & wouldn't try walking on that stuff ANYWAY.
... now I'm gonna wind up making shoes from all over the world. I'm not complaining about that! I _am_ complaining that I'm probably not gonna live another couple hundred years so I can get really good at it, but, welp, here we are.
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My next planned project is a pair of Norse Viking-era turnshoes, & then I'll probably try some shorter moccasins.
I neither knit or crochet, but I did trade a pair of slippers I couldn't wear (they had arch support! which is good for everyone else's feet! except for mine!) for a pair one of my roommates had that are felted wool with just a flat rubber sole. They're WARM & I can wear them out in the rain as long as I don't stand in a puddle for any length of time. Those got me through the part of winter that I wasn't wearing the moccasins for.
Four layers of relatively light leather is plenty of sole for me, even if I'm climbing around on rocks & stuff. As long as it's not a'a, but I don't live in Hawai'i & wouldn't try walking on that stuff ANYWAY.
... now I'm gonna wind up making shoes from all over the world. I'm not complaining about that! I _am_ complaining that I'm probably not gonna live another couple hundred years so I can get really good at it, but, welp, here we are.
Thank you!