Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Converts to the way of the silly shoes

I have a convert to the way of the silly shoes. The lovely Katje has decided to make some roman to support Mr B and I at November Crown and she's going the whole hog and making a set of calcei.

Photos of her calcei in progress are here. They are cut work calcei similar to my first pair, but with triangular holes instead of round.

In related news, I finished my other set of calcei. I'll get photos up soon. I'm a bit disappointed in the result though. I made the right shoe ages ago and it fits really well. I just finished the left and obviously did something a bit different as it doesn't fit as well, the front seam has gone a bit weird and the integral laces are too short. Moral of the story - cut out both shoes at the same time or write really clear construction and patterning notes, particularly regarding seam allowance.

1 comment:

deense said...

Lets not even talk about seam allowance. Somehow I managed to completely exclude it on the soles of my shoes. Sigh.

They're so much fun to make though! I have to say I'm really enjoying the process.