Viking shoes pattern

Guide to Viking Turnshoes - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document provides instructions for making replica Viking turnshoes using basic sewing skills. It explains that turnshoes are shoes constructed inside out and then turned right side out. The hardest part is creating an accurate foot pattern. Instructions are given to trace one's foot and use string to measure foot dimensions needed to shape the sole and upper patterns. Attention to…

Germanic shoes based on Moor Finds (A) -F.O. Obernaltendorf, (B) and (D) F.O. Damendorf; (C) F.O. Roswinkel, The Netherlands-rough translation, Gary Freeman

Please be advised that this is an ADVANCED LEATHERWORKING PROJECT. For advice and support from other crafters who have already made these shoes, please check out our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/559847828432531/ This is only the pattern, no instructions; For visual instructions, watch my video: https://youtu.be/NC-B94w6mGE For more detailed verbal instructions on how to assemble the pieces, you can also watch my shoe kit instructional video: https://youtu.be/eZORntEqXfo…

"various shoe styles found at the Viking-age trading town of Hedeby." Love this article on Viking clothing from http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/clothing.htm

arious shoes that we want to try making…and eventually we’ll have pictures of the ones that we do. As of 7/27/14 – This project has totally stopped except for research. Anja is lo…

Celtic Leather Shoes (aided by a Lasercutter): I know that the re-enactment people might hate me, but making celtic leather shoes is so much easier if you have a laser cutter (as we do in our hackerspace "Mainframe" in Oldenburg (sorry, web page is in German only right now)). I did it for…

Viking Leather Turnshoes: My Medieval Reenactment persona is a Viking, so naturally I needed some viking shoes. Since TJ Maxx was out of authentic viking wear I made my own, and I'm passing along what I learned in the process in hopes that it will help some other shoeless vi…

Here’s a simple shoe design that was made by our ancestors before there were shoe shops or Zappos. Much of the Europe population, both male and female wore a variation of this for many mille…

I thought I’d share my method for making my own shoe pattern, in case it helps anyone else interested in … Continue Reading →