“Scarpits”
“Scarpits” was the name of the house shoes that my Italian “nona” (grandmother) made for all the family and required everyone to wear when visiting her home. I dedicated Crafting Handmade Shoes to her, and described our relationship in the following Introduction to this book.
Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald
I am elated with my discovery today – I was thumbing through my precious copy of Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald thinking, “wouldn’t it be wonderful if this book were available to everyone.” I ordered mine from the National Museum of Denmark about twenty years ago and pick it up often to marvel at the brilliance […]
Angus’ Scottish shoes
At a Renaissance Faire in CT a few years ago, I ran in to a fine leatherworker named Angus who surprised me with the news that he had made himself a pair of shoes by following the instructions in Crafting Handmade Shoes. When I saw them I was amazed; they were made of vegetable-tanned leather […]