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/dev/null +++ b/source/feet/braided_twine_soles/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +Braided Twine Soles +=================== + +.. figure:: almost_finished_top.jpg + :align: center + +A sole made of braided twine, suitable for various kinds of slippers. + +This isn't The Traditional Way to make espadrille style soles, it's just +a method I've used and that seems to work. I don't know The Traditional +Method and couldn't find details on it online, so this way may be +similar, except I'm doing something horribly wrong. + +Materials +--------- + +Yarn +^^^^ + +* 3-4 mm twine; +* sturdy sewing thread. + +As a sewing thread I've used 4-ply waxed linen designed for bookbinding, +marked with a number 14 (I'm not sure on which scale, however). + +Tools +^^^^^ + +* paper pattern for the sole; +* 6 elastics; +* a binder clip, optional; +* strong needle, ideally curved; +* a needle as long as the sole will be wide, optional. + +The pattern will depend on what the sole will be used for: for sewn +shoes you will probably have a regular pattern, for knit / crocheted +ones you can trace around the finished object, and to make a sandal you +can trace around a foot adding a bit of ease and smoothing out the shape. + +You don't need to buy curved needles: regular needles can be curved +with the help of an heat source such as a hot air soldering station or a +candle flame, pliers and eye protections. + +Directions +---------- + +Cut 3 long pieces of twine: 10 m for each piece were barely enough for +a 25 cm foot. + +Find the middle point and tie the strands together with a scrap of +thread. + +.. figure:: 01-braiding.jpg + :align: center + +Starting close from the middle, loop each strand around your fingers to +form a butterfly, wrap it with an elastic. + +Make a 3-strands rounded braid: each strand is made of the two sides of +a piece of twine, and fold the strand towards the front to bring it to +the middle while braiding, rather than curving it to the side as for a +flat braid. + +Keep braiding until the end, keep it in place with a binder clip (or +just leave it hanging and rebraid it if needed). + +.. figure:: 02-pinning_outer_round.jpg + :align: center + +Put the paper pattern on a pinnable surface and starting from the toe +pin the braid vertically all around the pattern. + +.. figure:: 03-sew_outer_rounds.jpg + :align: center + +When you have finished the first round, lay the braid +towards the middle of the sole, whipstitching it to the outer round. + +.. figure:: 04-third_round.jpg + :align: center + +And keep working like this, whipstitching each round of braid to the one +next to it. + +Hide all knots between the braid sections. + +.. figure:: 05-wider_part.jpg + :align: center + +After a while, you won't be able to add more rope to the narrower part +of the sole; start making shorter rounds just in the wider part. + +.. figure:: 06-cutting.jpg + :align: center + +When even the wider part is full cut the braid to size + +.. figure:: 07-sewing_middle.jpg + :align: center + +and finish whipstitching the remaining open parts, including the one +that was left in the narrower part of the sole. + +.. figure:: 08-bottom_open.jpg + :align: center + +Now you can remove the pins and the sole will keep its shape, but the +bottom part will tend to open up, enabling dirt and other unwanted +material to creep into it, so you need to stabilize everything by +stitching it from side to side. + +.. figure:: 09-side_to_side_sewing.jpg + :align: center + +If you have a long needle you can insert it from one side of the sole to +the other one, but if you don't (or if your long needle is to thick and +you can't insert it into the braid) you'll have to go through 2–3 braids +at a time with the curved needle. + +.. figure:: 10-from_the_side.jpg + :align: center + +When you get to one end pull tight to compact the braids, and then go +back into the sole for the next line. Keep hiding all knots between the +braids. + +Now start again for the second sole, remembering to turn the pattern +upside down if it's shaped to have a right and a left foot. + +Attach the soles to the shoes with the whipstitched part on top; +depending on how the shoes are made a blanket stitch will probably work +nicely. + +.. + + Gallery + ------- + + .. .. figure:: + :align: center + :alt: . + diff --git a/source/feet/index.rst b/source/feet/index.rst index 0478b14..aef09ec 100644 --- a/source/feet/index.rst +++ b/source/feet/index.rst @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Contents: + + braided_twine_soles/index -- cgit v1.2.3