A friend once teased me about my addiction to knitting. He pointed out that I had knit practically an entire wardrobe for myself: sweaters, skirts, hats, mitts, gloves, scarves, bikinis, socks, and slippers. The one item he said I was missing was a pair of shoes. Rather than get offended, I took that as a personal challenge.
Though I wasn’t brave enough to knit a pair of shoes from scratch, I dug through my closet for a pair of old shoes I could modify, and found a ratty pair of Converse sneaks. I copied the shape of the high-tops, and ended up with a shoe strong enough to wear while playing a game of baseball!
Steps
Step #1: Prepare the shoes and start knitting.
Next- Except for the strip of fabric that runs along the heel of the shoe, which provides stability to the framework, cut away the fabric uppers, leaving only 1⁄4” still attached to the soles.
- Each shoe is made from 3 separate pieces of knit- ting; 2 pieces that form the sides of the shoe, and 1 tongue.
- Piece A: Left side (make 2). Cast on 28 stitches.
- Row 1: K.
- Row 2: P.
- Row 3: K12, YO, K2tog, K1, YO, K2tog, K (28 sts).
- Row 4: P2tog, P (27 sts).
- Row 5: K23, YO, K2tog, K2tog (26 sts).
Conclusion
This project first appeared in CRAFT Volume 07, pages 52-54.
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