eerk! Glad you had a backup.

Character shoes do soften considerably with wear ... I always had several pair back in the day, and wore them even when I wasn't on stage.

I am getting tremendous vicarious pleasure out of watching you do these - thank you for documenting it so carefully.

I have an unrelated weasley question - what color/yarn did you use for the initial in your sweater? Rowan Felted Tweed doesn't seem to come in the appropriate yellow. Thanks for any tips you can pass on.

I like the look of wooden crochet hooks - just not the actual use of them. :)

I just love that you are letting us in on this process.

Thanks for the cast on pics.... they are so cool! I may have to try that after the knitting olympics!

The shoes are in the mail... I'm really hoping they arrive so that I can get out the drill this weekend!

This may be crazy of me, but I've been following along your progress with the knitted boots, and I've been thinking about doing that with my Dansko clogs! I think that could be cool, and definitely more wearable for this public-transport-walking-everywhere type person.

I'm curious, how much does the yarn inside intrude on your foot space inside the shoe?

It took a lot of convincing - A. LOT. - to get my hubby to drill holes in what he thought were perfectly good shoes. I plan on casting on tomorrow when I'll have the house to myself and no distractions.

Thanks for the great pictorial review of the process!

Frarochvia, I can't tell you how many times I've pulled my Danskos out of the closet in the last few weeks with the thought of using them! They would be so comfy and pretty cool looking. I'm just having a hard time convincing myself to drill into such expensive shoes!

The yarn inside the shoe is just that one little cast on row (see the picture in this post). I can't feel it at all.

Hm, come to think of it, I don't have any wood hooks myself, but I'm sure my acrylic Nancy Bates set would've done the same thing. They're kinda flimsy and I use them just often enough that I know they're going to go and I'm going to have to replace with metal hooks one by one.

It's so cool to see you do this! I've decided that I'm a poor KALer, but I can live vicariously!

Wow. I'm so fascinated by this whole thing - the concept, the process, the whole works. Thanks so much for sharing your progress with us!

I have one wooden crochet hook, and it'a a family heirloom, for me anyway, b/c my grandfather made it for my grandmother in the 1930's. I seldom use it b/c the hook doesn't work as well as some of the metal ones I have.

i love my wooden hooks - use 'em all the time... funny, i've never broke one... but i will be using an aluminum on this project :P
i haven't cast on just yet.... at first this was to be my first dpn project, but i've chickened out and am doing a practice tube right now. so i feel more confident and the shoe will be (hopefully) cast on tomorrow!

I was thinking of trying this with an inexpensive pair of gardening clogs.

Uhg. The shoes arrived, but they are much, much too small. So it'll be another week at least before I'll be able to start.

Any advice on sizes? I saw a review online that said to buy character shoes a whole size larger than your regular size. I'm trying to decide whether to jump up a half size or a whole size. (My feet fit in them, but they are very very tight)

I have two bamboo crochet hooks - got them as birthday gifts - I like them b/c they feel nicer than regular crochet hooks.
The boots look good!

Hello, I am so happy I stumbled onto this, I was actually looking for a knitted pants pattern, and I finally see a picture of some finished great looking pants...but no pattern. her link brought me to blue blog. and i love these shoes. problem is, I only wear boots...cowboy style boots. I dont have an arch and they are the only type foot gear my feet dont hurt in. do you think they have shoes with that kind of heel that I can work on? I'm adding this site to my list of favorites.

Great reading, keep up the great posts.
Peace, JiggaDigga