Shoe Gallery

Knitted Striped Shoes
by Victoria Mournean

Knitting the striped shoes was part of a continuing challenge between me and a friend to use a particular knitting technique to make some item of apparel. I made the initial fabric on a knitting machine, with 5/2 Pearl cotton from Silk City. The color and texture repeat was developed by using a line of accent color crocheted across the purl side of the stripes. The knitted fabric was backed with a lightweight backing and glued onto the shoes on the bias. All cut edges and seams were covered with i-cord.

Shoes
by Alan P. Taylor

I wanted to use knitting to create an integral part of the shoe, not just surface decoration. Preferring all-leather shoes, I decided to use leather in an unusual way by making yarn out of it. I cut a long thin spiral out of soft leather, and knitted it in simple stockinette stitch rather than a pattern so that the structure of the stitches would dominate.