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Expedition Footwear: Making Hide & Canvas Mukluks

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Course Overview

This class has been re-named: Making Hide and Canvas Boots.

Remember the last time your feet were too cold to enjoy wonderful wintry weather? Do away with rigid, non-breathing footwear and discover the traditional footwear of the North: mukluks, the perfect footwear for your snowshoeing adventure. The flexibility of the natural materials used in construction allows the foot to generate heat, and a breathable layering system allows moisture to escape.  Learn to make a mukluk pattern on your own foot, then use it to cut out the leather and canvas pieces (a technique that may apply to other footwear projects including slippers and liners). The leather will then be hand-stitched and a sewing machine will help with the canvas seams. Jo has guided hundreds of students through the process of pattern making, and handcraft their own pair of mukluks with knee high or shorter uppers. The instructor will provide the leather (Moose or Elk hide), the canvas, and sewing materials.

Dates

Fri, Nov 6th, 2020  –  Sun, Nov 8th, 2020

Course Details

Length: 3 Days
Skill Levels: Beginner to Advanced
Hours: 9am-5pm
Intergenerational age: N/A
Tuition: $375.00
Materials fee: $90.00

Required

You will need the following tools for this class:

  • boot liners (felted wool is best) and socks
  • needle nose pliers
  • cloth tape measure
  • rule
  • pens
  • pencils
  • fine point marker
  • thimble
  • brown grocery bags (2)
  • plastic grocery bags (2)
  • duct tape
  • scissors

Optional Tools

  • reading glasses if you need them
  • leather awl
  • canvas (see notes below)**
  • rick-rack or trim for the canvas uppers to personalize your mukluks & sewing machine thread to match the trim (@1 1/2 yards per pair)
  • fur to trim your mukluk uppers**

More Information

Once registered, students will receive a confirmation email with further class information. Please call us if you haven't received it within 24 hours.

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Meet the Instructor

North House Folk School photo of instructor, Jo Wood
Jo Wood
Hovland, MN

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Expedition Footwear: Making Hide & Canvas Mukluks - 11/6/2020