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.

You will need the following tools for this class:

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

• reading glasses if you need them
• leather awl
• canvas (see notes from instructor once you have registered)
• 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 (optional)