Tried my hand at making sandals.
Leather (one side smooth, other suede) and leather lacing. Pretty good. Decided I needed an additional toe loop to keep my feet in position (next to the pinky). Makes for slightly complicated lacing.
I tested the pattern out with children's foam and a couple of shoe strings: discovered I needed to reinforce the trial foam version with packing tape or the holes ripped right out.
Walking downhill (I tromped up and down the driveway on my test strolls - driveways out here are all up or all down) disturbed the relationship of my foot to the shoe the most.
I'd like the sole to be curved a bit more so the sole stays under my heel better. You can see how the bottom of the sole shows my heel wandering off to the inside (or the shoe wandering off to the outside). Just a matter of perspective I suppose. It is possible to lace the shoe so that wandering habit is less pronounced, but I'd rather engineer things so there is less fussing needed.
Overall pleased.
I've been diligently wearing my Correct Toes in my Splay shoes. I can wear them all day now, even at work on a hard floor, so I think it is time to add a little bit of material to the big toe spacer to encourage my big toe to an even better position. I've also been haphazardly doing various toe stretching and foot strengthening exercises.
Get out there and WALK!
