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I finally made a pair of mocs I can wear.  My shoe size is 10-1/2, so I

first made the size 11 pattern but it was waaaaaaaay too small for me.

They largest size in the pattern pak is 12, but I was sure it would

still be too small because I was lining them with sheep's wool.  So I

traced the size 12 pattern onto a sheet of paper, then inside that

tracing I traced a size 11.  Using a pair of dividers, I inscribed a

series of dots all around that pattern the same distance from the size

12 as the size 12 was from the size 11 and after connecting the dots I

called it size 13.

They are a bit snug, but comfortable.  If I make another pair, they will

be a hair larger still.

My experience with soft mocs in the past has been that they develop a

hole on the bottom verrrrrrry quickly, so I stitched some hard leather

soles to the bottom.  I cut them from a side of approx. 12-oz veg-tan

that I have had lots of problems with for projects with carving.  I made

the stitching grooves extra deep to protect the thread from wear, then I

cut strips from the same leather the uppers were cut from to use as laces.

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Dale Erwin

Lurigancho, Lima PERU

http://leather.casaerwin.org

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