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Would some of you help me with little measuring task?...please?
I just need to know your foot size in cm..heel to toe and what uk shoe size do you normally fit in?

And suppose little explanation for this in place. Well...I bought some shoe lasts (different sizes) as I'm about to undertake slipper making bonanza..but the last sizes won't tally with what they are supposed to be.
I know there is shoe size charts available..but as my lasts are not made for 'shoes' and the fitting is very different, charts would be just for rough guidance.
So to categorize the sizes for my own use..little consumer help would be in place 

23cm, size 6.

Can we see pics of the finished article please? It sounds very interesting..

Quote from: katynewbie on October 18, 2012, 20:07:41
23cm, size 6.

Can we see pics of the finished article please? It sounds very interesting..

Thank you..yes, I can send some photos once I've got few finished.
I've just made couple of pairs (drying out stage now) and for first ones, I'm already pleased how they are turned out  Few more practice pairs and I shall start doing some for sale.

Left foot 23cm and right foot 24cm! Also a size 6.

I too would like to see the end products :)

21cm, size 4.

L: 225 mm  R: 225 mm.  Shoe size 3

This is going to confuse matters.....24cm and size 5....6 would fall off!

I know:
225mm = 22.5 cm but I can't understand how 21 cm = size 4.

26cm, size 8 - unless it is wells,in which case it is size 9 with nice thick socks to keep feet warmer in the winter! Same with walking boots.

Thank you for your replies...they are big help! If I could get few more measuments 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 to confirm what I've already discovered with smaller ones. Looks last sizes are VERY generous as they seem to be 1 to 1/2 size bigger than 'normal'...being quite wide as well might have forgiving influence as well.

Here is first ones..not finished yet they are still drying out and once dry there is some finishing touches to be done. No so much to the bigger pair but the smaller ones are getting some decorative deedle work done to girly them up  And that pair will be MINE!

They look very cosy!

You are soooooo clever. I'll measure mine in a bit OH is busy with measure at the mo & I wouldn't trust a tape measure.

They look great! How do you make them? Drying out? Am curious now...

25cm, size 7, 39-40 continental size

25.5cm, size 42, uk 8 for me...

def.   23cm for size 4  or 37

Quote from: katynewbie on October 19, 2012, 15:21:25
They look great! How do you make them? Drying out? Am curious now...

I first knit them flat and then they've been sown together ..they need to be much bigger than finished result. Once sown, they've then hand washed in very hot water with wool soap and rubbed so they start to felt. Once they've started shrink I slip them over the lasts and keep rubbing until they fit the lasts snugly. Then I keep rinsing and rubbing alternatively under hot and cold water so the felting tighten up even further. Then they've been rubbed with towels to get rid of excess water and left to dry.
That's is...easy peasy...going to have a go? You will need wool that is not treated to avoid shrinkage.
I spin my own wool so the yarn is its 'raw' stage.

they look fab

Right foot 26cm left 25cm. size 8-9 depending on store. European size 42

 
Well done you, GL. It looks far too complicated for me, but a great end result, I didn't know how felt things were made, so thanks for the info!

QuoteI didn't know how felt things were made, so thanks for the info!

Normally felting just involves wool being 'matted' with help of soap and water..I've done extra work with knitting the wool, it is not the usual way of doing felting.