Bench Mondays. That explains a few things.

From my observations in this side of the blogosphere, it seemed that everyone had suddenly been overrun with mice or something.  Well, it just so happens that it’s Monday and I have a pair of shoes to show you, so I’ll be jumping on the bandwagon for a bit.  Benchwagon?

Nice how these things work out sometimes.

As part of my challenge of the utmost kind, I decided to take a fairly hideous pair of shoes (found in a free pile) and see if I could breathe new life into their tired, old soles.

They started out dirty, kind of weird shaped, and very beat up and funky-in-the-bad-way.  I ruthlessly scrubbed them in the sink, let them dry out for a week, and covered them with the fabric that I made from my first run on a rigid heddle loom.  Let’s focus on that instead of the crooked nailheads, shall we?

There might be some more modifications (woodburning on the base perhaps?) and a linseed oil finish, but that’s the gist of it.

And never is there a photo shoot around here without a helper:

No mice around here.  Just a bunch of crazies suffering from cabin fever.  Hope this Monday is delivering new views for your clan too.