Lacing & Fitting Info

Here, we present detailed illustrated instructions for a Do-It-Yourself footwear fitting. 

• The first 5 steps will create a pair of tracings (one for each foot), which will show the outline of the foot. These steps should be performed with the feet bare. At step 5, the right foot tracing should be filled in with the following information (this makes sure it stays associated with the tracings and doesn’t get lost):
  • Name
  • Address (with zip-code)
  • Phone number
  • E-mail address
  • Type of leather desired
  • Color of body of footwear & color of trim
  • Sole type desired
  • Button type desired
• For the remaining steps, the fittee should wear a pair of clean (preferably new) white socks, as tall as the footwear to be ordered, that will be wrapped, cut and sent to Turtle Island as a pattern for their ordered footwear.
• PLEASE USE WHITE UTILITY DUCT TAPE ONLY!
  The pictures on this page were taken of a fitting using silver duct tape in order to show a contrast between the tape and the white sock. However, using white duct tape will show the tracing lines much clearer, leading to better custom-crafted footwear.
• When taping, tear the tape ends into narrower strips (for some steps tear individual narrower strips) so that the tape will lay flat on the foot. It should not be tight, but conform to the foot. Overlap each section of tape so the tape is double-thick over the entire fitting.