I continually struggle dealing with neck pain. Some days are really bad. Other days are “life is good, smiley face” days. I seem to sway back and forth between the two. I am fighting to increase the things I can do. It’s a daily struggle. I have a bit of a terrier personality and refuse to give in/give up.
One of the activities I miss is cordwaining (shoe making). I see shoes I’d love to wear (bear in mind, I wear a mens 3FF, not a size that is commercially available) and think . . . I could make those! Today, on Pinterest, I ran into these beauties.
I think I’m going to have to try and make them. They are just too fabulous.
My most favorite of brothers introduced me to a Chinese made sewing machine designed to stitch layers of leather. I’m going to have to get myself one of these. I’m viewing it as a must have. It solves a lot of the problems I have with cordwaining. I cannot do the stitching by hand so must have a way to do the stitch that is not by hand.
I have the leather. I have the vision. I must have the way to do the stitching!