hallo all

Today i went a bit into town , saw sandals with Crocheted Mini granny sqaures . mirjam

That is great news, Mirjam. Let's hope that the ceasefire translates into a lasting peace.

Higs, Katherine

Sandals sound cool, did you get them,

Hugs

Hesira

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:

Much as I want it to last, I doubt it. Hezbollah or some other terrorist group will end it.

Shelagh

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:39:30 GMT, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a fine yarn

Mirjam, I guess those who had to stay in shelters did some crocheting! GOOD to 'see' you! Hugs, Noreen

Mirjam - Good to hear from you. Hope you buy those sandals now that you can resume some more walking around town. Let's hope those who were making war, now are able to keep the peace. Joan

No i just looked ,,, but i bought myself cloth shoes [ light green] with wooden beads and embroidery ,,,,, fancied them in June AGES ago ,,, and figured i needed a pair for autumn , i also needes some nice surprise for me after this moth, and last and not least, we ought to buy anything we can as the shops lost so much ... Thus i gave a `present` to the loacl economy as well. mirjam

Oh yes it was just great ,,,, i had fun just walking fee from the darned things ,, Our cat still is in Trauma, and we treat him ,,,, mirjam

Noreen i think this are`t loacl sandals i think they come from China ,Thank you I smile back at you. mirjam

I suppose it will take a bit of time since cats are so oversensitive. Poor Hamoudi, give him my caresses :-) SD

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Mirjam,

Glad to hear you can get out again. I've been really busy with my own crises, but I think about everyone on the list often.

I'm designing different sandals for slippers (different from the ones I pictured on my web site), just to see what it takes me to do it, and what materials I can adapt to make them, and those granny squares sound really cute. Where were they used? Just for straps? Just in the foot bed? In both the foot bed and straps? Were the squares made with thread or thin yarn or thick yarn? My current sandal design will be for both inside and outside when I finally get it done.

I've been researching sandals, and people made them out of all kinds of ingenious things, not just leather, but also wood, and all kinds of natural things like braided flax leaves, yucca fibers (American desert plant, not sure if it grows elsewhere in the world) spun into thread, cattail leaves, and thread made from tree bark. They were usually woven in some manner (coiled or woven in different ways like twill), which differed in many places, and I found interesting similarity between Japanese waraji and zori (rope warp with straw woven weft) and an American Indian sandal design.

Take care!

Leah

Hallo Leah the mini granny aqures were used for the sandal straps ,l the soles were `normal ` They seemed to me made either of DMC embroidery threads or very thin cotton. mirjam

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Good to hear, Mirjam!! It sounds a bit like more normal, and I hope your days now will "improve"!! AUD ;-)

Thank you Aud , Every body here in the North is skeptical ,, and we all know another blow will come ,, but we take life as it comes , mirjam

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To be honest, WE are sceptical too, Mirjam! But we hope the best! And listen to the news' details several times a day! Let's hope there is a solution everybody can "live with"! Hugs, and take care! AUD ;-))