Foamtastic
Aug. 20th, 2013 07:10 pmI'm not really a crafty person. I prefer to exercise my visual artistic impulses via camera and computer, and I don't enjoy fiddling with beads, sequins, fabric, thread, hot glue, etc. just to fiddle with them. However, I do get my craft on when there's something to make that would materially better my life, such as hemming EVERY DAMN PAIR OF PANTS I OWN so I don't look like I'm playing dress up in adult clothes.*
Anyway, I determined last week that my skates need better arch support than they have. Theirs is decent, way better than most shoes, but my arches are high and mighty and need more. Skates fit so snugly, though, that getting a three-quarter insole of the kind I prefer for regular shoes in there is a lost cause, at least if you're not fitted with it when you buy the skates. And it throws off the geometry of the boot if you raise your heel higher in it (there are actually features built into the higher-level boots designed to keep your heel in place; seriously, it's bad for it to move). So I just needed something to fill the space under my arch.
So this evening, from a pair of $2 air foam insoles, I created FRANKENINSOLE: ( Pictures )
I get to try them out tomorrow. Hope they work. If this is a success, my next necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention crafty task is making my own blade soakers. The ones I bought off Amazon fit, technically, but they're a little hard to get on without catching my finger on a toepick or blade tail, and could use just a half inch or so more length. I ordered the medium size because the seller claimed it was for boot sizes 1-5, and a I wear a 4.5,** but obviously this was a mistake. To be fair, Riedell makes its boots with a lower heel height than most other manufacturers, so that the equivalent size to everyone else's requires a quarter-inch longer blade, but still. On the other hand, making my own will let me choose fun fabric, which I do enjoy when there's a purpose to it...
* Except for the two pairs of pants I bought this weekend, which miraculously came in short lengths that were actually short! Sears, yo. I need to shop there more often. K-Mart too, come to think of it, because I recently got short-length jeans there that are actually a 28" inseam. In other news, apparently I am now a size 10? I feel like this is vanity sizing run amok, because the last time I was about this weight, which was high school, I was definitely a size or two bigger than that.
Also, I apparently went down a half size in shoes. I...didn't realize this was possible, but 6s seem to fit better than 6.5s now. I guess my weight was spreading out my feet before? Or something?
** Skate sizing is weird, don't ask. Actually, I think it might follow kids' sizes, 'cause I'm a 4.5 in kids' shoes too. Yeah, I have reason to know this. *facepalm*
Anyway, I determined last week that my skates need better arch support than they have. Theirs is decent, way better than most shoes, but my arches are high and mighty and need more. Skates fit so snugly, though, that getting a three-quarter insole of the kind I prefer for regular shoes in there is a lost cause, at least if you're not fitted with it when you buy the skates. And it throws off the geometry of the boot if you raise your heel higher in it (there are actually features built into the higher-level boots designed to keep your heel in place; seriously, it's bad for it to move). So I just needed something to fill the space under my arch.
So this evening, from a pair of $2 air foam insoles, I created FRANKENINSOLE: ( Pictures )
I get to try them out tomorrow. Hope they work. If this is a success, my next necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention crafty task is making my own blade soakers. The ones I bought off Amazon fit, technically, but they're a little hard to get on without catching my finger on a toepick or blade tail, and could use just a half inch or so more length. I ordered the medium size because the seller claimed it was for boot sizes 1-5, and a I wear a 4.5,** but obviously this was a mistake. To be fair, Riedell makes its boots with a lower heel height than most other manufacturers, so that the equivalent size to everyone else's requires a quarter-inch longer blade, but still. On the other hand, making my own will let me choose fun fabric, which I do enjoy when there's a purpose to it...
* Except for the two pairs of pants I bought this weekend, which miraculously came in short lengths that were actually short! Sears, yo. I need to shop there more often. K-Mart too, come to think of it, because I recently got short-length jeans there that are actually a 28" inseam. In other news, apparently I am now a size 10? I feel like this is vanity sizing run amok, because the last time I was about this weight, which was high school, I was definitely a size or two bigger than that.
Also, I apparently went down a half size in shoes. I...didn't realize this was possible, but 6s seem to fit better than 6.5s now. I guess my weight was spreading out my feet before? Or something?
** Skate sizing is weird, don't ask. Actually, I think it might follow kids' sizes, 'cause I'm a 4.5 in kids' shoes too. Yeah, I have reason to know this. *facepalm*
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