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Footwear of the Middle Ages. Slippers. Japanese take the shoes off in the personal house to keep out soil dust.

Slippers

In the winter, we need the warm and clean slippers. We call them "room shoes". Fleece shoe lined with furry fabric. The sole is leather. Iron age shoes (previous 'viking shoes') Edited to add: Due to alle the comments regarding the title of this instruction, I've changed the name to 'iron age shoes' which might be more historycally correct.

Iron age shoes (previous 'viking shoes')

I learned to make these by using my own foot as a template. Therefore, all the measures given here are highly approximate. If your foot diverges a lot from mine (European size 39, long and narrow/slender), some sewing experience might come in handy. That said, there's no reason to be too specific in making these.