Spats, Gaiters & Puttees, Oh My! -- Tips & Tricks for Period Footwear Coverings

"..within kicking distance..." Perfect!

SHANNON! What an excellent video! Your clear succinct instruction is a breath of fresh air here on YouTube. Hell yes I for one would like a more detailed video on making gators for men! Hard work and play takes a far greater toll on my foot wear more so than the general person. Good work/play boots run from $200. To $400. A pair now days. The rugged southwestern desert environment above and below ground takes its tole in a hurry. Everything from water, clay mud, rough stickery brush, cactus, and extremely rough boulders and rocks (falling and stationary) rip, tear, and snag at my boots with virility that match’s my own! I love the (within kicking range) comment. A more detailed video would be fantastic! Keep up the good work. And keep sharing your beautiful smile! Rick in Pantano,AZ. Yes the ghost town.

I’m thinking of making spats for my work shoes (I’m a Starbucks barista), to make them look more historical/vintage. And yes, step by step video will be awesome.

Shannon: This is necessary in my case epic trapeze flip me: :O

Thank you for making this video, it's been a great help to me.

Yes, please! I'd love to see a gaiter making video! These are all excellent tips, thank You :)

Did I ever expect to watch a video on those wierd boot-socks? Nope Did I enjoy it? Definitely

Lol, gaiters would look funny as hell with the slides I exclusively wear.

I still have the bicycle pants you made on my to do list…and now gaters are added… I enjoyed this video very much! I did have few giggles :P

I would love to own a pair of trapezee boots! I tried to make some myself but without a tutorial they didn't turn out... really well... it would be awesome to have a tutorial from you!!

Yes, I like a full tutorial of making knee high gaiters ;)

i have a pretty big leg brace i have trouble finding shoes that fit both feet as i have only one leg with this thing, i live in a cold country with snow in winter and now go to school. these ideas might be something i could do

Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful ! I would like to make late Victorian gaiters and I didn’t know how to start ! I would personally like to have a step by step video about making them 🙏

As always- tons of info and well researched! Now I have to make some. 🤩

awww, thank you for that video! I drool over those buttoned victorian boots since forever but I can't wear the buyable ones because my legs are too wide sob (while some of this problem is used to me being plus size, I had difficultys with finding boots when I was young and thin (and did horseback riding, volleyball and Tae Kwon do) too - so it may be something with my bone/muscle structure too...) But those Gaiters should be possible to fit, and this cling wrap + tape method looks awesome! I have to try that!

I'm going to make some Gators and "Victorian" Mitts (they're really just vambraces) out of wool and backed with canvas, for the winter, to wear with my cape. And some soft knitted Victorian mitts, to wear underneath or inside. Not inside the vambraces, inside the house. I like elbow-length sleeves even in the winter. Especially in the winter I don't like it make my cuffs getting wet. Exceptions apply.

I love this style of tutorial, going over all the options and steps to make it customisable. Your videos are original within the youtube historical community which can be very uniform in terms of content. The gaiters look creative and look very fun to make, but I have no style of shoes/outfit that would go with these, so have to contemplate if and how I can implement these techniques in another way (bags? perhaps I need to take up Mexican wrestling?). I make a knit sort of gaiters: leftover sock yarn gets knit into a tapered but strapless leg warmer to flexibly go over my chunky hiking boots. They do the job of keeping out the mud very well (just brush of the mud when it's dry) and most importantly, they keep the prickly pine needles out of my shoes. All the different colour stripes from the leftovers look more like your Bilbo coat though :) I'd love to see more up close photos of the finished objects you've made for acrobatic purposes. Perhaps they're on show in the circus in a corset video?

09:08 Careful with pen if it is on fabric that you will be (machine) washing later, some bleed like crazy and can leave stains. You can easily test this by scribbling on a tiny piece of fabric and soaking it or by washing your mock up like you intent to wash the final piece.

Found you through CoSy. And I am so grateful for that! 😻What you say truly resonates with me and inspires me. Your sound quality and speech melody is so good, I could listen to you even if you were just reading a phone book aloud😎🤣

Ty for this video, words can't explain how helpful you've been. I was a family Dr before years of breast cancer treatment (successful) left me disabled. I have Lipedema and over recent yrs have a lipoma riding on the front of my right ankle. Wide calf boots are still narrow at the ankle, and now I can't even zip my Australian Duo Boots (largest found on planet), which I'd already had expanded with elastic fabric locally! Boot covers (or gaiters, half-chaps, or Puttees) with flared bottoms (even half boots are limited by ankle width). Alas, online sales don't address ankle width unless they're custom made for $$$$. If I find a diy that's a good fit, and adjustable since lipoma may yet grow more, I can upgrade material (& style) later. Lipoma removal is considered cosmetic & thus not covered by insurance ... and winter's setting in. So, again, Thank you!