24 Jul 6

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 4: How To Take Measurement On Your Foot

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Continue from Part 3: Interior Beading

Once you have the shoes faces filled up with the beads pattern, you are ready to have them made into a nice pair of Peranakan Kasut Manek (beaded shoes). If you have a local shoe-maker who knows how to make Peranakan Kasut Manek (beaded shoes), you can always get them to measure your feet. If you can’t find a shop that you can personally go there to have your feet measured, you can always follow this tutorial to trace out you feet, get the size and send it to the Peranakan Kasut Manek maker.

Basically, all you need to measure is the length and width of your foot. We might have different size for both our feet,  so use the larger one as the reference size.

Prepare a piece of paper that is larger than your foot. Tape it down on the floor.

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Place you foot on top of the paper, bend down so that you can trace the outline of your foot. You can choose to wear a stocking to trace if you were to wear the kasut manek with it, or you can just trace it in bare-footed.

Make sure you are holding the pencil upright and perpendicular to the paper, not angling in or out from your foot. Trace a neat outline of your foot and make sure the pencil stays snugly against your foot.

footmeasure2Draw a center line for the width and length of your foot just like the first photo shows, measure them with ruler and write the measurement down. You need to substrate 3/16 inch from the reading to offset the small space between the pencil line and your actual foot. Refer to the tables for the shoes size, get the one closest to your reading.

Length = _____ inch- 3/16 inch = ________ inch (refer to chat 1 for your shoes size)

Width = ______ inch – 3/16 inch = ________ inch (refer to chat 2 to for you shoes width)

Inches To International Women's Shoes Size
US Women's Shoes Size / Width

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6 comments... read them below or add one

  1. Wendy says:June 8, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Hi, am learning how to do kasut manek. Do you know of any shoe maker that can make peranakan kasut manek in KL?

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  2. Ariel says:June 13, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    Hi, how do I draw the mould of a cover kasut manek? I’ve been trying to figure out the chart since weeks ;( is there a standard mould for it?

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  3. Desiree says:July 4, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Hi there,

    Thanks for the insightful guide, do you know where I can get beading patterns from? I’m looking for traditional Peranakan designs for purses etc. Thanks!

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