A. Drawing your feet (friend required)

1. Gather up a seamstresses tape measure, a dark pencil, a copy of our ordering form (to record your measurements), and 2 sheets of legal sized paper (8 1/2 x 14 inches), or larger sheets if you wear greater than a men's size 14.
2. Decide which socks you will wear most often with you new boots or shoes and put them on.
3. Place the legal sized sheets of paper onto the floor and place one foot on each sheet of paper. Stand with your weight equally balanced on both feet, arms relaxed at your sides and look straight ahead.
4. Have your friend trace your stockinged feet onto the paper while doing the following:

a. Hold the pencil straight up and down
b. Hold the pencil against the side of the foot, but don't press into it. These tracings need to include the sock thickness.

B. Taking the other measurements

1. Keep those socks on!
2. Measure and record the parts of your feet and legs as shown in the diagrams below.
3. If you don't have a friend to help you with this part, just sit in a chair and cross one leg over the other to take the measurements.
4. If you have help, stand up and read the measuring instructions to your friend while they work. Keep your weight equally balanced on both feet.
5. Take a separate set of measurements for each foot and leg.

Pull the tape SNUG when measuring, NOT TIGHT!

1. CALF A- Measure around the widest part of the calf

2. HEIGHT A - Measure straight up from the floor to the widest part of the calf

3. CALF B - Measure around the calf at the desired boot height

Note: for lace-up boots, measure the calf every 2 inches between the ankle and the boot top. This measurement is needed so that the boot will properly tighten around your calf when laced.

4. HEIGHT B - Measure straight up from the floor to the point on the calf where you would like the top of the boot to rest

Note: for lace-up boots record the height every 2 inches between the ankle and the boot top.

5. HEEL - Measure around your heel at the point where the ankle bends at the leg. Refer to the diagram for the correct location.

6. INSTEP - Measure around your foot at the instep. This is where the tallest bone in your foot sticks up

7. INSTEP HEIGHT - Measure the height of your instep. It may be easier to use a ruler instead of the tape. Measure straight up from the floor. What is the distance from the floor to the top of the instep bone?

8. WAIST - Measure around the waist. The waist is the point half way between the instep and the ball.

9. BALL - Measure around the ball. The ball is the widest part of the foot, just behind the toes. Feel for the large bones behind and to the sides of the little toe and big toe. For most people the line between these two bones will be at an angle. Measure around this part of the foot.

C. That's all there is to it!

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