Make Your Own Manolos

By Lisa McLaughlin

If knitting a sweater is too old hat, consider a new way to add a crafty touch to your wardrobe: a shoemaking workshop. Classes at New York City's Jewish Community Center and at ShoeSchool in Port Townsend, Wash., teach the basics of lasts, vamps and skins--everything you need to make your own one-of-a-kind creation.