1 First Steps

Take a piece of semi-compressed felt and cut a pad to the shape of the middle 3 metatarsals.

The paper backing needs to be facing away from the foot to make it replaceable.

2 Making a toe loop

Next, create a toe loop and place it around one to three of the middle toes, depending on where you want the pad to be positioned.

There’s a video of how to do this on the podkit homepage

3 Attaching the pad

Once you have positioned the pad, peel off the paper backing and attach the pad to the toe loop.

4 Covering the pad

You can then cover the sticky side of the pad with tape, a fleecy web or even another layer of felt if the pad needs to be particularly thick.

5 Trimming the pad

Once this is done, cut off any excess material so that the cover is the same size as the pad.

• Be careful not to nip the toe loop as you do this, so hold it down when you’re trimming the edge.

6 Secure it

To secure the pad so that it does not move, consider placing an elastic net loop around the foot to fix it in place.

The pad should locate itself fairly securely inside shoes without the use of an elastic strap.