Your pointe shoes want you to watch this video. (darning, shellac, dead shoes and more).

Chapters:
0:00 intro

0:35 DARNING
1:10 Step 1: Plan it Out
1:48 Step 2: Blanket Stitch
3:30 Step 3: Fine-tuning

4:13 SHELLAC

5:10 FINAL TOUCHES
5:44 Seamless Frankenstein
6:52 Stretchy Ribbon

7:30 final results!
7:47 final thoughts
8:26 outro

Here are a ton of techniques that helped me "figure out" my pointe shoes. I do this with my old shoes to make them last literally months (disclaimer, I like softer shoes and rotate 4+ pairs of shoes at a time, so results may vary) and with brand new shoes (I can never go back to wearing them unmodified, straight-from-the-box). I picked up all these bits and pieces over time from other youtube videos and from trying things out myself, so I wanted to share this information in a centralized, concise video that other dancers could go to. I hope that whoever manages to find this video finds it helpful!


Links for things I use!

Crochet thread (I use the color "natural"):
https://www.michaels.com/aunt-lydias-...

Shellac (there is spray on and regular, I used spray on but regular gets the same results. Just apply with a sponge or a brush):
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Zinsser-Bull...

Bloch Stretch Satin Ribbon (I AM SO SAD the big roll is not on the website anymore since I started editing this video, I hope they are just temporarily sold out or something but it's not there and I am panicking because I love that ribbon and I am almost done with my roll. They still have the single packs on the website so here is the link to those ;-;)
https://us.blochworld.com/collections...




Credit where credit is due:
Pointe shoe behind the scenes footage from Freed of London:    • Freed of London Pointe shoes - Introd...  
Additional sounds from Zapsplat.com

Music:
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op.48 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
University of Chicago Orchestra (orchestra)
Barbara Schubert (conductor)
Publisher: Chicago: University of Chicago Symphony
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0
Misc. Notes Performed 4 June 2004, Mandel Hall. From archive.org

P.I. Tchalkovsky - Themes ad Variations - II. Scherzo
Creative Commons, Public domain. From Museopen

Additional Music from https://www.streambeats.com/