House Slippers

For my birthday a few years ago I got some lovely vintage and handspun yarns all in the same natural white and grey colour scheme. I tried a few projects, but none of them seemed to suit. Then I saw the Easy House Slippers pattern from Craftzine.

After running a quick test swatch through the washing machine, I knew that the vintage yarns felted at a different rate to the handspun, so I stuck to the two grey vintage yarns. I added some Bendigo Woollen Mills yarn in natural white for the third colour.

The pattern is so easy – just an L-shape made up of garter stitch squares. Sewing them together is a bit mind-bending, but the instructions are clear.

Two runs through the front-loader later I had these:

One thing I don’t like about knitted slippers is that they don’t have any grip, so I’m going to buy some rubber or suede to cut into soles and stick or stitch to the bottoms. I don’t want to slip over on the stairs!

They’re a bit roomy width-wise but I knit the bigger size because I have long feet. There’s plenty of room for thick, winter socks. I love how the squares on the sides keep my ankles warm. My current mid-season slippers are getting a hole at the toe, so I need to replace them. Hmm, I wonder if I can recycle the soles?

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