Felted slippers

21st November
 
My mother has always knitted and crocheted for as long as I can remember as did her mother and her

Felted slippers are toasty warm

mother before that.  I crochet, a lot and I knit, a little.  It is one of the things that next year I would like to correct and even out the balance a bit.  Saying that, one thing I have knitted recently are slippers.  The pattern I use is an old one my mother swears by and goodness knows how many hundreds of these she has made over the years.  When I told mamma that I wanted to write a blog about these slippers, she set to for me and began knitting in earnest, these are her slippers and her pattern.

You will need:

100% wool, you will need just over 100g
recommended knitting needles size 5.5

These slippers can be made in a variety of sizes

age 2-4 (age 6-8)  age 10-12 (female) male      [So there are 5 sizes in this pattern] 

These slippers have to come with a warning I  am afraid! 

They are warm, toasty warm.  There will be no cold toes in your house with these felted slippers!

Cast on 48 (52) 56 (64) 68 stitches

Knit in garter stitch till the work measures 12 (12) 13 (13) 14 cm    

 

Cast off 8 stitches on each side of the children sizes

and cast off 10 stitches on each side of  the adult sizes

so you will have 30 (34) 38 (44) 48 stitches left

 

 

Carry on with garter stitch until the work measures 18 (21) 24 (28) 31 cm

 

 

On the next row you will need to knit 2 together till the end of the row

 

Then knit two rows without decreasing

 

Now knit another row knit 2 together until the end of the row

 

Again knit two rows without decreasing

 

Knit a further row of knit 2 together till the end of the row

 

Finally knit two rows without decreasing

 

Cut off the yarn leaving a very long tails, so you have enough to sew the slipper together

 

It should look like this...

 

 

Fold the slipper in half, using the long piece of yarn, sew the slipper together...

 

  

...so it should look like this. 

The top section is kept open, enabling ease of getting slipper on and off

 

 

Now your slipper is ready for washing and felting.  I tend to wash them with my usual washing detergent, in Norway mamma uses something called gronnsape,

a product often used for washing wooden floors!

Place in the machine and wash on a high temperature, about 60 degrees.

 

When washed and wet, leave to dry naturally, but they may need a little shaping and pulling here and there, quite a good idea to put them on to help the shaping!

 

 

This is what the knitting should look like before final decreasing rows

Slipper sewn together and ready for felting

Lots of slippers, great as gifts, or to have ready in the house for guests

Almost a little elf's workshop going on here!

These belong to Mr H and number one son

I have a few pairs, but these girlie ones are my current favourite,
of course in December my ultimate favourite pair will be worn,
RED of course!

This pose took some photographing, I can tell you!

I dare you to make a pair, you will be hooked and everyone once they have tried a pair on will want some.  Get the wool in and start knitting!!! Let me know how you get on!  As an aside, mamma once made these as table presents for everyone on Christmas day, it went down really well.  just an idea ;)

♥ CAL blanket update will be posted on Sunday ♥

 

Thank you mamma for making these slippers so I could write this particular post, love you to the moon and back ♥