Nursery Slippers
Toddler slippers for a quickly knitted Christmas gift. The top of each slipper is knitted, and is designed to be attached to a purchased leather sole. You could make your own out of leather (but be prepared to line it - perhaps with quilt batting and fabric, fleece fabric, or a shaped piece of knitting. If you design your own knitted sole you can make it non-slip by sewing on sole-shaped cut-outs from cushioned fabric ("slip-a-grip"); various brand options can be purchased on a roll from kitchen suppliers, or you can buy specialist sewing fabrics for this purpose.
Below I've added a great You Tube link for instructions on how to make your own non-slip soles.
InstructionsBoth slippers are worked alike. The following special abbreviation is used throughout the pattern, making a wide ribbed cable. Tie 5: Insert right-hand needle between 5th and 6th stitches from point of left-hand needle, draw loop through and place on point of left-hand needle, then k2tog, p1, k1, p1, k1.
Slipper (make 2)With No 11 needles, cast on 45 stitches and work 2½ inches in k1/p1
rib, rows on right side having a k1 at each end. Slip first and last 6 stitches on safety-pins for heel. With right side facing, rejoin wool to the centre 33 stitches and with No 9 needles continue in pattern for instep as follows:- 1st row: p4, (rib 5, p5) twice, rib
5, p4. Repeat the last 2 rows once more. 5th row: p4, tie 5, p5, rib 5, p5,
tie 5, p.4. Repeat 1st and 2nd rows twice more. 11th row: p4, rib 5, p5, tie 5, p5,
rib 5, p4. These 12 rows form pattern. Repeat, them once more, then rows 1-6 inclusive again. Continue in pattern decreasing 1 stitch at each end of next and following 2 alternate rows: 27 stitches remain. Now decrease 1 stitch at each end of every row until 15 stitches remain. Cast off. Join side edges of ribbing to form back seam. For the heel: Next row: p twice in 1st Stitch,
p to last stitch, p twice in last stitch. FinishingPin out patterned part and heel of each slipper and press on wrong side
under a damp cloth, avoiding ribbing. Pin tops to slipper soles and sew firmly in position. |
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