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FO Friday: Options Slippers

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I hope everyone out there in blogland is having a great holiday season! I took advantage of the free time during the 24th and 25th to whip up a set of slippers for me:

slippers1I have needed slippers for a while (I have a pair of felted ones from years ago, but they have holes in them!). These are perfect–easy to make, warm and cushy, and green (my fave!).

The specs:

Pattern: Options Slippers for Women by Kris Basta (Ravelry Link)

Yarn: doubled Araucania Toconao, left over from a large sweater design I have yet to blog here, but will soon (it’s in testing and should be released pretty soon!). The yarn is squooshy on its own, but holding it double on size 8 needles makes an incredibly thick fabric I want to squish all the time. I used about a skein and a half for both slippers.

slippers3Notes: The pattern is pretty interesting–there are lots of options (duh, see the pattern name). You can go with a bulky yarn or a worsted held double, several different types of soles, and use one of several methods to attach the soles to the uppers. I went with the knitted sole, but broke out the crochet hook to “sew” them together.

I’m pretty proud of my crochet job, actually. I am not a crocheter by any stretch of the imagination, and I sort of winged it (wung it? Surely not) on the exact technique… but the join turned out fine and, dare I say it, even pretty!

slipper seam

 

And I finished these just in time! This is what the backyard looked like on December 26th:

winter backyardI don’t know if you can tell, but it’s snowing in this picture. Hard. We got about 7 inches of snow in four or five hours… nothing insane, but definitely conditions that make me appreciate having warm, squishy slippers.

snowy tree

 

 

 

6 Comments

  1. randipants
    randipants12-28-2012

    I LOVE those slippers! And I have a bit of Xmas cash hanging around. Hmmm…I think you’ve just shown me my next project.

    • Triona Murphy
      Triona Murphy12-29-2012

      I totally recommend the pattern! Have fun :-)

  2. Chrisknits
    Chrisknits12-29-2012

    Love those slippers. Especially the color. They do look squooshy!!!

  3. Lynn
    Lynn12-31-2012

    Such great slippers! And perfect timing too! SO squishy. SO warm! Job well done! :)

  4. Michelle
    Michelle12-31-2012

    It’s so nice to see you knit something for yourself! :-D The slippers are adorable and look toasty warm!

    • Triona Murphy
      Triona Murphy12-31-2012

      Aw thanks, haha. It does sometimes feel like I only knit pattern samples and gifts these days! It was nice to do something selfish for a change :-)

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