I live in the attic room of a cute little green house. The attic space is every small child's dream hideaway, with plenty of little nooks and crannies to play in. I absolutely adore its charm and quirky dimensions. But one thing I do not love is the complete lack of insulation in this little room of mine. You can literally feel the drop in temperature as you make the climb - it's at least 10 degrees colder in my room than the main floor. Usually this would be a good thing because I'm naturally on the warmer side, but it gets pretty cold even for me. I constantly need to be wearing sweats from head to toe, and sometimes it's even necessary for a hat. But somehow I've yet to purchase good wooly socks to keep the feetsies warm. That's where this crochet project comes in. I was inspired by this blog post for my slippers, but honestly I just kind of swung it until it looked right (it took 3 attempts in all). It's a fairly simple and quick project. I'll do my best at relaying my methods to you. I have pretty big+wide feet (yay size 10), so keep in mind how you may need to adjust accordingly.
Yarn: I used Michael's Loops & Threads "Impeccable"
Hook: Size H (You could use G if you want an even tighter weave)
-Chain 10; join with a slip stitch
-row 1: 2 single crochet in each stitch (20 stitches)
-row 2: 2 single crochet in every other stich (30 stitches)
-row 3-7: double crochet in every stitch
-row 8-11: turn; 25 double crochet
-row 12: decrease by 2 stitches at stitch 12 & 13
-row 13-16: double crochet in every stitch
-to finish, fold the end and sew it up. do the same with the hole at the top of the slipper.
I'll save the little flower embellishment for another post, along with a couple of variations to the slippers. I'm hoping to tackle these ridiculously cute bunny slippers from The Happy Hooker soon.
warmth = happiness
