Felted Slippers "Vintage style" by Anna Meier

Felted Slippers "Vintage style"

Knitting
December 2011
DK (11 wpi) ?
US 7 - 4.5 mm
3.5 mm (E)
180 - 380 yards (165 - 347 m)
7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 12 US/Canada
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Felted slippers “Vintage style” are a perfect gift for yourself or your friend for looong autumn and winter cold day. They are extremely cozy, warm and stylish too.

This is a seamless knit model, well-fitted around the leg, having interesting shaping created by horizontal folds.

At first, the slippers are knitted from natural wool yarn (100%), as well as 2 bows. Then, to receive a felted slippers, you put it into the wash machine and wash at high temperature to shrink it to the needed size.

Required level: Advanced beginner-Intermediate.

Sizes: 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 12 US/Canada.

How-you-knit in details: first you knit the sole of a slipper, then, going around the rectangle, you pick up sts and continue to the top. No seams! The slipper is knit in seed stitch pattern.

Basic skills: knit, purl, k2tog. There are photo instructions included for the making of horizontal folds.

The pattern has:

  • yarn recommendations
  • how-to-felt section
  • step-by-step pictures and explanations