The Slipper Monster by Rebecca Olson

The Slipper Monster

Knitting
July 2019
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
75 - 90 yards (69 - 82 m)
One Size
English
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The Slipper Monster lives in your home and wants to be your friend. He’s very shy -- too shy to introduce himself to you. So sometimes he does things to help you out because he’s hoping you will notice and say hello. He likes to do little things like bringing you your slippers or folding your socks or keeping track of your spare change for you. He means well, but the thing about the Slipper Monster is that he’s very small, so these little tasks are Herculean efforts for him. Going up the stairs to find your slippers is like scaling Mount Everest. It’s going to take him a few days to get there and back! And he can only carry one slipper at a time! If you’ve ever thought you lost a sock or slipper or pen, it probably isn’t lost at all. It’s just in transit, courtesy of your resident Slipper Monster.

Difficulty
Intermediate

Skills and Techniques

  • Working in the round in small circumferences
  • I-cord
  • Short row shaping
  • French Knots

Yarn
Cascade Anthem Yarn (186 yds/170 m per 100 g skein) or another worsted weight yarn

  • MC Lemon; 50 yards/46 meters (partial skein)
  • CC1 Black; 10 yards/10 meters (partial skein)
  • CC2 Cream; 25 yards/23 meters (partial skein)

Needles

  • 3.75 mm/US 5 needles for working small circumference in the round: DPNs or 1 long circular

  • 3.75 mm/US 5 DPNs for working I-cord

Notions

  • Stitch markers – removable
  • Tapestry needle
  • Two 18mm animal safety eyes in black
  • Polyester fiber fill