Easy peasy

I'm a member of a knitting- and crocheting group on facebook, and someone there asked for an easy way to make slippers, which inspired today's post: the easiest way to make slippers that I can think of, that doesn't involve glue, staples or duct tape or any other cheating aids- this is so simple, there is no reason to be that lazy! :)

I've made small slippers for this post, just because it's quicker since they're smaller, but I've made many for adults as well, using the same principle, just knitting bigger.

Time used on one slipper: one hour.

First, you knit a square. The length of the piece corresponds with the length of the foot. Tip: leave some length of yarn when you first start the piece so that you can use it to sew with later on.

When the piece is long enough, you knit two and two together, so that you end up with half the stiches you started with.

Cut your yarn so that you have some length to sew with later, then use a crotchet hook to pull the yarn through the stiches.

Pull on the thread you just pulled through the stiches, so that the piece curls up at that end. This will be the toe.

Fold the piece on the middle, and take the thread from the beginning of your piece- you're now going to sew together the heel. Just sew the edges togehter, and then fasten and hide the thread.

Go back to the toe, take the thread at that end and use it to sew together the edges that will become the top of the foot. Sew to the middle, so that you have an opening for the foot to go in.

Now, turn it inside out, so that the side with the sewing stiches you just made is on the inside. You now have a basic slipper/sock....

..... that you can decorate however you please. I've crocheted on a small trim.

Here are a few others I've made earlier(I had more, but I sold them not long ago):

Terrible quality to this pic, I know... Doesn't matter. As we say in Norway, a slipper is a slipper.

First attempt at crocheted Mary Janes with sole for toddler

Funny how I finished my last post saying I should go finish one of my unfinished projects, because yesterday I started a new one :P

Last Wednesday, my sweetheart and I went to Tallinn, Estonia. I didn't buy souvenirs there, but I did buy some yarn(it was crazy cheap, compared to Norway) and a roll of felted something, maybe a wool blend of some kind. It's perfect for soles on slippers etc. So, when we got home from our trip yesterday, I just had to try it out.

 

Now, I have to tell you, I have never tried this before, and it is 100% improvised, so I am well aware that the shoe is not prime goods. But practice makes perfect, and for my first try, I'm pretty satisfied :)

Time spent on one shoe: 2,5 hours.

  First, I drew the outline of a small sole in a colour that doesn't stand out too much, like yellow.

Then I cut a little bit around the outline.

Then I put the one I just cut over the material and used that as a template and cut around it so I got one that matches.

 

Fortunately, I had this hole making thingy. I don't know why I have it, I've never used it before, but, I have it. So I used it to make holes along the yellow outline.

To be able to pull the yarn through the small holes I used crochet hook no.2....

 ...then for the crocheting itself, I switched to hook no. 3,5, so that the loops would be bigger and easier to work with.

I made two loops between each hole, as it matched the distance between the holes, used hook no.2 to pull the yarn through the holes and no. 3,5 to crochet between the holes. I made a point to keep the loops on the under side of the sole, since the edge of the sole is supposed to be inside the shoe.

Then I just went around and around and around with single crochets (fastmasker, in Norwegian), until I felt the edge was high enough.

Put a heel and strap on. Made the heel by going back and forth with single crochets, and the strap with double crochets (enkel stav).

For the top of the shoe I just made a flower by going around and around with chain stitches (luftmasker) and single crochets.

 

And sewed it onto the shoe.

Aaaand, put a button on the side, to fasten the strap.

I probably should have written down exactly how many stitches and crochets etc I did, but that's not how I roll. Impro is my game.

Now, I gotta go make the other one. Cheers!