Nifty Knitting

These slippers are the child’s version of the ‘Stay on Slippers’. They are knitted in a beautiful cotton yarn with an easy crocheted edging for a snug fit.

Skill Level: easy
Stitches Used: cast on, bind off, knit, purl, decrease, ssk, single crochet, slip stitch
Aberrations: Slip Slip Knit (SSK) Knit Two Together (K2T)
Measures: 5″(6″,7″) long (Slipper should measures about 1″ shorter than foot length)
Gauge: in stockinette stitch, 18 stitches and 24 rows = 4″ by 4″
Notes: slipper comes in girl sizes small (medium, large)

-Materials-

• 1 skein Pisgah Yarn and Dyeing Co. Inc Peaches ‘n’ Creme, pink lilacs – 98 yds (100% cotton)
• 1 skein Pisgah Yarn and Dyeing Co. Inc Peches ‘n’ Creme, shocking pink – 122 yds (100% cotton) (about 5 yards of leftover yarn can be used instead)
• set of four double pointed size 8 knitting needles
• Size F crochet hook
• row marker
• yarn needle

-Pattern- (make 2)

1. Cast on 20 (22, 24) stitches
2. Knit 1 row.
3. Purl 1 row.
4. Repeat numbers 2 and 3 till piece measures 3″(3 1/2″ 4″)
5. Knit one row, cast on 4 (6,8) stitches at the end of the row. (24 [28, 32] stitches)
6. Place marker, join in round, knit till piece measures 4″(5″,6″).
7. K2T, knit till there are 6 (8,9) stitches left, SSK, knit to end.
8. Knit 1 row.
9. Repeat numbers 7 and 8 till piece measures 5″(6″,7″)
10. Bind off.
11. Fold slipper in half, sew the cast on edge (heal) together.
12. Sew the toe together.
13. Weave in ends.
14. With crochet hook and shocking pink yarn, work this pattern around the foot opening; *crochet 1 single crochet, skip 1 stitch, single crochet in the next stitch*, repeat from * to end, crochet a slip stitch in the the fist single crochet, fasten off.