Slipper folded back

Lucia's Hand Knit Slipper Boots

Please visit The blog for the new accurate version of this pattern. Errors have crept into this one, and I can't maintain both pages! I'm keeping this here because it has l inks to all the steps, but something is wrong with one of the calculations! Lucia

Knit the second week of January, 2005. To the left, I'm wearing a boot with the flange turned up; to the right, it's folded down.

This page has a pattern generator (aka program) to create a pattern to knit slippers in your size with your yarn. You can knit these in any size with any yarn. However, since slippers should be thick and warm, for adults, I recommend using bulky yarn or use a couple of strands of yarn to make the yarn bulky. You can knit baby booties using baby yarn.

No matter what yarn you use, the pattern generator will create directions, but you can also try the slippers on as you knit them, and verify the fit as you go. The pattern will warn you if your yarn is too thick for a particular size.

If you knit these with sport weight yarn, used doubled, you'll need approximately 4 ounces to knit women's size 6s. (I had 100 grams and ran out on the last row of the second slipper. I substituted a similar colored yarn for the last row and bound off. Seriously! No... I'm not showing you a detail.) You will need yarn more for larger slippers, less for smaller ones. More for thicker yarn etc.

You will also need a circular knitting needle in a diameter suitable for knitting your yarn, and you will need two doubled point needles in the same diameter to knit the bottom. (I used my new Denise needles; I changed lengths as I needed. They are terrific.)

There are some style options for these slippers. You can leave the flange open, and wear with the flange up-- as seen at the top left. You can also fold the tops down. See, to the top and right? You can seam the flange closed, which makes a tighter fit around the ankle. And, you can felt them. If you want to felt the slippers, knit a swatch, felt it, and use that gauge to design the slippers. (You won't be able to fit as you go though. they'll be too big until you felt them.)

Want baby booties? Fine. Use thin yarn, and enter a length and width suitable for baby booties. The directions will be just fine. However, I've only coded down to child's size 1, so you might need to look up babies foot lengths.

Some of you know, but some don't. I have loads and loads of knitting, and a few crochet, patterns, and they are free. (Although, donations are requested to support the site). The site is disorganized, but to find more patterns visit:

HOME, or my blog, slippers & socks, purses, ponchos & capes, hats, dog sweater, mittens & gloves ....

Or use the search box.

Good Luck,
Lucia

Create your custom slipper pattern.

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To create your slipper pattern, specify the length and width of the slipper and the stitch and row gauge for the yarn. Because slippers are stretchy, you don't need to be extremely precise. Any slipper will probably fit at least 3 different shoe sizes!

Fill out the form. The number of stitches and rows for your pattern will be calculated automatically.

**Enter your shoe size**
Enter a shoe size and this portion of the form will fill in the wearer's foot length. If you don't know the shoe size, don't worry. Guess a shoe size and continue on with the form. (For those unfamiliar with US shoe sizes: stores carry size Women's size 5-12 and Men's size 7-13.) Please use US sizes.
US Shoe Size:	Estimated foot length:inches.

**Enter length and width of knitted slipper.**
The values you enter in this form will be the final length and width of the slipper. Length is defined as illustrated. The width is the width across the ball of the foot. Since the slipper is shown on its side, the half width is shown. If you want the this program to recommend a size based on your shoe size, click "standard" and select a show size above. The slipper length will be 90% your foot length. This makes the slipper snug. If you want to customize, click "custom", then enter length and width boxes to the size you want. (Metric users, you may ignore the "inch" information and just do everything in cm. It will work out ok. )
Custom Standard	Slipper Length: inches. Slipper Width. inches.

**Enter Gauge Information here**
You can customize the pattern for your exact yarn gauge or you can just guess the gauge based on the yarn type. It's up to you to pick the yarn, and needle size. I have no idea what you are going to pick, so I can't recommend a needle diameter. I used two strands of yarn that appeared to be sport or worsted weight. (Frankly, I make slippers from left over sweater yarn. So, I always know the gauge very precisely. I would probably never knit a gauge swatch for slippers; I'd just guess. Then I'd check fit as I go along. This pattern is perfect for that! )
Bulky Worsted Sport Fingering Probable gauge: st/inch row/inch	This column shows the gauges that will actually be used to design the slipper pattern. Click "custom" if you want to use your own gauge. Click standard and the form will copy the numbers in the boxes to the left. Custom Standard Actual Gauge st/inch row/inch

Knitting Directions

To save you some paper when you print out your directions, I coded the instructions to appear in the small blue window that should load when you opened this window. (It's stubborn, and sometimes doesn't open. ) As long as you left it open, the values in the blue window should update whenever you edit the data in this window.

If you closed the blue window, it didn't appear or all the boxes in the window are empty:

Click this button once or twice to open the window:

Pull on the corner of the small blue window to make it bigger.
After the window opens, wait a sec while your browser figures out the window is there (seriously). Then, click this button once or twice to refresh the numbers in the blue window:
To make sure the blue page has filled, check a few of these numbers. (The page either fills or it doesn't. So, you don't need to find every single number. All except the heel stitches and side stitches are fairly easy to match up and check. Eventually, if you make a bunch of these, this little table will be all the directions you require!)

Cast On	Inc Stitches	Top Stitches	Inc Rounds	Bottom Stitches	Toe Stitches	Heel Stitches	Ball Stitches	Side Stitches	Foot Rows (approximate!)

If the numbers in the blue window don't, match these then click the "refresh" button above.
Read the following box for warnings:

Good Luck,
Lucia

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All images, programs and text at this site are copyrighted. Permission is given to knit garments and swatches from the directions provided. This pattern may be printed for personal use, provided the copyright statement remains intact. Patterns are available without charge at Lucia Liljegren's web pages, and cannot be resold. @copyright 2004, Lucia Liljegren