I'm on a slippers kick!
Also, I'm amazing with puns.
Puff-ball ballet flats...
And party-button Mary Janes.
My craze was all started by this gift of SUPER CUTE and ULTRA COZY slippers from my amazingly crafty friend. Look at those buttons! She made those too!
GREAT birthday gift!
Unfortunately, her pattern is knit. And I'm just not in a knitting mood these days. So I got on Google to look up some free crochet patterns. As usual, following the pattern gave me a seriously over-sized slipper. History: The first pair of slippers I ever made came out the size of bathmats. This time I was smarter, and tried them on multiple times throughout the process, reducing stitches, and deleting rows when I noticed them being gigantic. Also, I got better at ripping out rows and starting over, rather than powering through. That said, my 4th attempt was still WAY TOO BIG (pictured below).
Eventually, the pattern that worked for me was to do everything in HDC instead of DC, and to HDC2TOG all the way around to finish (yellow yarn). This made an appropriately sized slipper that hugged the foot at the top.
Then I attached the puffs, because I love flair.
Too cute.
The next pair I made was similarly problematic with the sizing. They fit somewhat snugly around the sides, but they were SUPER long. To solve my problem this time, I deleted rows 10-13.
Then I went to my button stash.
And decided a plethora was better than just one.
Cute and cozy!
Now to find a good pattern for Alan...
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