Sunday 23 November 2014

Knitted Drop Slippers

Knitted Drop Slippers

I have had this pattern: Knitted Drops Slippers pinned on Pintrest for a while now, and finally decided to make them for my friends birthday. I didn't buy the specific yarn suggested in the pattern, instead I used some 8ply acrylic yarn that I had leftover from my Poncho. I used my 6mm circular needles with a 30cm cable.

I found the pattern a bit confusing at places, it's not the most comfortable to read and follow; at one part it says 'when the piece measures **cm..." but it doesn't explain whether it means the whole piece, or just the section you are currently adding to. Another part reads 'Insert 1 marker mid front of toe and 1 marker mid back on heel' but at no point in the instructions has it explained which part of the foot you are currently stitching. However, with a little trial and error, I was able to figure it out and end up with two foot pieces and two ankle pieces.

Knitted Drop Slippers

From here the instructions say to 'Pull leg 2 cm / 3/4'' down on foot with buttons on the outside of slipper and sew leg to cast-on edge on slipper from WS with invisible stitches.' which, although pretty wordy, is quite simple to do.

Knitted Drop Slippers

Because the yarn I used wasn't as bulky as the one the pattern suggests, the slipper looked very 'gappy' when I tried it on, so I decided to sew in some socks to line the inside of the slipper and this improved the look significantly, and made them much more snuggly and warm.

Knitted Drop Slippers Knitted Drop Slippers

Overall I am happy with how the slippers turned out, but if I made them again I would go for a chunkier yarn probably in a different colour. I really love the cable band around the ankle and I think the buttons make the slippers look really cute.

Knitted Drop Slippers

Knitted Drop Slippers

Find this pattern in my Ravelry Projects.


3 comments:

  1. These are super cute! What a great idea to sew the socks inside :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sewing socks inside the slippers is a pretty nifty idea! They look great!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I remember seeing that pattern. I also have issues with hiw the instructions are written in Drops patterns, so I avoid them now. I am glad you managed to finish the slippers and the idea to sew in some socks is great.

    ReplyDelete