Felted Sailor Style Slippers Review – A Cozy Free Knitting Pattern Worth Trying

If you love practical knitting projects, this free Felted Sailor Style Slippers pattern is a fun one to try. It has that classic striped look, and the real magic happens after felting, when the oversized knitted slippers shrink down into cozy, sturdy house slippers.

What I like about this pattern is that it is useful without being boring. The stripes give it that sweet sailor-style charm, and it is the kind of project that feels very giftable. You could go classic with navy and cream, or have fun with brighter colour combos from your stash.

The pattern itself is fairly straightforward if you already know the basics. You knit the slippers in the round, do a bit of shaping, then finish them off and felt them in the washing machine. It is not the hardest project in the world, but I would not call it a first-ever knitting project either.

One of the nicest things about this pattern is that it includes felting guidance too, which is handy because felting can feel a bit like crossing your fingers and hoping for the best the first time around.

Overall, this is a lovely free pattern for anyone wanting to make warm, handmade slippers with a neat striped finish. Cozy, practical, and just a little bit clever — always a good combo.

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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