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Simple Slippers to Keep Your Feet Warm

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free, easy slipper knitting patternsOne of the worst things about winter for me is that when my feet get cold, it’s really hard to warm them back up. That’s why I try to wear handknit socks all the time, because they’re way warmer than the store-bought ones I have, but even I sometimes forget. Or have to do laundry.

So this year I’ve been thinking hard about knitting some slippers.

Gina Michelle’s Snow Day Slippers are really cute and easy. They’re knit flat from the cuff to the toe in bulky yarn and can be knit in a long afternoon stuck in the house.

The Seamless Salomas Slippers by Susan Busbee and Megan Williams are an updated version of the classic little slipper a lot of us probably made as new knitters, which makes them better for summer than winter, probably, but I’ll bet you could knit them in wool, too.

Have you ever knit slippers? I’d love to hear about it!

Looking for more Slipper patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Comments

  1. I have a couple of vintage patterns for slippers but haven’t knitted any yet. Still wear the Christmas-y ones my [Grand]Mama crocheted for me ages ago. They aren’t comfortable to walk on but really warm.

  2. I’m hoping the next couple of weeks are the last gasp of winter here, but I’m making slippers anyway. The Salomas slippers look like fun to knit!

Have you read?

Knit a Log Cabin Blanket with All Your Scraps

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn. 

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small. 

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches. 

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come. 

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you. 

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?). 

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry. 

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns. 

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]