Simple, Sweet Toddler Slippers

I’ve had a pair of leather soles with holes around the edges for a long time. These soles are designed so you can knit a sock and sew it onto the sole for a sturdier, more slipper-like design.

I’ve had them for a long time because I just haven’t gotten around to knitting a pair of worsted-weight socks to fit on the base, but this may well be the year I do it. A little post-Christmas gift for me, if you will.

If you have a little one, you can find these soles in different sizes to fit wee feet (I once found boot-shaped ones sized for a baby and just added a knit cuff, so cute).

Georgia Bean cut out little leather soles to whip up quick bulky Garter Stitch slippers for her little guy, and you can, too. If you don’t know someone that particular size, a quick search online will likely find you basic patterns for all sorts of sizes. Find a bulky-weight pattern for ease and speed, then trace the bottom of the finished sock/slipper to make a leather piece that’s just the right size.

Have you ever added leather soles to socks or slippers? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo: Georgia Bean.]

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I’ve been enjoying knit amigurumi animal patterns lately (see also: this adorable knit pigeon) and of course being a knitter I love llamas.

So when I saw this little llama pattern I knew I had to share it.

The appropriately named Llama patter from Annie Ahn calls for fingering weight yarn, and it uses two colors for the body and three for the little blanket. The pompom can be made to match or in another color. All of these parts take tiny amounts of yarn so you can use whatever scraps you have left over from socks or other projects and change colors whenever you need to.

It might also be fun to use some mohair or other fuzzy or textured yarn on this one to give your llama a different look. In all the project uses between 100 and 150 yards, or 91-137 m, of yarn and the llama comes out about 10 cm/4 inches tall.

The body of the llama is worked in one piece, so this project is suited to intermediate knitters or those who have comfort working in the round and with all those little pieces.

This one is made to be small so you can carry it around with you (it would be super cute on a keychain or as a zipper pull) but I think it would be a lot of fun to knit this in larger yarn, too, to make a bigger llama. You could even make a whole family in different sizes just by using different weights of yarn and corresponding needles.

The details are so cute, from the shaggy hair to its little accessories, but you could make it plain or change it up by knitting a tiny scarf or even working a little fair isle pattern on the legs or body. So many fun possibilities!

The pattern is available on Ravelry in English and Korean.

[Photo: Annie Ahn]

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