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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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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