Tag: Slippers

Hopsalots Slippers

I’ve had a pattern on my radar for years now (2014, apparently). Almost since I discovered the existence of Ravelry. Hopsalots is a pattern by Tiny Owl Knits for bunny slippers. The are absolutely the cutest bunny slippers I’ve ever seen. Now, I’ve been too cheap to purchase that pattern for all those years. Even though I had already started purchasing 100% wool yarn. This January, I finally convinced myself that I really needed bunny slippers. So I bought the pattern and got to work.

The slipper bases and ears I managed to finish knitting in one day. I also felted them on that one Saturday, but then it took me a week more to actually put the things together and add the little pompoms for tails. While sliding around my house, I discovered some form of anti-slip might be safer. So I went and got some sock stop to put latex dots on the bottom. It still makes me very happy to look down while walking around with those little floppy ears bouncing around.

Purchase well made!

Those Slippers

So, ever bought a knitting book, found a fabulous pair of knitted house slippers in them and proceeded to knit them up and make them hideous in the process? I have. See the wonderful example below for the gorgeousness I managed to ruin completely. The book is called ‘Breien’ written by Jaroslava Dovcova, and I bought it for approx. 4 euros at the Action.

July 2014 slippers      July 2014 slippers 2

The reason they are now hideous is because I chose the worst shade of old people beige to knit them with. After I’d finished the first, I decided that the  as done in the example was much nicer, so I decided to purchase some fluorescent green. The plan was to frog the first one and knit it again, but I’ve decided I’m lazy.

I’m so lazy that I haven’t actually weaved in the ends and have still worn them plenty of times. There are some redeeming qualities of this project though; 1. they are warm, 2. they are easy to knit (it’s a one-nighter) and 3. they match my new second-hand grandma chair perfectly!

Here is the finished product. You can see the threads still dangling inside them. I will wear them until they fall apart because I failed to finish them properly. I might then finish them properly, who knows..

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