Slippers

100 Pin Loom Squares

Posted by Apple Press

About

These cozy slippers are the perfect things to slip your feet into after a long day at work. They are designed to fit an adult woman’s average shoe size. The design for one foot is a mirror image of the other foot.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Cascade Yarn Longwood (100% superwash extra-fine merino wool; 100g/3. oz; 175m/191 yds; Aran/Worsted weight) 1 skein shade 19 Deep Ocean 1 skein shade 27 Lilac 1 skein shade 02 Gray Frost
  • 2 Buttons
  • 5 mm Crochet Hook

Steps (7 steps, 240 minutes)

  1. 1

    8 A squares in Volume Stitch; use Gray Frost for the warp and weft threads
    6 B squares in Volume Stitch; use Lilac for the warp and weft threads
    6 C squares in Volume Stitch; use Deep Ocean for the warp and weft threads

    Volume Stitch

    Row 1: W to end.
    Row 2: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 3: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 4: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 5: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 6: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 7: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 8: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 9: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 10: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 11: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 12: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 13: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 14: U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3, O1, U3.
    Row 15: U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, U1, O3, W3.
    Row 16: W to end.

  2. 2

    Arrange the squares as shown in the diagram and sew together using mattress stitch.

  3. 3

    Fold the side edges and sew as before (along the green line on the diagram), leaving half a square unsewn at one end (show in red on the diagram). 


  4. 4

    Turn the slippers so that the A Squares are at the top, with a border of B and C on each side.

  5. 5

    Fold the unattached A squares to create a triangle and sew onto the C squares.

  6. 6

    Decorate the points with a button.

  7. 7

    Work a single crochet bored along the edge of the slippers (shown in orange on the diagram) to reinforce and decorate them. Weave in any loose ends.