Saturday, January 15, 2022

Felted Slippers

 It's January and my feet are cold. I reached for the felted slippers that I made last year.  





I really did not believe that I could felt these slippers to fit, but it worked.  What's even dumber is that (of course) I was so impulsive that I couldn't wait to felt the first one before making the 2nd one, so they were felted at different times (I don't recommend that, though; I will try to restrain myself if I do another pair).   I did short cycles in the washer with warm water to get them right. 


I knit them from this book:



It is out of print but Amazon has used copies PLUS Arne and Carlos have a pattern at their website 

https://shop.arnecarlos.com/product/basic-pattern-for-slippers-copy/

PLUS there are youtube videos.



I'm sure that if I lived in Norway I would wear these most of the year. Be sure to watch some video of theirs to see Arne knitting. So fast!