Quick Kid Slipper Pattern

My little girl is sick today, and told me that if I would make her a pair of slippers, that would help her feel better. How could I not?! 

These slippers are really fast to make, just a quick crochet pattern out of my head that I thought I'd share with you. I'm not a designer or pattern writer, so I hope this pattern makes sense! Feel free to point out any errors. These fit my 4-year-old's foot, but will be easily adjustable by changing hook or yarn sizes, and by adding or subtracting rows of increases, then the following rows. You can experiment until you find what fits the foot you're yarning for.

Materials needed:

Worsted weight yarn

Size I9 (5.5mm) crochet hook 

Scissors

Tapestry needle

Abbreviations: 

ch - chain

sc - single crochet

hdc - half double crochet

ss - slip stitch

*The toe portion is worked in continuous rounds, so don't you won't join or turn and chain at the end or beginning of each round.  The heel portion is worked in rows, so you'll chain and turn your work at the end of each row.

Round 1: Form a magic ring. Ch 2. 8 hdc in the magic ring. (I wait until the end of the project to weave in the end of my magic ring, so that I can use it as a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each row.)

Round 2: 2 hdc in the first stitch and in each stitch around. (16 stitches)

Round 3: *2 hdc in the next stitch, 1 hdc in the next stitch* repeat from *to* until the end of the round. (24 stitches)

Rounds 4-11 (8 rounds): 1 hdc in each stitch. (24 stitches per round) 

-I find it helpful to place a stitch marker before the first stitch of round 4, and then just continue stitching until I can count 8 rows from the marker to my hook.

The remainder of the slipper will be worked in rows.

Row 1: Ch 2. 1 Hdc in each of the next 16 stitches.

Rows 2-5 (4 rows): Ch 2. Turn your work. 1 hdc in each stitch to the end of the row. (16 stitches per row) 

Row 6: ch 1 and turn your work, so that you're now working along the opening of the slipper where the foot will be inserted.  Sc evenly around the opening, beginning at the side of row 5 and ending at the other side of row 5.

Fold the back of the slipper in half.

Working in the back loop only of the side closest to you, and the front loop only of the side farthest from you, ss down the length of the back of the slipper to join the halves and close the back.

Once you have made a ss in each set of stitches down the back of the slipper, fasten off and weave in the ends, on the inside of the slipper.

And then you're done!

As I mentioned, if you want to adjust the size, you can vary the number of increase rounds at the beginning of the slipper, and then adjust the number of non-increasing rounds and rows for the body and heel of the slipper.

Enjoy!

Fabric Haul

Okay. I guess it might not technically be a "haul." But I'm pretty stoked about these woven cottons that I just picked up.  I'm not shy about buying crafty goodies when I've got the money for it, especially when there's a coupon involved.  And for this fabric I scored with several coupons.  Happy dance!

In case you hadn't noticed, I'm pretty much the worst photographer. This photo doesn't show off the colors at all. But they're so darn cute! From left to right, the solid colored broadcloth are a robin's egg blue, a lime green, a light denim blue color, and a light sea foam green. The nursery prints pick up little bits of all of those colors.  (Oh my gosh, I am so disappointed in this picture!  Blah!)

I plan to use these to make some little baby bonnets using a pattern by Polluted Pixie, and some coordinating reversible baby shoes using Weepereas' pattern. I've made the little shoes loads of times, and I'm excited to pair them with these bonnets, which I've never tried before, for some sweet little gift sets.  I'll mostly be shooting for unisex, but there will also be some gender specific bonnets and shoes. (The farm scene is definitely boy and the polka dots are totally girl.) 

I'm excited to get started, but alas, the fabric is enduring its pre-wash and shrink at the moment.  Keep your eyes open for pattern reviews for these little ones in the future!  And hopefully the pictures of the finished sets will turn out a whole lot better than this miserable nonsense.