How to Make a Slipper Crochet

Crocheted tube slippers are so easy to make! We keep a basket of them by our door so that people can keep their feet warm in the winter. This "how to" is for adult slippers, but they can easily be adjusted to fit little feet or larger feet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One 7 ounce ball of yarn should work (but it depends on how big of a slipper you're making)
• Tapestry or yarn needle to sew up toe side of slipper/sock
• Size I/9 crochet hook (5.50 MM)

1. Get the details...
   
   This is a very simple and fast pattern for either thick socks or thick or thin slippers! Very easy and great to keep warm with!
   
   For thinner slipper/socks use any kind of 4 ply yarn. I like the Simply Soft brand (or some kind of cotton material) if they will be touching the foot directly since it is a softer material. See notes at bottom for thicker slippers and for different sizes.
   
   Size
   • Women’s slipper/socks size 7-10
   Materials
   • One 7 ounce ball of yarn will be plenty
   • Tapestry or yarn needle to sew up toe side of slipper/sock
   Crochet
   • Size I/9 hook (5.50 MM)
   Gauge
   • 10 st = 3 inches

2. Know your abbreviations as well as the basic stitches. See the resource section if you don't know the abbreviations or stitches in the following steps.

3. Chain 30 – chain them loosely as this will need to get over the heel when putting the slippers on

4. Sl St into first ch

5. Row 1 – sc in each chain

6. Row 2-40 – sc in each sc
   Note: If you are using a softer/thinner yarn you will want to sc for 45 rows and then go on to next part in the pattern

7. Row 40 – sl st in first 3 stitches, sc in the next 12 st, sl st in next 3, sc in the next 12

8. Row 41 – sl st in first 3 stitches, sc in the next 12 st, sl st in next 3, sc in the next 11

9. Row 42-45 – sl st in next 5 stitches, sc in next 10 stitches, sl st the next 5 stitches, sc in next 10 stitches

10. 
     

    You should have a tube at the end, with one end starting to narrow (rows 40-45).
    Cut yarn leaving 20 inches to sew with.
    
    Sew up the end that you were just working at.
    
    Turn inside out and you have your slipper!
    
    If you feel that the ankle is too wide, I sometimes sew a ribbon in through the stitches in row 3 and then tie into a bow.

Tips & Warnings

• For thicker slippers, use yarn similar to Wool-Ease: thick & quick (Lion Brand). These will come out more like slippers and will crochet faster because of the thickness of the yarn. You will not need to chain as many to start (just gauge it by the foot – I chain about 25 for a man’s foot). Use a larger hook size (like K, L, M or N) for the thicker yarn as well. You will not need to do as many rows either.
• The pattern is for a woman’s foot size 7-10 and it comes up the ankle about an inch or two. If you want to, just gauge how many rows you do according to the foot size and how far you want it to come up the ankle. Just make sure you do the last 5 rows (rows 40-45 in the pattern) no matter how many rows you end up with so that the toe does not come out boxy.

Resources

• Crochet basics for beginners
• Life - simpler, cheaper, greener!

[Merriment]

on 5/3/2009 This is really neat. I go through a pair of knit slippers each winter, and I even know of other people who do the same. It would be great to make these myself!