How to Crochet Adult Slipper Socks

Keep your tootsies warm and comfy in a pair of hand-crocheted slipper socks. Based on a pattern for baby booties, these crocheted slipper socks work up in about an evening when you use worsted weight yarn. Need a last-minute gift? Make them in ballet pink for a teen ballerina, or work them up in your favorite quarterback's team colors. Even a beginning crocheter will find the heel shaping easy to follow, making these crochet slipper socks a doable project for all levels.

Things You'll Need

• 3.5-ounce worsted weight yarn
• Size H crochet hook

Instructions

Work the Cuff

1. Chain 22. Make one single crochet in the second chain from the hook. Single crochet in each single crochet to the end.

2. Chain one, turn. Make one single crochet in each single crochet, working in the back loops only.

3. Work 28 rows as established, working in the back loop of each stitch to create a ribbed pattern.

4. Fold the cuff so that the last row is beside the first row. Insert the hook through the first chain in the first row, yarn over and pull a loop through. Yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. Repeat the stitch, inserting the hook through the first single crochet on the last row. Alternate back and forth between the first and last rows to join the cuff into a tube.

5. Make one single crochet in the end of each ribbing row. Slip stitch into the first single crochet to join. Chain one, turn.

Shape the Heel

1. Work one single crochet in each of the next 14 single crochet stitches.

2. Chain one. Turn and single crochet in each single crochet to the end.

3. Repeat the last row eight times for a total of nine rows.

4. Chain one. Turn. Single crochet in the next five single crochet stitches. Work two single crochet together as follows: pull up a loop through the next two single crochets, yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook. Work two single crochet together again, single crochet in each single crochet to the end. Twelve stitches total.

5. Chain one, turn. Single crochet in each single crochet to the end.

6. Chain one, turn. Single crochet in first four single crochet. Crochet two single crochet together twice. Fold the heel in half, lining up the first four stitches in the row with the last four stitches in the row. Make one slip stitch through each pair of matched stitches to complete the back of the heel.

7. Make 13 single crochet evenly spaced across the next half of the heel stitches. Single crochet in next 15 stitches. Make 13 single crochet evenly spaced across the second half of the heel. Slip stitch into first single crochet to join the round.

8. Make one single crochet in each of the next 11 single crochet stitches. Work two single crochet stitches together twice. Work one single crochet in each of next 13 stitches. Work two single crochet stitches together twice. Work one single crochet in each single crochet to the beginning of the round.

9. Single crochet in each of the first 10 stitches. Work two single crochet stitches together. Single crochet in next 11 stitches. Work two single crochet stitches together. Single crochet in the last 10 stitches.

10. Work two more rounds as established, decreasing four stitches in each round.

Finish the Foot

1. Work in even single crochet rounds (one single crochet in each single crochet) until the foot measures one inch shorter than desired length.

2. Work one single crochet in next two single crochet stitches. Work two single crochet stitches together. Repeat the stitches to the beginning of the round.

3. Break the yarn and pull it through the loop, leaving a 10- to 12-inch tail.

4. Thread the tail through a tapestry needle to sew the toe seam. Weave in any ends.

5. Make a second sock to match.

References

• Crochet and Knitting: Crocheted Baby Socks