Felt Slippers

Felted wool slippers, identical to a pair I made for my mom for Mother's Day last May. I made these shortly afterward, because I liked them so much I wanted some for myself!

I knitted them double-stranded, with one strand of Caron Felt-It and one strand of Patons Classic Wool. Together, they make kind of a neat subtler version of the colors of the Felt-It yarn. The pattern was my own design, inspired by a couple of very simple slipper patterns I'd seen in various books, but a bit more complicated than those. This is the third pair I've made (the first pair turned out too wacky for words--yay for experiments!) and I've had to refine the pattern each time.

They're nice and thick and snug, and it's a pity I made them at the beginning of summer, because they're way too warm to wear. Ah well, I'll enjoy them when winter comes!