Knotted Slippers are a delicate little foot covering to help feet transition into spring. Try them in a luxurious fingering weight yarn for a special gift. This is an elegant way to practice the Kitchener stitch, you will be an expert after a couple pairs!

Skills Needed

General knitting skills plus magic loop or using two circs; kitchener stitch.

Sizes

US women’s shoe size 5–6 (6.5–7.5, 8–9, 9.5–10.5, 11–12)

Materials

Suggested Yarns

1 skein A Verb For Keeping Warm “Floating” (Alpaca, silk, cashmere, 100g/400yds), or

1 skein Malabrigo Sock (Superwash Merino, 3.5 oz/440 yds), or

1 skein Valley Yarns “Charlemont” (60% superwash merino, 20% silk, 20% polyamide, 100 gr/439 yds)

Note: Each of these skeins will yield a pair of slippers and two pair (four slippers) of the 6.5–7.5 size or smaller.

Needles

• US 5 long circ for magic loop or two circs for circ knitting using two needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 4 st markers
• Small gauge circ needle for picking up sts (this is optional but helpful)
• US 5 or smaller dpn
• st holders

Gauge

24 sts and 46 rows (23 ridges) = 4" sq in garter st using double strand yarn.