Simple scrap square slippers

[tarwatersghost]

http://knitting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.frugalhaus.com/homepage/freepat2.htm

Comments

[dragonflym]

Nifty! That could easily be changed to crochet. Just make granny squares instead. I might try that just for the heck of it.

[tarwatersghost]

They seem so simple to make that I'm definitely going to give them a try. I have around four large shoulder bags crammed full of yarn, most of it unlabelled (obtained through freecycling, etc.) and with lots of small balls of it that I couldn't use to make something really large.

I'm currently trudging through a variation on these right now (minus the pompoms):

http://www.woolneedlework.com/Free%20PatternFun/striped_slipper.htm

They look just like the slippers my grandmother made her entire life and that Mom tried to show me how to knit a few months ago. They're also fairly quick to make, except that I keep forgetting where to carry over my strands when I change colours. I wish the pattern had illustrations.

[dragonflym]

I have a ton of yarn, too. I used to hoard it. I would find a neat color or texture and I would buy several skeins of it.

My grandmother used to make those pompom slippers for us when I was growing up. She would use a real sturdy yarn because we would wear them and wear them and wear them. But she always the pompom on - something I think my brother would've been happier without!

[tarwatersghost]

The type of yarn used makes so much difference. I've had some of my grandmother's slippers for years and they've stayed nice, yet my godmother gave me a couple of pairs she'd made a few months back and they've already worn through (I've been using them as slippers for guests since we have cold hardwood floors).