Warm Crochet Slippers

You’ll need:

Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick – 2 skeins (220 yards total) – color: Grey Marble (MC);

Approx. 10 yards of Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice;

Crochets hooks 2,25; 6,5 and 8 mm;

Tapestry needle;

1 pair of flip flops (One size smaller than you wear normally);

Sharp tool to poke holes in flip flops (skewer, thin drill bit or tapestry needle);

¾ inch (19mm) buttons (6);

Sewing needle and thread;

Stitch markers;

Sharp scissors;

Strong glue like E6000 (optional);

Measuring tape.

Size: adult women’s 7 and up.

Stitches control: 6 holes per 2 inches on flip flop sole;

Boot Base: 6 sc = 2 inches, 6 rows = 2 inches.

Instructions

Trim straps off flip flops. Save the rubber plugs that connect the straps to the flip flop soles. Take measuring tape trim, tape pieces together and tape ruler around flip flop sole. With your sharp instrument, poke holes in each dot on the ruler or using your measuring tape, poke holes slightly less than 1 cm apart. You want the hole to go at an angle from about the middle of the way down the sole to about 1/4 inch into the top of the sole.

Using smallest hook, attach SC yarn at the back of the heel by inserting your hook from the top of the flip flop toward the bottom of the sole, grabbing the yarn and pulling through to the top. Ch 1 through the loop you’ve created to attach the yarn to the flip flop.

C Round: Using smallest hook and SC, sc in each hole around sole, join with a sl st to first sc. Fasten off

Using size medium-sized hook and MC, join to previous round with a slip stitch at position 11:00 if you’re right handed and position1:00 if you’re left handed.

Foundation Round: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join with a sl st to first sc. Do not turn.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 10 sc, turn. (10 sts)

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, sc in next 10 sc; on Foundation Round sts sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc, turn. (13 sts)

Row 3 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 13 sc; on Foundation Round sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc, turn. (16 sts)

Row 4 (WS): Ch 1, sc in next 16 sc; sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc, turn. (20 sts)

Row 5 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 5 sc, sc2tog (place marker in created stitch), sc in next 6 sc, sc2tog (place marker in created st), sc next 5 sc; sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc, turn. (22 sts)

Row 6 (WS): Ch 1, [sc in each sc to 1 st before marked st, sc2tog (place marker in created stitch)] twice, sc in each sc to end of Row 5; sc2tog, sc in next 5 sc, turn. (26 sts)

Row 7 (RS): Ch 1, [sc in each sc to 1 st before marked st , sc2tog (remove marker)] twice, sc in each sc to end of Row 6, sc2tog, sc in next 5 sc, turn. (30 sts)

Place marker at position 6:00 at back of heel.

Row 8 (WS): Ch 1, sc in each sc of Row 7; sc2tog, sc in each sc to marked st, turn.

Round 9 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each sc of Row 8; sc2tog, sc in each sc to 1 st before marked st, hdc in next sc, dc in marked st, sl st in last st of Row 8 to join. Do not turn.

Sizes 8 and larger:

Round 10 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to join.

Sizes 10 and larger:

Repeat Round 10.

Place markers at positions 10:00 and 2:00, with 8 stitches between them. The following rounds are worked without turning.

Rounds 11 – 17 (RS): Ch 1, [sc in each sc to marked st, sc2tog (place marker in created st)] twice, sc in each sc to end of round, sl st to join. (2 sts decreased each round)

Sizes 8 and larger:

Round 18 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to join.

Left Boot Ankle

Place marker at position 8:00. Use largest hook (L).

Row 19 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each sc to marked st, turn. (This row is intentionally very short.)

Row 20 (WS): Ch 1, scblo in each sc to marked st, (remove marker), ch 8, turn.

Row 21 (RS): Sc in second ch from hook and in next 6 ch, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 22 (WS): Ch 1, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 23 (RS, Buttonhole Row): Ch 1, scblo in next 2 sc, ch 1, sk next sc, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 24 (WS): Ch 1, scblo in each st across, turn.

Rows 25-26: Ch 1, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Rows 27-34: Repeat Rows 23-26 two times. (3 total buttonholes created)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Right Boot Ankle

Place marker at position 4:00. Use largest hook (L).

Row 19 (RS): Sc in each sc to marked st, ch 8, turn.

Row 20 (WS): Sc in second ch from hook and in next 6 ch, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 21(RS): Ch 1, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 22 (WS): Repeat Row 21.

Row 23 (RS, Buttonhole Row): Ch 1, scblo in each sc to last 3 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, scblo in next 2 sc, turn.

Row 24 (WS): Ch 1, scblo in each st across, turn.

Rows 25-26: Ch 1, scblo in each sc across, turn.

Row 27-34: Repeat Rows 23-26 two times.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Finishing

Attaching Buttons: Sew on buttons, ensuring ridges in ankle section appear lined up when boots are buttoned.

Plugging Flip Flop Holes: If you’d plan to wear your boots outside, consider gluing the small rubber circles that connected your flip flop straps to the sole back into their original holes.