Socks & Slippers
Granny Square Slippers
Author
Sheri Liegh Adams
Introduction
I'm sorry I don't have a picture to post. My camera is refusing to cooperate with me and upload the pictures. I'm going to be buying new batteries for it soon and hopefully that will resolve the issue.
For now, the pattern is a simple one. And if you have a granny square handy, just fold it in half and you will see what the pattern will look like.
What I'm making is a slipper pattern. If you measure a person's foot, what you do is crochet a granny square until it fits the length of the person's foot. Once you reach that length, you fold the granny square in half. You stitch up both short ends which will make the heel and the toe. Then you stitch up a part from the toe going toward the heel, REMEMBERING to leave a wide enough opening for the foot to enter the slipper.
For warm slippers, make 2 granny squares and crochet them together before folding in half and sewing up the slipper way. For a lighter slipper, use just one granny square for each slipper.
This is an easy and quick to make pattern, that is especially good for beginner crocheters and one I teach to people learning to crochet.
When my camera decides to work, I'll get a picture uploaded of one of my patterns.
Enjoy.
Sheri Adams
Materials List
Crochet hook size 6.5mm.
Number of balls of yarn depends on how many colours you want to use to make your slipper. One ball of yarn will make one large slipper or two small slippers. If you are making 2 granny squares for each slipper, you will need to double the yarn amount.
Usually, 2 balls of one colour will make the number of granny squares despite if you slippers are light or heavy.
A darning needly or use your crochet hook for darning ends in.
A good sense of humour and an aire of excitement.
Finished Size
Depends on the size of the foot you are making. It will usually work out to fit the size of the foot within mm.
Gauge
Again, that depends on the hook you are using and the type of yarn. I find that 3 dc is about 1-1 1/2".
Notes
Comfy, warm and easy to make, whip up a pair in about 2 hours.
The Pattern
Simple.
Beginning:
With your crochet hook, chain 5. Join with a sl st in the first chain to form a ring.
Round 1:
Chain 3. In ring, make 2 dc, chain 3; {3 dc, chain 3}. Do {} 2 times more. Join with a sl st to top of beg ch 3.
Round 2:
Sl st in next 2 dc.
*In ch 3 space, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc. Ch 2.* Repeat from * to * 3 more times. Join with sl st to top of beg. ch. 3.
Continue to make rounds using the method of having 3 dc in each ch 3 space and each ch 2 space. You basically make your granny square until it is the size needed to fit the foot.
If you are making 2 granny squares for each slipper, once you have reached the length needed, fasten off and SC the 2 granny squares together, with right sides facing out.
Whichever slipper you are making, fold in half and sew/slip stitch up the heel and toe area. Working from the toe back, sl.st. until you have enough of an opening left to insert foot into. Remember if the foot is large, to leave an opening large enough for the foot to fit into or you will be un doing some work and redoing it!
Turn your work, inside out, or leave as is if you wish, and put on foot for comfort.
A final note, it is best to work ends in as you go along. It is also best to use a soft yarn for this because many people have sensitive feet. This is a good pattern for all ages and everybody likes warm feet, not cold feet. Enjoy, crochet and be creative.
Sheri Adams
Fleece/Leather Look Booties
Author
Introduction
These booties are perfect for a new baby. Their little feet are guaranteed to be warm. These are worked in the round from the sole up.
Materials List
1 oz Red Heart Super Saver – Linen (or any tan colored worsted weight yarn)
Small amount of Yarn Bee Luscious – Ice (or any fluffy-not furry white yarn of 4 or 5 weight)
Small amount Red Heart Super Saver – White (or any white worsted weight yarn)
5mm hook
yarn needle
Finished Size
Newborn
Sole: 3 ½ inches
Height: approx. 3 ½ inches
Gauge
Approx. 3 ½ stitches per inch
Approx. 3 rows per inch
Notes
Be sure to check stitch number when mentioned.
The Pattern
Using tan yarn, ch 8.
Rnd 1: hdc in 3rd ch, dc next 4, (6 dc) in last ch, working on other side of chain hdc next 4, (3 hdc) in last loop. Join to beg ch 2.
Frolicking
Author
by Janice Stanborough
Introduction

Keep your little piggies as warm as bacon with these cute and cheery Mary-Jane slippers. They will add a bounce to your step, reminiscent of spring lambs, and the flowers will remind you of the happy spring flowers hiding under the snow. Suddenly, it just feels like spring...
Materials List
- Milano Crepe double knit wool, 50g, 1 and a half balls. Yarn scraps for flowers.
- 4.5mm (US G) hook
- Yarn needle
Finished Size
Slipper measures approximately 23cm (9 inches) along bottom from toe to heel (unstretched).
Gauge
Notes
- Slipper is worked from the toe to heel in circular and regular crochet.
- If you want a longer or shorter slipper, adjust the pattern between the rows 14-23 or 26-51.
Sc = single crochet
Sl st = slip stitch
Ch = chain
St(s) = stitch(es)
The Pattern
Abominable Baby Slippers
Author
by Melissa Mall
Introduction
One of my favorite things about December is pulling out all of the old Christmas movies I loved as a child. It’s tradition! Every year, among many others, our Christmas movie list included Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. You remember -- the 1960s stop-motion version, complete with reindeer, Santa, an elf who wants to be a dentist (a dentist?), and my personal favorite, the abominable snowmonster.
These whimsical slippers are inspired by the abominable snowmonster, but sized for little feet, from baby to small child. They’re perfect for all the little monsters on your list!
Materials List
- Caron Simply Soft, 3/4 (1, 1 ½) oz. Grey Heather, 1 (1 ½, 2 ¼) oz. Off-White (amounts given are amounts required for two slippers, or one pair.)
- 5.00mm (size H/8) hook
- Yarn needle
Finished Size
Small (newborn – 3 months), Medium (6 – 12 months), Large (18 – 24 months)
Finished Measurements (toe to heel of sole) – Small: 3 ½ in, Medium: 4 ½ in, Large: 5 ¼ in
Gauge
4 sts x 4 rows in sc = 1”
Loops in sample are approximately 1” long.
Notes
Instructions are given for the smallest size, with larger sizes in parenthesis. If only one number is given, it applies to all sizes except where indicated.
Special Technique: Bouclé Loop Stitch
In this pattern, the bouclé loop stitch will be formed with the aid of no special equipment but your own fingers. The lengths of the loops can vary widely, requiring more or less yarn than specified, but it is important to make the size of your loops consistent throughout the piece.
To make the loop stitch, *Insert hook in next stitch and before catching it with the hook, loop yarn over your left index finger, then catch yarn with hook and draw a loop through the stitch, yarn over, draw through two loops, and slip your finger out of the loop.
Repeat from asterisk across the row.
Only a little practice will make you a loop-stitch pro! Also, see our in-depth loop stitch tutorial.
The Pattern
Pattern (make 2)
Sole
In Your Shoes Ankle Socks
Author
by Pam
Introduction
What's up with so many sock patterns calling for too-thick worsted weight yarn? Designer Pam says:
"I've seen a lot of crocheters looking for a pattern for crochet socks using sock yarn, so they can wear them in their shoes like the knitters do. That's what pushed me to make this pattern. I wanted to crochet my socks out of sock yarn, and wear them in my shoes." Right on, Pam.
Materials List
- About two 1.75 ounce (50 gram) skeins of sock yarn (or fingering weight yarn)
- Size G (4.25mm) crochet hook (or size to obtain gauge)
Finished Size
Gauge
5 sts x 5 rows = 1 inch (2.54cm) in single crochet. (Please be sure to check your gauge. I tend to need a larger hook than most patterns call for, so my patterns tend to call for a larger hook than you might need.)


