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The official original Pattern
How to Make Toasty Toes
The following instructions are for children's slippers, and changes for men's and women's sizes are listed in parenthesis.
Materials needed: Knitting needles, 1 pair, Size 9 4-ply, acrylic Standard Knitting Worsted, 1 to 1 ½ skeins
Gauge: 4 sts = 1 inch 8 rows — 4 ridges = 1 inch
Slippers are worked with double strand throughout. With double strand of yarn, cast on 27 (29 women's, 35 men's) sts.
Row 1: wrong side - K9 (9 - 11), p1, k7, (9-11), p 1, k 9 (9-11)
Row 2: 2-K all sts. Repeat these 2 roes for 5 (6-8) ins., or 2 (2 1/4 - 2 ½ )ins. less than desired finished length, allowing the 2 (2 1/4 -2 ½ ) ins. for toe, end on wrong side.
TOE
Row 1 - P1, *k1, p1; repeat from * to end.
Row 2 - K1,* p1, k1; repeat from * to end.
Repeat these 2 rows of ribbing for 1 ½ (2-2) ins., end on wrong side.
First dec. row -- Work ribbing for 7 (7-9) sts, *slip, k and pass, k 1, k 2 tog. *, work 3 (5-7) sts ribbing, repeat between *'s once, finish row in ribbing; 23 (25-31) sts.
Next row -- Work 7 (7-9) sts ribbing, p 3, work 3 (5-7) sts ribbing, p 3, finish row.
2nd dec. row -- Work 6 (6-8) sts, *k2 tog, k 1, slip, k and pass*, work 1 (3-5) sts, repeat between *'s once, finish row; 19 (21-27)sts. Break yarn leaving an end. Draw end through all sts twice; fasten off securely.
Finishing -- Fold cast on edge in half and sew edges tog. for back heel, gathering in the center sts securely. Sew side edges of ribbing and foot tog. for 3 (4-5) ins. from toes.
For Cuff -- 3 rows of single crochet around opening for cuff.
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