This pattern (along with most of my earlier work) was retired in the summer of 2022. However, it may be available for a few days once or twice a year. Read on for details!

In the summer of 2022, I realized that maintaining a back catalog of hundreds of patterns was kind of overwhelming. I couldn’t do it and still release new things. So I took my old patterns down so I could keep doing new work.

Since then, a handful of my favorites have come back, and lovely new things have come out. But the vast majority of the old patterns are retired and will no longer be generally available.

However, enough folks have asked about some old favorites that I’m planning to make many of the retired patterns available for a few days once or twice a year (most likely in late spring and then again in the fall around Thanksgiving).

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available, and you’re welcome to grab it!
• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, then it’s not currently available.
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Cinderella had the wrong idea…

I’m not the glass slipper type. In fact, I’m not really the shoe type (certainly not dressy shoes). I’m more inclined towards soft, snuggly slippers. Make that soft, snuggly slippers, worn at home, while sipping tea, and in the company of a sleeping kitten. That sounds much better than any fancy dress shoe, no matter how smashing the ball might be.

If you’re with me on this (or if you just want something cozy to slip into after the ball), then these slippers are for you.

The ribbing follows the shape of your foot beautifully, and the strap makes sure the slippers stay perfectly in place (just in case you start dancing).

These knit up quickly with a skein of dk, light worsted, worsted, or aran-weight yarn for the main yarn (that’s the gray one) and a bit of fuzzy laceweight for the accent yarn (that’s the blue one). I knit mine with about 225 yards of worsted-weight yarn and 100 yards of laceweight yarn (and I have women’s size 11 feet, so lots of people have smaller feet than me). I suspect you can comfortably make any size with 300 yards or less of the main yarn, 150 yards or less of the accent yarn.

And just because slippers can look a little funny while you’re making them (which really, that’s half the fun), the pattern includes lots of extra photos that show you how the slipper comes together, just so you don’t get nervous!

They’re written in five sizes (32, 38, 44, 50, 56 stitches around the ball of the foot), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a dense, sturdy fabric with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, or 7 stitches per inch (and remember you’ll want a firm fabric so they feel more substantial than socks…you’ll probably be using smaller needles than you would expect to use with your chosen yarn), and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for your size. With that range of sizes and gauges, the slippers will fit a foot (measured around the ball of the foot) between 5 and 12.75 inches (with lots of points in between).

These are perfect for you if:

• You suddenly find yourself in need of knit slippers
• You share my secret hatred of outside shoes

They’re not for you if:

• You don’t like charts (the pattern uses charts)
• You hate swatching (you need to swatch to check your needle size)