I started crocheting baby booties from the chenille yarn this August. I designed them and I was literally flooded with orders. But I was really curious what it is like wearing them. I had a pattern in my mind for a while but just before Christmas I had finally time for a crocheting experiment. And there it is. One pair of home slippers with a strap and one with a bow. Which one do you prefer?

Before you follow this pattern please read USEFUL TIPS. They can help you to speed up your work. Plus I would like to hear from you and keep you updated if there are any problems with the pattern. It is sometimes hard for the designer to find all the problematic part of the pattern and from my perspective to follow a written pattern for booties is the hardest one.

USEFUL TIPS
make dots on the sole with a glue gun so the shoes will not be so slippery on the floor
you will need three sizes of the hooks, one for the shoe, one for the sole brim and one for the top shoe border
shoe size is EU 39-40/US 8.5-9. To make it bigger you can add more chains in the first row, or you can crochet with a bigger hook, or you can substitute all HDC with DC. To make it smaller, you can crochet with a smaller hook or you can substitute DC with HDC
it is better to make both shoes and then crochet the bows so you will not be stressed with the yarn consumption
these shoes are not crocheted symmetrically, so do not be stressed with the irregularity of the pattern
you need to count a lot so you might need a quiet room. Slip stitch is made into the chain (substitution) of the same row. Marker inserted in a particular place (follow the pattern) will help a lot
great advantage of chenille yarn is that it hides some mistakes
it takes at about 1-1.5 hour to crochet one shoe at the beginning but you will speed up with the second one. Please crochet both shoes in one day so you can avoid the irregularity with tightening the yarn (shoe will be smaller/bigger)
if you can see big gaps in the place where you crochet DC together, chain the hook for SMALLER one and try to tighten the stitches
make coffee and prepare something tasty because when the slippers are ready you really need to award yourself
Good luck
HOME SLIPPERS by Krampolinka
Yarn for Christmas slippers: Himalaya Baby Dolphin green (80331) and white (80301), have a peak zde. I consumed more than one skein of green.
Yarn for Slippers with a bow: YarnArt Dolce brown (754), have a peak zde and Himalaya Baby Dolphin cream (80308) have a peak zde. The consumption was one skein but it was close.
Yarn alternatives for overseas (USA/Canada) are:
– YarnArt Dolce
– Kartopu Yumurcak
– Universal Yarn Bella Chenille
– Katia Bambi
– King Cole Yumi
– Red Heart Velvety
Weight: Super Bulky
Meterage: 100 g (3.53 ounces)/120 m (135 yards) (! be careful original yarn Himalaya is a little bit thinner than Bernat blanket yarn so the result might vary)
Hook size: 4, 5 and 6 (I crochet pretty tight so you may need smaller hooks)
Marker
Needle with a big eye and thread
Decorative 2 buttons
Time: at about 2-3 hours
Suitable for pre-intermediate
US terminology:
MC – Magic Circle
Sl St – slip stitch
CH – chain stitch
SC – single crochet
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
Tog – together
Each row starts with either 1 CH = Single Crochet or 2 CH = Half Double Crochet/Double Crochet and ends with SlSt.