Happy Feet

I love this new slipper design.  It actually comes off the machine finished (lined and assembled!) except for sewing in the start and finish yarn ends, and it has a neat-as-a-pin, precise look about it.  They fit well, too.

Pictured from left:  The lavender slippers are just my size (women's size 8 shoe).  They were knitted on the LK150 with Baby Bee, white inside (just leftovers).  I've calculated all 12 sizes for the mid-gauge slipper.

The brown slippers are knitted on my Brother bulky with Impeccable yarn, brown outside, variegated inside, more leftovers.  This pair fits about a man's size 10.  This will be the first choice slipper for the soldiers because it's the thickest and fastest to knit.  I have a lot of partial balls of worsted weight and have a plan to mix up the colors and use those smaller balls. 

I enjoyed knitting the standard gauge green variegated slippers, using a good self-striping sock yarn and letting the colors stripe wherever they wanted.  I thought they were especially cute, and using the wool sock yarn inside and out makes them warm even though they're a much smaller gauge.    They're going to wear well, since the sock yarn is 75% wool (superwash) and 25% nylon.  Good sock yarn costs a little more and is SO worth it!

My first slipper using this schematic was the darker pink mid-gauge ones in front.  It's a girls' size.  Of course, I also had to knit the smallest size, because baby stuff is cute simply because it's so small.  These baby ones are also mid-gauge in just a dab of pale pink yarn and white for lining.

All the slippers still need a nonstick gooping job (just a little silicone scribble on the bottoms to avoid the slip-and-slide miseries).  I also plan to film the techniques, as well, and with the sew-as-you-go toes, I'll have to show that very carefully.

Maybe with all the great slippers I've cooked up (there are a number of other ones, as well), I'll produce a slipper book in lots of gauges and sizes.  What do you think?