Interesting and practical slippers on felt crochet

One of the most common shortcomings of knitted room slippers can be called fast wear of the sole. Regardless of what kind of flooring the floors in the house are equipped with, in a month or two, rubbed patches appear. As a result, the sole has to change or get rid of slippers at all. The perfect way out is the slippers on felt soles. Hook they knit quite simply, you just need to find the right materials.

What to use for the sole

As a strong base for room shoes, simple felt insoles serve well. They can be bought almost anywhere, especially in winter.

Another option is to buy felt and cut out the outsole of the right size. This method is convenient if you want to make several pairs at once, since the cost of buying a felt sheet exceeds the cost of the insoles.

Mounting slippers to the sole

Some masters prefer to reduce the amount of work for themselves and to impose slippers directly on the sole. To do this, in the felt should be made holes. This is best achieved with a device for working with leather products. Sometimes an awl helps, but such holes are not large enough.

It is required to choose a suitable diameter of the holes and perform them at a distance of one or one and a half centimeters from each other. This distance depends on the thickness of the yarn used: the thinner it is, the closer it is to position the holes.

If there is no special device, you can get out of the situation by making a hinged seam along the edge of the sole (in this case the first row will consist of columns without a crochet, tied in arches, formed by a stitch seam).

The next step is to proceed directly to the manufacture of the base fabric of the product. Slippers on the felt sole crochet begin to knit from the "bush" of 3-5 columns with a crochet. The basis of each "bush" is the hole made. It may take a different number of posts, the thicker the thread, the less will be.

When the first row is completed, you can proceed to the next stage.

The sides of slippers

Further knitting should be continued smoothly, without additions or cuts. The optimum height of the canvas is four centimeters. Yarn color does not matter, but the pattern is important. For the sides of the slippers is suitable only tight knit. Otherwise, the fingers resting on the toe will deform the associated slippers crocheted. Schemes as such are not here, the work is carried out in circular rows with simple columns without a crochet or with a crochet.

Slippers on the crocheted felt sole: toe formation

The photo above shows how to start knitting the top of the sock toe. In the first row, 4 stitches are performed in the center of the sock, then the number of sticks is increased by one on each side in each row. Work goes straight and reverse rows, with the simultaneous attachment of this cloth to the sides of slippers.

Thus, each row increases the number of columns by two. When the length of the toe becomes 10 cm, the work should be stopped. The depth of the product can be made more or less than the specified size. The height of the toe is determined by fitting.

Semicircle sock toe

An interesting way to decorate slippers on felt soles, crocheted, is to make a semi-circular toe. This piece is knitted separately, and then sewed into the right place.

In fact, any ornament can become the basis for such a sock. The main condition can be called the absence of large holes, as this will reduce the level of comfort of the product. Flower motif or simply openwork semicircle will decorate slippers crocheted. Schema fragments can be obtained from schemes of circular motifs.

Completion of work: education of the pagola

The upper part of the slippers is also knitted in circular rows. The first row always consists of columns without a crochet, then any pattern can be applied.

Columns of the first row of the pagolenka pass along the last row of the side of the slippers, and also on the open side of the sock. Having closed a circular row, you should knit exactly without adding.

The height of the head is determined only by the personal choice of the wizard or the person who will wear the associated slippers crocheted. Schemes and description of the pattern for the patchwork can be used absolutely any.

However, it is worth considering that short slippers are easier and faster to put on, they are more comfortable than tall ones, and their backs are not trampled down. On the other hand, the long pagolenok is much warmer.

As an alternative to the described method, you can tie slippers in any convenient way, then fix the felt on the manufactured sole and sew tight. This way you will get home shoes with a knitted insole and felt soles.

Crochet slippers for children are knitted in much the same way as for adults, only reduce the proportions and choose more colorful colors.