My daughter and I had a hard time finding anything in Calgary, or online, in March/April to use. We did however come across some small sized slippers that you slip on when coming out of the shower. Even though they would be a bit big on my granddaughter's feet, we decided to give it a try.
I learned a lot in making these, and I will share that with you after you see them.
Here is the sole of the slippers.
It wasn't very difficult to do this. I just cut off the terry cloth strip that one would slip the foot into, and followed directions from one of the many videos. (Sorry I did not write down or save the channel it came from. I did not think at the time I would start a blog)
They look real cute, don't they. I had fun making all the loops for these slippers. I remembered years ago making a "Lamb Chops" puppet using this loop stitch.If you look closely you can see that the seam binding along the edge of the sole is coming undone. One of the things I learned on this project is to think ahead before diving into a project. In this case, what could happen to the soles if you are not careful enough when taking them apart. They are certainly more involved that just flip flops.
The other thing I learned, well it was more reminded of and had forgotten, was that crocheted things stretch with use. Since the soles were too big to start out with, and after my granddaughter using them all the time, they stretched and got even bigger!
I thought I could wash them and get them back to shape, but then I feared that the seam binding would all come unraveled if we did that. So I am thinking that for Christmas I might just make her a better pair of slippers.
What lessons have you learned in crocheting your projects?
FYI
Worsted yarn & size 6mm crochet hook
No comments:
Post a Comment