Norwegian House Slippers Pattern & Tutorial Photos and Pattern by Day Dreams 2012

Level: Beginner

Sized for Ladies US 7.5 – 8 (Increase St and rows by 2 for each size up or down)

Materials:

Size J or K crochet hook

4 – 4 oz. skeins of heavy wt wool or acrylic yarn (if using acrylic, double on yarn strands)

Tapestry Needle Gauge: Using double strands of yarn 3 Sc = 1”; 2 rows = 1” Abbreviations: Sc – Single Crochet Dc – Double Crochet SST – Slip Stitch Ch – Chain Sp – Space Sk – Skip Nxt – Next St – Stitch Beg – Beginning

Notes before you begin:

Weave in loose ends as you work. This will save you from having bulk and knots at the seams when joined.

This pattern works up wonderfully with scrap wools, and acrylics both. It is advisable to double the yarns when working with acrylic yarn. In this case, be colorful and coordinate the yarns!

Felt after finished when working with wool – you will love them!

They work up large – very large. They are designed to shrink in the wash, so you may want to consider this fact before you embark on making a pair from acrylic (adjust size accordingly in the event you are not shrinking them).

When working with multiple colors it’s best to follow this scheme for the color blocking (blue is only a sample color)

Top Flap Heel

Top Flap

Lay your squares out before stitching together to determine your pattern. If you follow the

sample above, you will get a wonderful pair of color blocked slippers! Trust me; I had to learn

this the hard way numerous times of making this pattern.

If you do wind up with knots in the seams (corners) try felting with a felting needle to get them

flattened out.

You will need to 16 squares total (8 each slipper) regardless of the size slipper being made.

o Chain 11. In 2nd ch sp from hook Sc across to end of row. Ch 1 and turn. (10)

o Rows 2-10 repeat Sc across in each ch sp for a total of 10 Sc each row. Repeat until you

have a square of 10 rows by 10 stitches. Tie off, weave in loose ends.

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Putting it all together: Now that you have 16 squares made, you will lay them out in the color

scheme you would like (see above).

1. With right sides together place the first 2 squares together and whip stitch. Tie off;

weave in loose end of yarn. Stitch each of the remaining 7 squares together in a pattern

of 3 across/6 down.

2. Fold the #4 square at a diagonal as shown below. This will be #4 from the bottom of

your row of 6 squares.

3. Next, as shown below you will fold the upper corner and side to meet the edge of the

first fold you made. Whip stitch together to the end of the blocks.

The light color and brown diagonal is

folded as shown. Count 4 from the

bottom.

Fold upper corner

of 3 blocks to

meet the diagonal

fold you first

made. Stitch

together.

Stitch the top 2

squares together,

and then work

down the seam to

the end. You will

have one last

square left free.

4. Now you will fold the longer side (6 squares) up and over to meet the edge that is

pocket like… as seen below.

Free square up and over… … and folded over to meet the pocket.

A little tricky here…you will stitch from the corner (see arrow above) to the edge of the square

– do not stitch all the way to the end. Leave that square open and free to stitch to the sides

and build your slipper.

Folded and stitched view.

5. You will have 2 free squares – they are attached but not fully. See the brown and white

square in the back of the slipper? Fold that to meet the orange square and stitch it from

the corner where it meets, around the front of the orange square.

Here is what it should look like after you have it stitched but not turned…

Confused? It’s very easy to do with this pattern. I have found one tutorial online on folding the

slipper that I found very helpful. You may have to watch it several times to get the hang of it.

The stitching part is the easy part; the rough part is the folding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMFEkSKGHg

I hope the tips helped you make this project easier for you to work with. Please let me know if

there is anything I can help with or if you are confused about this pattern. Have fun!

Leave square open for stitching…