Norwegian House Slippers

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:
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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
x
Top Flap
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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.
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.
The light color and brown diagonal is
folded as shown. Count 4 from the
bottom.
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.
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.
Folded and stitched view.
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.
Leave square open for stitching…
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!