How to knit slippers easier: crochet or knitting?

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

There are many works of needlewomen in magazines, in which slippers are solid, made of elements, in the form of socks, in the form of boots, sandals, footprints, of an incomprehensible shape. How to knit slippers easier: knitting needles or crocheting for beginner craftswomen?

Types of slippers

Slippers are conditionally divided into several types:

• model starts from the sole from the heel;
• slippers fit like socks, right from the heel;
• shoes are sewn from one piece;
• room slippers, knitted from square motifs;
• the sole is made from a fabric that is tied around.

Knitting with a solid fabric is not very convenient and not so beautiful, since such slippers are shapeless. It is better to tie ordinary footprints, but with different patterns, and you will see how their appearance will change. Can be decorated with all kinds of accessories or knitted ornaments, animal heads.

Knitting slippers with knitting needles is easier for those who know how to knit socks. Crocheted products keep their shape, so you can knit pointed slippers or in the form of animals. It is best to combine knitting and crochet. For example, knit a heel, and dial loops on the fourth knitting needle using a chain of air loops. Orcrochet the sole, and then cast on the knitting needles and knit the tracks in a circle.

How to learn to knit slippers with knitting needles

The easiest way to tie the soles from the sole and tie it in a circle. To knit them, take threads, 4 knitting needles (for convenience, you will need about 8 knitting needles), a hook for prying loops.

1. Knit the sole along the length and width of your foot. As standard, knitting begins from the heel (9-12 loops) with the front or wrong side.
2. Measure the middle of the toe with a thread of a different color or a pin.
3. Cast on the knitting needles in a circle, distributing them so that it is convenient to work.



4. It is necessary to knit slippers in a circle with a gradual decrease at the toe in each row. Having reached the middle of the toe, knit the last and first loops together from two adjacent knitting needles.
5. Reduction goes on until the height of the product is satisfied. If in this case the opening of the traces is large, then further tie it with a hook with connecting posts to tighten it.
6. If necessary, you can decorate the slippers with a bow, cord, pico or arches.

Slippers on two spokes

Using this technique, the footprints are knitted in a solid fabric and sewn together. It looks like this:

• sole, sides and "face" knit immediately;
• knitting starts from the sides of the base;
• outsole looks like an elongated diamond;
• next comes an increase for the front part, where one edge is sharp-nosed, and the second is square (without reduction);



• at the opening, the footprint is knitted only from the front with facial loops of about 1 centimeter;
• then the loops are added, and the second part of the "face" is also knitted according to the pattern;

• it remains only to lay the parts on top of each other and sew them.

Even a novice craftswoman can knit slippers using this technique. But the tracks are simple, so it is better to decorate them with beads, flowers, patterns. You can also sew the sole to them from an anti-slip mat.

Option for beginner needlewomen: make blanks of slippers out of cardboard, sheathe them with padding polyester, which is sold in one piece, and tie them with a crochet or knitting needles. Take ordinary room slippers as a sample.