EASY TRAVEL CROCHET SLIPPERS

Barefoot Girl

Yes, I admit I am happiest barefoot, my feet are my thermostat, once in the door my shoes and socks are off and my feet are naked! 

However, every now and then especially when travelling during cooler weather a pair of slippers are absolutely essential.

AND I always prefer SHOES OFF once you cross the threshold. So, literally two days before we took to the road I whipped up these

EASY, QUICK TRAVEL CROCHET SLIPPERS

This pattern is very easy and quite quick to make up and best of all no sewing apart from hiding yarn ends and attaching the perfect heart or some other kind of embellishment.

Attaching the perfect heart at an angle and off centre made it easier to identify which slipper went on which foot. You know LEFT or RIGHT foot, I know I am getting old.

Anyway, I only jotted down a few notes re the pattern prior to my travels, so on my return from our trip away, I decided yesterday to write the full pattern out and re-check it and share it with you. 

Hope you enjoy, Ciao, ciao.

PATTERN DETAILS:

Description: 

Easy and quick crochet slippers, made with one stitch and crochet in the round. Warm and comfortable, get creative and make them colourful with stripes or just edge with a contrast colour.

PLEASE NOTE - does NOT include a pattern for HEART or FLOWER.

HOTCHPOTCH EBOOK does include a pattern for Heart and Flower.

Yarn: Patons Wool Blend Aran 63% Wool 27% Acrylic

Hook: 5mm

Stitches: single crochet

Gauge/Tension: 14sts to 4in; 17 rows to 4in

Measurements: Length 9.5in; Width 9in

Size: UK 5.5 - USA 8 - Europe 38 - Australia - 7

Terminology: USA - American crochet terms

Pattern instructions are now available

for the 

TRAVELLER CROCHET SLIPPERS

from my online shops

CRAFTSY           RAVELRY       

APRIL TRAVELS

Quick Getaway... 

we are getting out of here...

COLOURFUL CROCHET BASKETS

SIMPLE and EASY basket pattern

Colourful crochet baskets, versatile and decorative, 

for special occasions or just for everyday.

AND perfect for those Easter eggs 

especially the chocolate ones.

PATTERN DETAILS:
SKILL:  Easy
YARN:  Nutscene Heritage Twine "Jute"
HOOK:  7mm
GAUGE:  Not crucial
MEASUREMENTS:  
Small Basket Height 2.5in Diameter 4in
Large Basket Height 3.5in Diameter 8.5in
TERMINOLOGY:  USA - American crochet terms

Basket is worked in the round into back loops of each stitch. Worked from the bottom up.

SMALL BASKET

Rnd 1:  With MC, make a Magic loop, ch1, 8sc in loop, join with sl st in ch1.  (8sts) 

Increase Rnds

Rnd 2:  Ch1, 2sc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in ch1.  (16sts)

Rnd 3:  Ch1, *2sc in BL of next st, 1sc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in ch1.  (24sts)

Rnd 4:  Ch1, *2sc in BL of next st, 1sc in BL of next 2sts, rep from * to end, join with sl st in ch1.  (32sts)

Rnd 5:  Ch1, 1sc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in ch1.  (32sts)

Rnd 6-7:  Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO CC 

Rnd 8:  Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO MC 

Rnd 9:  Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO CC 

Rnd 10:  *Ch3, 2dc in BL of same st, skip next st, sl st in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st.  Change colour at each "sl st in BL of next st", and carry other yarn behind, working 2dc in BL and around yarn carried.

FINISH:  Cut yarn and hide ends.

LARGE BASKET

Rnd 1:  With MC, make a Magic loop, ch2, 8hdc in loop, join with sl st in ch1.  (9sts) 

Increase Rnds

Rnd 2:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, 2hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (18sts)

Rnd 3:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next st, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (27sts)

Rnd 4:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 2sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (36sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 5:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 3sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (45sts)

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 6:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 4sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (54sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 7:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 5sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (63sts)

CHANGE TO MC 

Rnd 8:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (63sts)

Rnd 9:  Rep Rnd 8.

DECREASE Rnd

Rnd 10:  Ch2, 1hdc in next 4sts, *hdc2tog, 1hdc in next 5sts, rep from * to end, ending with  hdc2tog, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (54sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 11:  Ch2, 1hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2.  (54sts)

CHANGE TO MC 

Rnd 12:  Rep Rnd 11, ending with join with sl st in TOP of ch2.

CHANGE TO CC

DECREASE Rnd

Rnd 13:  Ch2, 1hdc in next 3sts, *hdc2tog, 1hdc in next 4sts, rep from * to end, ending with  hdc2tog, join with sl st in TOP of ch2.  (45sts)

FINISH:  Cut yarn and hide ends.

DRAWSTRING HANDLES:

With MC and 6mm hook

Ch75-80 , thread through Rnd 12, 2hdc at a time, join ends, cut yarn and hide ends.  Pull out loops at sides

Notes:

Take special care in maintaining stitch count in each increasing round.

Take particular attention to rounds ending with:-

·         join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2

·         join with sl st in TOP of ch2.

Abbreviation	Description
[ ]	work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
*	repeat the instructions following the single asterisk as directed
**	repeat the instructions between asterisks as many times as directed
approx	approximately
beg	begin/beginning
BL	back loop
ch	chain stitch
cm	centimetres
cont	continue
CC	contrast colour
dc	double crochet
hdc	half double crochet
hdc2tog	half double crochet 2 stitches together
in	inches
MC	main colour
rep	repeat
rnd(s)	round(s)
sc	single crochet
sl st	slip stitch
st(s)	stitch(es)

Download this FREE crochet pattern 
from my online shop

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EASTER CROCHET BASKETS

Are you having fun with your crochet?  NO?   Well how about a little fun with garden twine?  

A short trip to Macknade Farm Shop in Faversham last Saturday, and I return with garden twine made from jute, a large ball of brilliant orange and a small ball of garden green. 

AND the focus? has been on Easter decorations, baskets to hold my Easter eggs and Easter chocolates.

AND what could be more perfect than a colourful basket made from jute?

SMALL BASKET DETAILS:  Yarn:  Nutscene Heritage Twine;  Hook:  7mm; Stitches:  single crochet and double crochet.

LARGE BASKET DETAILS:  Yarn:  Nutscene Heritage Twine;  Hook:  7mm; Stitches:  half double crochet.

I am having so much fun with Easter decorations. I'm off to see what else I can find for my Easter table decorations.  

You can find this FREE PATTERN for JUTE Easter Baskets available HERE and from my online shop RAVELRY 

Enjoy!
Ciao, ciao!

Copyright © 2008

Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet.

All rights reserved.

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SPRING SPRING SPRING

Do you remember this song?   Spring, spring, spring...

March in Spring

Vernal Equinox

Here in the northern hemisphere the vernal equinox for this year 2012, took place on March 20 at 1.40am.

YES it is the spring equinox, it is the start of spring, signs of spring, and stunning spring photos!

Ah, wonderful spring!  This blessed season brings increasing daylight, warming temperatures and the rebirth of flora and fauna.

"equinox" is derived from the Latin word meaning "equal night".

The spring and fall equinoxes are the only dates with equal daylight and dark as the Sun crosses the celestial equator.

CROCHET TALK

AND IN MY WORLD, it is a time for the birth of new ideas and new ???   

yes, you guessed it, new crochet patterns.

I have been busy designing and creating, a definite sign of spring fever, so many ideas and sketches and not enough hours in the day to crochet them all. A time when I wish I could split myself into 4 or more of me, so I can get on with all the ideas I have squirrelled away for the right moment in time!

OK, enough of wishing and dreaming, there is only one of me and this me also has a life outside of crochet, so NOW, let's get on with the crochet talk, SHALL WE?

Do you remember this pattern?  Crochet Hat VALENTINA

I designed it for cool spring wearing and wrote the pattern for Rowan Wool Cotton DK and/or James C. Brett Pure Merino DK. 

You can also make this lovely spring hat in cotton, check it out BELOW

Made with Debbie Bliss Eco Baby 100% Organic Cotton and I added a different flower brooch.

OR HOW ABOUT making the hat with Rowan Pima Cotton And White/Metallic Gold cotton thread held together.

Looking good AND SUPER SPECIAL with the delicate metallic gold thread shimmering in the daylight, and ever so easy to wear!

Now you can do just the same using the original pattern, just adjust total stitch count to match head circumference and add or subtract a row or two, super simple. Go ahead have a play and have some fun with the Crochet Hat VALENTINA Pattern.

It's amazing how many different crochet hat looks you can achieve with just one pattern.
YOU CAN:-

1. change colour
2. OR use one colour
3. OR two colours
4. OR three or four colours

So let's get creative and have a PLAY.

AND you can also DO THIS (SEE PHOTO ABOVE) my version of a LOVELY CROCHET SUN HAT using the Crochet Pattern for the VALENTINA Hat.

This time I crochet the sun hat using Bendigo 8ply Cotton (also known as Heirloom 8ply Cotton)

I am not sure when I will be adding this pattern to the collection, but for now that is all.

I am currently in catch up mode with crochet pattern writing, so hopefully I will have more by next week.

Ciao, Ciao,  enjoy....

Crochet Hat VALENTINA

is available from my online stores

  ETSY        RAVELRY      CRAFTSY

Copyright © 2008

Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet.

All rights reserved.

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