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Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:58:07 -0600

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Subject: KNIT: Checkerboard Slipper Pattern

Hello all. It's so nice to hearing from knitlist friends again, and inspiring to catch up on everyone's projects.

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I am counting as a Finished Object, the Checkerboard Slipper pattern I promised to send out so long ago. When it came to choosing between computer typing or knitting to restrict my shoulder activity, typing just lost every time <g>. But, now things are much better, so I've typed it out and include it here. My friend loves these slippers because they are so "cushioney". I haven't made them myself, but I think the patterns is rather fun. She must have gotten it from a school teacher (we both are too) because it is full of very explicit directives.

Enjoy!

from Denise in Pasadena, CA editor/publisher of Needles & Friends and Sampler Verse for Hearth & Home

CHECKERBOARD SLIPPERS a very old pattern copied here verbatim as given to me by a dear friend who is a wonderful knitter and also a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus

·  US#8 needles

·  2 skeins 4-ply yarn in contrasting colors (makes 2 pairs of slippers with tassels or pom-poms)

Cast on 60 stitches using 1 color yarn

Row 1 - (Start with contrasting color) K6, pull other yarn across and K6; repeat with alternate colors until you have 10 sets of 6 st each color.

Row 2 - (Anchor contrasting color at beginning of each row) K6 with same color you ended row 1 with, pull other yarn across and K6. Repeat with alternate colors as in Row 1.

NOTE: It is important on all even numbered rows to be sure to change your yarn colors correctly. ALL ROWS STRAIGHT KNIT. After anchoring your contrast color, be sure your matching color is at the front of your work (away from you). K6 sts. Bring the color towards the left and over your needle to the back side of your work (toward you). Take the contrast color back through the same way to the front of your work and K6. This constant reversing of yarns is done for each 10 squares and on all even rows.

Row 3-8 - Repeat rows 1 and 2.

Row 9 - Change your color of thread to start a new color square. Knit same as Row 1.

Continue the above procedure until you have 7 squares for women and possible 8 for men.

Decrease in 8th (9th) square --

Row 1 - K 1, K2tog, K1, K2tog. Repeat in all 10 squares.

Row 2 - K 1, K2tog, K1. Repeat in all 10 squares.

Rows 3 and 4 - Knit.

Row 5 - K 1, K2tog. Repeat.

Row 6 - K2tog. Repeat. (This will leave you with 10 sts. on the needle).

Cut yarn about 12 inches long. Take one color yarn, thread it through a needle and pull it through the 10 sts. Tie ends securely. (This forms toe of slipper).

Using one yarn (cut the other off) sew the sides together of the last four squares. This leaves four squares for the open part of the slipper.

Sew the back together to form the heel.

*** To give the rolled effect on the top edge of the slipper, IT IS VERY

IMPORTANT TO ANCHOR YOUR CONTRASTING COLOR AT EACH END OF EACH ROW.

SIZE ADJUSTMENTS --

Toddlers: 8 blocks across, 6 blocks long.

Children: 10 blocks across, 8 blocks long.

Ladies: 6 sts to block and 12 blocks across; 6 rows to a block and 10 blocks

long.

Men: 14 blocks across, 12 blocks long.

On men's and women's slippers, use size #10 needles and do one block less.

If cuff is desired, cast on 8 sts on each end, bind these sts. off when half

squares are completed.

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This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium

http://www.woolworks.org/