Crochet slippers pattern — two pieces, 44 rounds written out
A free crochet slippers pattern for a chunky pair with a 25 cm sole about 15 cm tall, finishing in a 49 cm cuff that sits loose and folds down, worked on a 7.0 mm hook in three colours over about five hours. The sole grows from 32 stitches to 56, round 6 goes into the back loops only to stand the wall up, and then rounds 15, 16 and 17 each put four decreases across the instep — twelve stitches taken out over one span is what bends the tube down over the foot rather than leaving it standing as a bag. Both slippers are written out in full, 22 rounds each, every round carrying the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 44 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium: the twelve instep decreases have to fall over the same span on both slippers, and the back-loop round on 6 is the only thing separating the sole from the wall.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 5
~40 m (about 35 g)Bulky weight (CYC 5) acrylic or wool blend
~105 m (about 90 g, one ball)Bulky weight (CYC 5) acrylic or wool blend
~45 m (about 40 g)Bulky weight (CYC 5) acrylic or wool blend
Tools
5 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Row counter
You need to buy
Silicone non-slip dots or a small tube of puffy fabric paint for the soles
Optional
Two stitch markers in a contrast colour to mark the instep
Suede or leather sole pads sized to a 25 cm foot
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Gauge sets the shoe size here, so work the five sole rounds, lay the sole against the foot it is for, and change hook before you go up the wall. A sole that is right and a wall that is wrong is still a slipper; the other way round is not.
Finished size
~25 cm sole and ~15 cm tall, with a cuff of about 49 cm that sits loose and folds down — an adult 7-8
The pair is written for a 7.0 mm hook. Dropping to 6.5 mm gives a slipper about a size smaller without changing a single count, since the sole is 56 stitches either way — a hook change is the only way to resize this one.
How to make the slippers, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US32 sc around the foundation chainUK32 dc around the foundation chainWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
1
01The slippers
Two the same. An oval sole out to 56 stitches, a back-loop round to…22 RNDS
starts in charcoal· picked up· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[32] [38] [44] [50] [56] [56]
The oval sole, out to 56
RND 1–51[32]
2[38]
3[44]
4[50]
5[56]
Cream wall, mustard dashes at 10 and 11
RND 6–146[56]
7[56]
8[56]
9[56]
10[56]
11[56]
12[56]
13[56]
14[56]
The instep, twelve stitches out
RND 15–1715[52]
16[48]
17[44]
The mustard cuff
RND 18–2218[44]
19[44]
20[44]
21[44]
22[44]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneTry it on before you start the second. If the sole ran short, go up a hook size for the pair rather than adding rounds — the counts are what keep the two identical.
2
02Right slipper
— the same 22 rounds again, worked from piece 0122 RNDS
starts in charcoal· picked up· Piece 2 of 2· mirrors the slippers
First six rounds[32] [38] [44] [50] [56] [56]
1[32]
2[38]
3[44]
4[50]
5[56]
6[56]
7[56]
8[56]
9[56]
10[56]
11[56]
12[56]
13[56]
14[56]
15[52]
16[48]
17[44]
18[44]
19[44]
20[44]
21[44]
22[44]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
You are here
Two pieces from one list. One list — the slippers — is written once and worked twice, identical round for round; the grey bars are piece length, all drawn to the same scale.44 ROUNDS IN ALL
Eight notes on the slippers
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02The fabric is plain single crochet the whole way through. It comes out smooth and even, with no ribbing and no gaps anywhere — the shape comes from the increases and decreases, and the interest comes from the colour.
03Round 6 is worked in back loops only. It is still 56 single crochet, 56 stitches in and 56 stitches out, so the counting screen shows it as a plain round. Working the back loop is what leaves a ridge around the edge of the sole and stands the wall up.
04Round 1 stands in for an oval foundation: chain 13, work 15 sc down one side of the chain and 17 back along the other for 32 stitches. The app counts it as a plain round of 32 with no ring to close, which is why this part has no magic ring.
05All four decreases in rounds 15, 16 and 17 belong across the top of the foot. Mark the front third of the round before you start shaping and keep every decrease inside those markers. Twelve decreases landing in that one place is what bends the tube down over the instep — there is no heel flap and no rows worked back and forth.
06Rounds 10 and 11 carry the dashes: 2 mustard, 5 cream, eight times around. Carry the colour you are not working along the top of the round and cover it with the stitches, so no ends need weaving.
07The two slippers are identical, round for round. Nothing is sewn to anything — each one comes off the hook finished.
08Worked in a continuous spiral from the sole upward, so there is nothing to join and nothing to work back and forth.
Four questions this pattern answers
Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.
How is the colour worked into the slippers?
How much yarn will the slippers take?
What hook will the slippers need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the slippers take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
Tell us the piece and the round number — the stepper already knows where you are.There is nowhere to send one yet.
Put the laptop down mid-round
The iPhone app keeps your place — piece of 2, round of — and hands it back where you left it.
