With the help of my lovely assistant, seen above helping with the design stage, I embarked on yet another "ooh let's make something new" adventure. My old wool slippers are gradually falling apart so I decided to make a new pair.
I started with some wool/rayon felt that I'd washed and dyed. The washing made it too thick and fuzzy for beading but the dye made it rich and beautiful. I made a paper bag pattern for the uppers and traced some felt insoles for the bottom.
I wanted them really thick so they both have two layers, but since the felt is hand dyed...no two pieces are alike. You can barely see the industrial gray of the insoles inside. They're thick wooly insoles that we put in our Xtra tuffs (rubber boots) up here in rain world.
The safety inspector reminds me that I've left quite a few pins and one needle in the left slipper and to please remove the pokey things before wearing. Payment to the inspector is to be made in the form of small bone shaped biscuits, thank you very much.
6 comments:
you can do anything by the looks of it. That is something I would wear.
laughing...I make a lot of it up as I go, and then only share the things I actually finish!
ummmmm, you said you were going to be late for knit night. and then you do not show. :(
love the slippers! i hope you paid up.
Oh no! I'm sorry I didn't make it to knit night...but I did knit! Ooh, time for another post...stand by for knitting pictures.
Yup, the inspector got paid. twice.
Great looking hat! And those slippers look toooo cozy. Nice work from the inspector too, Kelly.
Arline
Love the idea of the slippers - and the execution is great! Good thing that awesome little doggy found those pins!
Are there going to be beads? Hmmm, are there? I think the cat would love the beads!
Cheers, Denise
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