Extravayarnza

They fit. How much more is there than that?

So, a few good notes & hints. I was using the 'new' version of the pattern. Fiber Trends is redoing all their patterns in a new format that doesn't come in page protectors and are just a bit to big to fit in a standard binder. In the case of this pattern they also made a few tweaks to the pattern. Mainly to give it a more slender fit. I highly recommend knitting the optional extra rows to make the wide or even extra wide version. I'm glad I did & I don't have a wide foot.

I knit the Womens Medium size. I didn't knit the 'bumper' when attaching the two soles because I'm adding the slipper bottoms.

Yarn: 1 hank of Andes in color 3 & 2 balls of Alpaca w/ a Twist, Baby Twist in color 1003. I used 1 strand of each held together throughout the whole slipper. Oddly enough, I only had a yard or two left of my 220 yards of alpaca, but I have a small ball of the 165 yards of Andes. The alpaca was used up much faster.

Needles: I used 10 1/2 needles (24" & 16"). I knit very loose & was quite happy with the resulting gauge.

Felting: They felted to fit in about 12 minutes. This was fairly quick for my washing machine.

I am planning on adding the fiber trends slipper bottoms to these. A nice warm pair of clogs is just what I need for the store & I'm looking forward to wearing these!

Next felting project: I'm going to figure out how to make the moccasins from Felted Knits fit me. I didn't see till today that the pattern is only sized for kids & men. I'm hoping to knit the smallest men's size & felt it down.

I also wrote most of my class notes for my upcoming class.
I'm teaching "Design Your Own Christmas Stocking" on Dec 2 & 9 (sat 1-3pm)
The idea is that I've written a basic stocking pattern for worsted weight yarn.  The pattern is both written & charted. You get to color in the chart to create your own design. We talk about different ways to create a color pattern & I have ideas for everyone from a fairly new knitter on up.
As I write the class notes I'm getting more & more excited about this class. So far I have 3 knitters signed up, but I'd love to have a few more if anyone's interested!
My stocking from my Grandma was the basis for the class & for the pattern. The pattern was lost long ago and I feel the need to continue the tradition.