Felted Slippers

Just after Christmas, Sharon showed her grandson, Colby, and her son-in-law, Daniel, how to make their own wet felted slippers.

Stylist Rachel O'Brien heads to the Fluff-a-torium in Dorking and learns how to make felt slippers with felt guru Gillian Harris

Stylist Rachel O'Brien heads to the Fluff-a-torium in Dorking and learns how to make felt slippers with felt guru Gillian Harris

For a variation on these slippers that does not require cutting the opening, click HERE. Despite a warmer winter than usual in North Dakota, my feet are cold ~ and the cute store-bought slippers that have sufficed in other years were making my feet sweat. Etsy is full of enticing wool slippers, but they are unfortunately much out of my price range. Not a problem, I can make my own. But the patterns I found for knitted ones do not look like what I had in mind. I wanted warmth for my toes…

In December I took a trip to Bisbee, AZ, to visit my son, his lovely wife, and my grandson. What a BEAUTIFUL area to visit! The people, th...

Get a great custom fit pair of felted slippers! Follow these steps with a pair of over-sized knit slippers to get felted slippers that last FOREVER.

For your lovely knitted and felted wool slippers you'll need:Felting wool , for UK shoe size 6 you'll need around 200g. I used Wash+Filz it! from Schachenmayr.double pointed needles (dpns), 8mm washing machine How to knit your wool slippers:1. Cast on 36 stitches and start by knitting stockinette stitch for 35 rows. This is the heel end of your slipper.You can use 2 of your dpns for this. If you find that there are too many stitches for the length of your needles you can use 8mm straight…

With some basic sewing skills and a few pieces of felt, you can easily make a pair of felt slippers to wear around the home. You can make them out of wet felt, an accidentally felted sweater, or commercial felt (I'd suggest wool felt) that you may choose to embellish with needle felting. I've also i

Cosy Slippers From Your Old Woolly Jumper: Whoops....Shrunk your favourite woolly in the wash? Never mind, try making these cosy slippers and you should have plenty left to make other goodies (more instructables to follow). These lovely warm slippers can be made in an evening if you are sti…

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