Knitted Drop Slippers

I have had this pattern: Knitted Drops Slippers pinned on Pintrest for a while now, and finally decided to make them for my friends birthday. I didn't buy the specific yarn suggested in the pattern, instead I used some 8ply acrylic yarn that I had leftover from my Poncho. I used my 6mm circular needles with a 30cm cable.

I found the pattern a bit confusing at places, it's not the most comfortable to read and follow; at one part it says 'when the piece measures **cm..." but it doesn't explain whether it means the whole piece, or just the section you are currently adding to. Another part reads 'Insert 1 marker mid front of toe and 1 marker mid back on heel' but at no point in the instructions has it explained which part of the foot you are currently stitching. However, with a little trial and error, I was able to figure it out and end up with two foot pieces and two ankle pieces.

From here the instructions say to 'Pull leg 2 cm / 3/4'' down on foot with buttons on the outside of slipper and sew leg to cast-on edge on slipper from WS with invisible stitches.' which, although pretty wordy, is quite simple to do.

Because the yarn I used wasn't as bulky as the one the pattern suggests, the slipper looked very 'gappy' when I tried it on, so I decided to sew in some socks to line the inside of the slipper and this improved the look significantly, and made them much more snuggly and warm.

Overall I am happy with how the slippers turned out, but if I made them again I would go for a chunkier yarn probably in a different colour. I really love the cable band around the ankle and I think the buttons make the slippers look really cute.

Find this pattern in my Ravelry Projects.