Front post and back post double crochets, worked in alternating groups of three, push the stitches forward and back until the fabric looks woven. These slippers carry that basketweave around the foot above a solid sole, and fit a women’s 9 to 9.5 inch foot; a different hook size makes them larger or smaller. They look good in a solid colour, and the texture holds its own in a variegated yarn too.
MATERIALS
Yarn: 4 ply worsted weight. I used Redheart Supersaver.
Solid color is 7 oz, 364 yards and the variegated skein is 5 oz,
244 yards. I had a little yarn left over after making the
slippers in the variegated yarn. And of course a lot left
over from the black and grey slippers.
Hook: 5.00 mm
Size: Women’s adult, 9 to 9.5 inch foot. You could use different
hook sizes to get different sized slippers.
ch - chain
st - stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
tbl - through back loops
fpdc - front post double crochet
bpdc - back post double crochet
dc2tog - double crochet two togther (decrease)
sc2tog - single crochet two together (decrease)
How to do the Basketweave Stitch. The basketweave is made by alternating groups of front post and back post double crochet; in this pattern they are worked in sets of 3 stitches.
How to do the sc decrease (sc2tog) - insert hook into st, yarn over hook, pull up a loop, insert hook
into next st, yarn over hook, pull up a loop, yarn over hook and pull through all 3 loops on the hook.
How to do the dc decrease (dc2tog) - Yarn over, insert hook in first stitch, yarn over and pull up a
loop, yarn over and pull through two loops on hook. Yarn over and insert into second stitch, yarn
over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through
all three loops on hook.
Ch 21
Rnd 1 - 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next 18 chs, 4 sc in last ch. Working down the other side of
the chain, 1 sc in next 18 chs, 2 sc in last ch, slip stich to join, ch 1, turn. (44 sts)
Make sure you begin your stitches in the first sc and not in the slip stitch where you joined.
You work through the back loop mostly throughout the pattern, but when you slip stich to join, do that through both top loops.
Rnd 2 - Tbl only make 2 sc in next 2 sc, 1 sc in next 18 sc, 2 sc in next
4 sc,1 sc in next 18 sc, 2 sc in next 2 sc, slip stitch to join, ch 1, turn. (52 sts)
Rnd 3 - Tbl only make 2 sc in next 2 sc, 1 sc in next 22 sc, 2 sc in next
4 sc, 1 sc in next 22 sc, 2 sc in next 2 sc, slip stitch to join, ch 1, turn. (60 sts)
Rnd 4 - Tbl only make 2 sc in next 2 sc, 1 sc in next 26 sc, 2 sc in next
4 sc, 1 sc in next 26 sc, 2 sc in next 2 sc, slip stitch to join, ch 1, turn. (68 sts)
Rnd 5 - Tbl only make 1 sc in each st all around, slip stitch to join, ch 1, Do Not turn. (68 sts)
Rnd 6 - Tbl only make 1 slip stitch in each st all around, (do not make these too tight) slip stitch to join, ch 2, turn. (68 sts)
Rnd 7 - (Ch 2 does not count as a stitch) Tbl only make 1 dc in first st, 2 dctog, 1 dc in next
62 sts, 2dctog, 1 dc in last st, slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (66 sts)
Rnd 8 - fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc, repeat to end of Rnd, (be careful doing the dctog of previous Rnd, be sure to do the fpdc/bpdc around both posts at the top where they are joined), slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (66 sts)
Rnd 9 - fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc, repeat to end of Rnd, slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (66 sts)
Rnd 10 - Over next 30 sts bpdc in next 3 dc, fpdc in next 3 dc. Over next 27 sts dc2 tog 4 times, dc in next st,
repeat fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc to end of rnd, slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (62 sts)
Rnd 11 - Over next 27 stsbpdc in next 3 dc, fpdc in next 3 dc. Over next 27 sts
dc2 tog four times, repeat fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc to end of row, slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (58 sts)
Rnd 12 - Over next 24 sts fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc.
Over next 24 sts dc2 tog five times, repeat fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc to end of row, slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 2, turn. (53 sts)
Rnd 13 - Over next 21 sts fpdc in next 3 dc, bpdc in next 3 dc.
Over next 21 sts dc2 tog five times, 1 dc in next st, repeat bpdc in next 3 dc, fpdc in next 3 dc
to end of rnd,
slip stitch to join to first dc, ch 1, turn. (48 sts)
Rnd 14 - Through both loops 1 sc in next 20 sts, 2 sctog four times, 1 sc in next 20 sts,
slip stitch to join, fasten off. (44 sts)
Rnd 15 - Through both loops 1 sc in next 18 sts, 2 sctog four times, 1 sc in next 18 sts,
slip stitch to join, fasten off and sew in ends. (40 sts)
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