Now you’re sorry you didn’t rent my dad! Last night Brett wasn’t around when I got home, and my pop wanted to “go do something” since it was his last night here. He and I stopped at the Dew Drop for a couple of cocktails, then he took me out for Indian food. (Although, lemmie tell ya: cocktails and Indian food do not a happy G.I. tract make the next morning!)
After leaving India Cafe, I picked up some drive-thru for Mr. Brett and we returned to the farm a little after nine. I had a great time.
I’d promised dear ol’ dad a pair of felted wool slippers, back when he was going to be here longer, and they weren’t done. So I sat myself in the recliner and knit like a mad woman until ten of eleven. Ta-dah! They’re done! I put the slippers and felting instructions into a plastic grocery bag, debated taking them up to dad’s RV right then, but went to bed instead.
Mr. Brett had had a few beers at Libertyville after work and then gone to a friend’s house that evening, so he was pretty much passed out drunk on the couch by the time I went up to bed.
Dad took off this morning for Tahoe, but I didn’t give him his slippers. I’ll have to mail them when I forward the rest of his mail next week. But when he gets them, they’ll be so superior! (I love felted wool slippers; I wear mine all the time. But I think I like the heathered charcoal I used for his better. I might need a new pair.)
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OK, I have to know. What pattern did you use? what yarn? bulky or worsted? I think I need a new pair. I accidentally washed one of mine and now it’s just.a.little.too.small for my fat foot. My heel keeps riding on the cuff. Argh! And the bumper never did sit right. By the by, I used the Fiber Trends pattern.
I used the Knitty Fuzzyfeet pattern. It calls for Lamb’s Pride Worsted, but I always use their bulky yarn instead; it makes for a thicker slipper and doesn’t seem to change the felting ratio.
For men’s slippers, I usually knit about 10-1/2″ from the heel before beginning the toe decreases, rather than the 9″ the pattern suggests for women, but the pattern explains how to increase the length for a larger foot.