PHENTEX SLIPPER PATTERN

Striped Slippers (Checkerboard instructions below)
 

 
Materials Required: 2 balls of 3-Ply Phentex of different colors (light and
dark)
Knitting Needles: 5 mm (American size No. 8)
  Cast on 66 stitches with light color. Knit first 6 stitches in light color,
then 6 stitches in dark color. Alternate the colors every 6th stitch.
 All rows are knit (garter stitch), being careful to twist the light color
over the dark one.
 Knit until desired length is reached.
For example, 20 rows for children, 29 for ladies and 32 for men. Cast off
by knitting 2 together over all the stitches.
 Cut the Phentex long enough for sewing with a needle, and pass it
through the remaining stitches
 Sew 1 stripe inside on both sides of the slippers to make extra gore.
 Sew heel and toe on wrong side. Reverse to right side and sew the instep.
 Tie a Pompom on top.
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These slippers can also be made into a checkerboard, as follows:
 
Follow step 1 above. 
However, after 4 rows, alternate the colors to form a checkerboard.  For
example, if you were knitting 6 stitches of the light color and 6 stitches of the
dark color, change it to 6 stitches of the dark color and 6 stitches of the light
color.  Repeat these 8 rows for the checkerboard.  You may have to change the
number of rows knit for the ladies' slipper from 29 rows to 28 rows to remain
in pattern.  You may also choose to knit in groups of 4 stitches instead of 6
stitches to make a 4 stitch/4 row checkerboard square rather than a 6 stitch/4
row checkerboard square.