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Woman’s Mary Jane Slippers Cover
Materials Needed:
- Sizes N and F crochet hook
- 2 oz. Worsted weight yarn – rolled into 2 balls to be used as 2 strands. 2 oz. baby weight yarn – to be used as single strand only. Two ¾” buttons, sewing thread and needle
- Darning needle
Sizes: Small – 8 ½”; Medium – 9 ½”; Large – 10”
Common Abbreviations Used:
- st = stitch
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- dec = decrease
- bpdc = back post double crochet
- fpdc = front post double crochet
- blo = back loop only
Special Stitches:
Note: Use double strand of worsted weight yarn for sole only.
Sole- Make 2: Starting at center with two strands yarn and Size N hook, ch (14, 16, 18)
Rnd 1: Make 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, marking first sc as beginning sc – Heel: sc in next 6 ch, hdc in next 5 ch, make 5 hdc in last ch – Toe; working along opposite side of starting chain, hdc in next 5 ch, sc in next 6 ch. Do not join. (30, 34, 38 sts.)
Rnd 2: Make 2 sc in first sc, replace marker in first sc made, (make 2 sc in next sc – for 1 sc increase) twice; sc in each of the next (11, 14, 18) sts. (Make 2 sc in next st) 5 times. (5 sts increased at toe.) Sc in each of the next (11, 14, 18) sts. (38, 42, 46 sts.)
Rnd 3: Sc in first sc. (Make 2 sc in next st) 4 times. . Sc in each of the next (13, 17, 21) sts. (Make 2 sc in next st, sc in next st) twice. Sc in next st. (Make 2 sc in next st, sc in next st) twice. Sc in each of the remaining (11, 14, 18) sts. Join to top of first ch-2 with sl st. (46, 50, 54 sts.)
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in joining and in each sc around increasing (2, 2, 2) sc at heel and (2, 2, 2) sc at toe. Join to first sc with sl st. (52, 54, 58 sc.) End off and weave in end.
Preparing Sole for Instep: Fold sole in half and mark center st at heel end.
Instep Rnd 1: Note this round is worked in blo and with a single strand of baby weight yarn and size f hook. With right side of sole facing you, join yarn in blo of stitch before marker, ch 3, dc in same st. Make 1 dc in blo of next st. (Make 2 dc in blo of next st. Make 1 dc in blo of next st) around. (78, 81, 87 dc.) Join around (from back to front) top of first ch-3 with sl st.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, bpdc around each of the next 2 dc. (Fpdc around next dc. Bpdc around each of the next 2 dc) around. End with sl st around first dc made.
Rnd 3-9: Ch 3, make bpdc around each of the next 2 bpdc. (Fpdc around next fpdc. Bpdc around each of the next 2 bpdc) around. End with sl st around first ch-3 made. For Small Size skip next Round and go to Rnd 5.
Rnd 10: Ch 3, (make bpdc around each of the next 2 bpdc. Make fpdc around next dc) (9) times. (Skip next 2 bpdc, make front post dc around next fpdc) 10 times. Make bpdc around each of the
next 2 bpdc. (Make fpdc around next fpdc. Make bpdc around each of the next 2 bpdc) to end. Join to first ch-3 with sl st.
Finishing: Sc in each st around. Join to first sc with sl st. End off and weave in end.
Buttonhole: With baby yarn ch 22. Sc st in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. End off leaving a 20” tail. Sew to Shoe as shown below.
Finishing: Sew button on opposite side of buttonhole loop making sure to reverse for left and right slippers
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Copyright by Sharon Santorum – January 15, 2012