This is a free domain Drops Pattern and it works
up real easy I finished mine in 3 days … I’ve been busy outside too most of the
time and could only work on them after Supper, turning in early because I was
so darned tired; but if a person stayed on the pattern with minimal breaks, a
pair of slippers could be finished in a day. These slippers are really
comfortable.
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Working 2 slippers at a time – perfect way to make sure they are both the same size and of the same tension upon completion.
Slippers FINISHED.
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GARTER ST (back and forth on needle): K all
rows.
INCREASING TIP: Inc 1 st from RS by making 1 YO. Work Yo into back of loop on return row to avoid a hole.
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SLIPPER: Work back and forth on needle from the toe towards the heel.
Cast on 12-13-14 sts on needle size 6 mm/US 10 with Eskimo (leave approx 30 c,/11-3/4 tail and use this to sew slipper tog afterwards). Insert a marker in st 4 and a marker in st 9-10-11. Work stockinette st, AT SAME TIME inc 1 st on each side of both markers - SEE INCREASING TIP, and repeat the inc on every other row a total of 4 times = 28-29-30 sts.
REMEMBER THE KNITTING GAUGE!
When piece measures 9-10-11 cm/3-1/2 inches-4 inches-4-3/8 inches, work as follows: 7 garter sts, 14-15-16 stockinette st, 7 garter sts. Continue like this until piece measures 22-24-27 cm/8-3/4 inches-9-1/2inches-10-5/8 inches; bind off.
ASSEMBLY: Tighten slipper at the top and sew tog mid upper front inside 1/2 st to where the garter st begs. Sew tog mid back, edge to edge to avoid a chunky seam.
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We got the roofing estimate this afternoon; it is
double the cost we expected to hear, but the previous owner really let
a LOT slide the 20 years she lived here: nothing was ever repaired or replaced.
The house inspector told us that the roof would need to be reroofed before
summer ended, but because he didn’t walk the roof himself he did not know that
several places would have to be torn out and replaced, or that the ENTIRE
carport would have to be taken down and replace; so the cost to reroof has gone
up significantly: but it has to be done, so what are we gonna do? We’ll have to
bite the bullet, storm the gates of Heaven, and fork the moolah out :-( we are
hoping Elohim will be merciful and soften the cash blow and soothe our sticker price
shock. Our nephew-in-law is a contractor and he will be doing the job, but even
at a discount, it will be a blow to the wallet.
We spent most of the day today downtown
buying groceries and looking for a microwave turntable because the dinosaur
microwave that came with the house was missing the turntable – we could not
find a turntable to save our souls (a turntable only comes with a microwave
now), so we had to but a new microwave; thankfully it was on sale. We also came
home with 6 large bags of Miracle Grow soil
to fill the dug out stone planters (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2017/07/racing-father-time.html);
I’ll fill them with flowers I dug up and potted from our previous house after
the roof is torn off because guys that are roofing are not careful about where
the roof shingles land while they rip and throw – I do not want any flowers
broken or destroyed by falling debris, so transplanting flowers into my
flowerbeds will have to wait until around the middle of August. I hope they
will be able to rebound and build a healthy root system before Jack Frost comes
visiting.
I have also started book #3 of the ‘Earth’s Children’ series …
… at the rate I am reading these novels, I’ll have all 5 books read
before the weekend is over ;-)
