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Wool Shoes For Beautiful Little Princess.

When I saw this wool shoes, I became very interested. That's the perfect combination of colours and graceful design that can look good with short skirt. I really admire delicacy of workmanship who designed it.

You can easily create a beautyfull shoes for you or family members. Simply follow these step by step instructions carefully. To see all her knitting patterns, you can type the keyword “Purl Bee Patterns” in Google search box.

Gauge
5 stitches = 1 inch in garter stitch
Finished Size

Fits medium size woman's foot (shoe size 7-9)
Making the Sole
Note: If you slip the first stitch of every row, it will be a little bit easier to pick up stitches later.

Cast on 8 stitches
Row 1: Knit
Increase Row: Slip 1, kfb, knit to last 2 stitches, kfb, knit 1 (10 st).
Knit 2 rows.
Repeat the last 3 rows 2 more times (14 stitches)
Knit until piece measures 2 inches from cast on edge (or, if you prefer to count rows: Knit 11 rows).
Knit an Increase Row (16 stitches).
Knit until piece measures one more inch (11 rows).
Repeat the last 12 rows 3 more times (piece will measure 6-inches and there will be 22 stitches).
At this point the sole should look something like this:

Knit 3 rows.
Decrease Row: Slip 1, k2tog, k to last 3 stitches, ssk, knit 1 (20 stitches).
Knit 1 row.
Repeat the last 2 rows 8 more times (4 stitches).
Bind off.

Making the Upper

Starting at the center of the heel (with either side facing you), pick up 42 stitches to the center of the toe (pick up 1 stitch for every stitch around the heel and toe, and 3 stitches for every 4 up the sides).
Pick up 42 stitches down the other side to the center back of the heel and place a marker (pm). (84 stitches on needle). Work the following rows in the round.

Purl 1 round. (The first couple of rounds are a little tight and awkward, but it gets easier.)
Knit 1 round.
Purl 1 round.
Repeat the last 2 rounds.
Next round: Knit 32, pm (use a different color than the end-of-the-round marker), k2tog, k 16, ssk, pm (use the same color as the marker just placed), knit 32.

Purl 1 round.
Next round: Knit to marker, k2tog, knit to 2 stitches before marker, ssk, knit to end of round.
Repeat last 2 rounds until there are 6 stitches between the 2 same color markers (5 times) (70 stitches total remaining).
Bind off loosely.

Attaching the I-Cord
With the contrast yarn, use the provisional cast-on technique (see our provisional cast-on tutorial) to cast 4 stithces onto one US size 5 double pointed needle.
Starting at the center of the heel, knit an attached I-cord around the edge of the slipper. Pick up 1 st for every bound off stitch. For instructions on knitting an attached I-cord, see our tutorial. Finish the two live ends of the Attached I-cord by refering to our Kitchener Stitch Tutorial.

Knitting the Strap

Try the slipper on to see where you would like to have the strap. I placed mine 3 inches from the center of the heel.
With a US size 5 double pointed needle, pick up 5 stitches inside the slipper, on the left side, right below the attached I-cord.

Slipping the first stitch of every row, knit in garter stitch until there are 16 1/2 ridges (ie for 33 rows) or until it is the length that fits your foot, bearing in mind that garter stitch really stretches.
The last row you knit should leave the yarn at the heel end of the slipper. Cut an 8 inch tail and thread it through a tapestry needle.
Straight across from where the strap began, thread the yarn up through a purl bump.

Then thread the yarn through the first stitch of the knitting needle as if to purl and remove the stitch from the needle.
Repeat these 2 steps until no stitches remain.
Weave in all the ends. And make another!

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Provisional Cast-On Tutorial

A provisional cast-on keeps cast-on stitches "live" so that they can be knit later. It's a very useful technique when you're not sure what kind of edging you'll want or how long to make something. With a provisional cast-on, you can make these decisions at the end of a project, allowing you to respond to the actual garment.

There are a few ways to make a provisional cast-on. This is my favorite...

With some smooth waste yarn and a crochet hook, chain a few more stitches than you will be casting on. Cut the tail and pull it through the last stitch.

Examining the chain, the front side is made up of V's.

The back of the chain has bumps in it.

Insert a knitting needle into each bump on the back of the chain, and pick up however many stitches you're casting on.

Then just knit!

When you're ready to use the cast on stitches, thread a knitting needle through the right side of each stitch. It's like weaving - over a strand, under a strand...

Then remove the crocheted chain by untying the end and gently unraveling the whole chain.

You're ready to knit in the other direction!

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Lots of Orange Socks

Thank you so much for your help with charting in Excel and also finding solid sock colors! Please check yesterday's comments for some great links to solid color sock yarns. Also TheKnitter.com has some solid colors of Regia and she also sells Sisu - all with free shipping.

I'm looking forward to trying all the brands recommended in the comments, especially Simply Socks' solid color line - I just love those colors. It looks like I can now find solid sock yarn in any colors I want. Also, I have decided not to try to use Baby Ull for socks as it does sound like the yarn won't wear well - thanks for that advice as well.

I finished some orange socks - first a pair of socks to wear while one of my favorite teams the San Francisco Giants are playing. I bought some Knit Picks' Stroll Hand-Painted yarn in theTiger colorway because it kind of reminded me of the team colors. Then I tried to use it for a stranded star pattern which wasn't really a success so I just did boring checks. Perhaps they will prove good luck to the team though if I wear them when they are playing. (BTW, if you look up "Baseball Socks" on Ravelry, Meredith Wills has a wonderful free pattern with charted out logos for all the MLB teams. There are several different versions of the pattern depending on the teams.)

And also in the orange theme I made some thick socks. I have wanted to use up this orange Kroy for years so I doubled the yarn for these socks and used size 4 (US) dpns. I used almost three skeins so I consider these socks more of a success.

Oops - I put the original chart in backwards - here it is for working a top down 72 st chart. Thank you Marcia for noticing this!