I searched the Internet for granny square slipper patterns and I didn't like what I found. I created my own pattern and it turned out great! I didn't want them to look like I just stitched granny squares together, but that's what I did! I made the triangle banner below and discovered the triangle works perfect for the slipper toe pieces. There are easier crochet granny-triangles than these, but I was used to this pattern, so I used it. I posted links to the instructions below and here!
The basic pattern for each slipper is two triangles for the toe piece and two 4 row granny squares for the heel cup.
It's amazing what you can do with different yarns!
I used double-yarn for the heel cup and toe bottom pieces for these camo slippers. By doubling up the yarn, it made the pieces less flexible and smaller. I had to add three granny-rows to the end of the heal piece to make these slippers a Men's size 9.
Basic Pieces:
If you're experienced, you may not need much more than this to figure out how to piece these slippers. Others have blogged about this, so I'm not going to recreate the basic here. But here are some great links to show you how to make the pieces. Then see below for how to stitch them together.
Two Granny Triangles - This is how I made mine:
Single crochet the two squares together.
The lighting is horrible on this, but you get the idea...
Add granny-rows to the end if more length is needed. If you need a lot larger shoe size or a wider shoe size, start with a 5 or 6 row granny square instead of a four row granny square. If it just needs to be longer, add granny rows to either end like I did above. You can fit the heel cup and toe piece on your foot (or the foot of the person you're making them for to see how much larger and how many more rows you need to add.
This is the heel cup with only one extra rows added and single crochet (on the outside) to stitch it together. I later added two more granny-rows to the other edge.
With right-sides together, single crochet the two triangle pieces together, then turn inside out.
You can see that the bottom triangle is double-thick (and I used just black and green yarn).
After squares and triangles are sewn together, single crochet the toe piece to the heel piece. I centered the heel seem with the center of the triangle, then single crochet it to the toe piece. I'll have to make one with the colored pieces to show this better...
You are now finished, unless you want to make the sides higher. I added fringe to the multicolored slippers and extra rows to the top edge of the camo slippers.
You can't really see the extra granny-row I added to the top of the camo slippers. You can go even higher and make them into more of a boot if you'd like.
Lucy had to get in the picture again. ;)
