Next I'm onto "Shiraz Slippers" from Mel Clark's "Knitting Everyday Finery." I've bought two skeins of Cascade 220 from South Seas Knitting in color 2440 (same as the version in the book), along with a kit Mel sells with the little suede patches for the soles and some matching linen thread to stitch them on. The pattern calls for only one skein, used doubled, but I've decided to make it easy on myself and work from two skeins. (Now that I think about it, this means I should have enough for two pairs, duh!) I'll search out some cute ribbon for the tabs at the back in due course.
I managed to get the first slipper done, except for seaming the sole, in one long evening by the fire, watching bad television. Once I have both done I will felt them and sew on the suede patches on the soles. They're a really quick project to say the least!
For anyone interested, Mel's got a KAL (knit-along) started for these on her slipslipknit group on Ravelry.
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