How to knit slippers easier: crochet or knitting?

There are many works of needlewomen in magazines, in which slippers are solid, made of elements, in the form of socks, in the form of boots, sandals, a trace, of an incomprehensible form. How to knit slippers easier: knitting or crocheting for beginners

Types of slippers

Slippers are conditionally divided into several types:

• the model starts from the sole of the heel;
• slippers fit like socks right off the heel;
• shoes are stitched from a single piece of cloth;
• slippers, knitted from square motifs;
• the sole is made of fabric that is tied.

Knitting with a continuous cloth is not very convenient and not so beautiful, since such slippers are shapeless. It’s better to connect ordinary tracks, but with different patterns, and you will see how their appearance is transformed. You can decorate with all kinds of accessories or knitted ornaments, animal heads.

Knitting slippers with knitting needles is easier for those who know how to knit socks. Crocheted products keep their shape, so you can knit pointed slippers or in the form of animals. It is best to combine knitting and crocheting. For example, knit a heel, and dial loops on the fourth knitting needle using a chain of air loops. Or crochet the sole, and then knit loops on the knitting needles and knit the tracks in a circle.

How to learn to knit slippers

The easiest way to tie tracks from the sole and tie it in a circle. For their knitting, take the threads, 4 knitting needles (for convenience you will need about 8 knitting needles), a hook to hook the loops.

1. Knit the sole along the length and width of your foot. Knitting starts from the heel (9-12 loops) with the front or wrong side of the stitch as standard.
2. Measure the middle of the toe with a thread of a different color or a pin.
3. Dial the loops around the knitting needles, distributing them so that it is convenient to work.
   
4. It is necessary to knit slippers in a circle with a gradual decrease at the toe in each row. Having reached the middle of the toe, knit together the last and first loops with two adjacent knitting needles.
5. Decrease is until it satisfies the height of the product. If in this case the opening of the tracks is large, then further crochet with connecting posts to tighten it.
6. If necessary, you can decorate slippers with a bow, cord, pico or arched trim.

Two-spoke slippers

By this technique, the tracks are knitted with a continuous web and stitched together. It looks like this:

• the sole, sides and “face” fit immediately;
• knitting starts from the sides of the base;
• the sole looks like an elongated rhombus;
• then there is an increase for the front part, where one edge is pointed and the second square (without reduction);
  
• in the place of the opening, the track is knitted only from the front with facial loops of about 1 centimeter;
• then the loops are added, and the second part of the “face” is also knitted according to the drawing;
• it remains only to superimpose the details on each other and stitch them.
  

Knit slippers in this technique can even a novice craftswoman. But the tracks are unpretentious, so it is better to decorate them with beads, flowers, patterns. You can also sew the sole to them from an anti-slip rug.

Option for beginner needlewomen: make slippers blanks from cardboard, sew with padding polyester, which is sold as a single piece, and tie them with crochet or knitting needles. For a sample, take ordinary indoor slippers.