Knitted Mary Jane Anklets Slippers

Knitted Mary Jane Anklets Slippers

This knitting pattern shows you how to knit adult sized Mary Jane anklet slippers. The slippers are worked flat in two pieces, top and bottom, then seamed along the side.

What you need

one ball each of two colors of worsted/8 ply yarn (color A and color B)
pair of size 7 US (4.5 mm) knitting needles
two small buttons

Instructions

Knitting the Bottom of the Foot

Cast on 10 stitches in Color A.

Purl 1 row.

Kfb, knit across, kfb in the last stitch. 12 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

Change to Color B. Knit 1 row, purl 1 row.

Kfb, knit across, end kfb. 14 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

Change back to Color A and, changing colors every 5th row, work in Stockinette Stitch until piece measures 10 inches (25.5 cm) or the desired length of the foot, ending with a purl row.

*K1, k2tog. Repeat from * across. 7 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

*k2tog. Repeat from * across, ending k1. 4 stitches.

Bind off.

Knitting the Slipper Top

With Color A, cast on 12 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

Knit in the front and back of the first stitch, knit across, kfb in the last stitch. 14 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

Change to Color B. Knit 1 row, purl 1 row.

Kfb, knit across, end kfb. 16 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

Change back to Color A and, changing colors every fifth row, work in Stockinette Stitch until piece measures 4 inches (10 cm) from beginning, ending with a wrong side row.

Knit 6, bind off 4. Join new yarn and knit 6. The first 6 stitches should be placed on a stitch holder or spare needle while just these 6 stitches are worked.

Keeping in stripe pattern, work until this piece measure 8 inches (20 cm) from beginning, ending with a wrong side row. Cut yarn and place these stitches on a holder.

Beginning with a purl row, rejoin yarn to the other 6 stitches. Keeping in stripe pattern, work until this piece measure 8 inches (20 cm) from beginning, ending with a wrong side row.

K6, cast on 4, k6 held stitches. 16 stitches.

Work in Stockinette Stitch for 9 rows, ending with a wrong side row.

*K1, k2tog. Repeat from * across. 8 stitches.

Purl 1 row.

*k2tog. Repeat from * across. 4 stitches.

Bind off.

Knitting the Strap

Using whichever color you prefer, cast on 6 stitches.

Work in Stockinette Stitch until piece is 5 inches (12.75 cm) long, ending with a wrong side row.

K2, yo, k2tog, k2.

Work 3 rows in Stockinette.

K2tog 3 times. 3 stitches.

P3 tog.

Cut yarn and fasten up.

Finishing

Sew the top to the bottom, with wrong sides together, using back stitch.

Sew the cast on edge of the strap about 2 inches (5 cm) from the beginning of the opening for the foot.

Sew a button on the opposite side in line with the strap.

Comments

  1. Judith farley says

    Fantastic…no problems experienced with pattern ..thank you very much x

  2. no idea what everyone is on about when they say its unclear/hard to understand!! i got mine done in 45 mins (as i had a fag and a brew in-between making the top and the sole) and since then made numerous in different sizes for family members..

  3. Instructions are too confusing!

  4. I think maybe they mean K4, CO 8, K4??? Very confusing pattern… Its a shame, its exactly the type of slipper I was looking for… anyone have some good links to something like this?

  5. These instructions are not very clear at all. . . . .. . . .it’s very confusing. . . . .. .

  6. I found these really tricky too – what a shame!
    If anyone has an accurate set of instructions I’d really like to see them
    Thanks

  7. Can someone please help me….I am relatively new to knitting and am confused by “Now you split the top into two. K8 cast off. knit 4, k8.” Do I knit 8, then cast off one? then I’m only left with 9 so cannot knit 4, then knit 8…… really confused about this part and cannot find anything on the web to explain…..

  8. the slippers look really cool , but the time it says is not true it says it takes less than 30 mins it takes you about an hour to make the sole

  9. The slippers are adorable. I only finished them by using common sense. The directions made no sense at all – for example – “repeat these 4 rows…” when there were only 3 rows. Another example is when making the top the instructions say, “work as for top…” Well, duh, this is the top. The instructions get a 1 star only. Very, very poor, and I have been knitting for over 30 years. A beginner would have quit immediately.

  10. This pattern is very unclear. I’ve been knitting for a while and still can’t understand it. More pictures would be nice too.

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