Mary's Little Craft Corner: BIG Foot! OMG!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

BIG Foot! OMG!

Good Lord, I knew I had big feet but this takes the cake :) LOL
Has anyone done a pair of Felted Slippers? Is this size difference normal for this???

Holy Cow Batman, I mean, I like the way this makes my foot look small (please excuse the hairy legs) :), but good grief Charle Brown, is this gonna shrink that much? I've felted lots of time, but never had this much difference in size to shrink down. Can anyone help with info?? Makes me wonder if I should choose another color other then the purple I wanted to make the upper part...might wind up being a guys felted slipper!

I'm following the crochet pattern for Felted Slipper here (its a pdf file download and free) and I'm doing the size for Ladies 7-9, even though my foot should be in a 10. It says to use a 5.5mm which is an "I". My foot being bigger then size called for I went up to a 6.0mm "J"..should I not have done that??? Help please if you can!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: SNOL... just remember that sleeping bag I felted into a giant tote...; March 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Lapdog Creations said...: lol...; March 12, 2008 at 1:14 PM
NH Knitting Mama said...: Yes, I'm sure it will felt down quite a bit depending on the yarn.

Chan's sleeping bag turned tote was awesome.... I still double over with laughter at her pic of that! ha ha; March 12, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Bubblesknits said...: LOL That's pretty big!; March 12, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Michelle-ozark crafter said...: Oh my gosh i hope your feet don't grow that big! LOL!; March 12, 2008 at 8:33 PM
jopal said...: LOL! I always feel like my projects won't felt enough but they usually do.
The pattern looks really nice.
Haven't felted anything crocheted yet so I am not much help
Good Luck!; March 13, 2008 at 7:35 AM

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