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Post by triciaf on Nov 27, 2017 13:54:56 GMT
Hello Everyone, Over the last week or so, I've been working on a pair of slippers for my mom for Christmas. She moved to a new place last year that has hard floors throughout, so I worry about her slipping on them. I looked at Nada's slipper tutorial again and felt a little intimidated by it, so I went with a knitted pattern that I fulled in the washing machine and then hand rolled to get the last bit of felting/fulling done. It seems to take forever in the washer! The yarn is a bulky single ply wool by the Brown Sheep company and the pattern is called "Duffers", found on Ravelry. There are a ton of free patterns on the web, too, but I was looking for one that didn't have bulky seams, and this one fit the bill. I still have to put something on the bottom, or they really will be SLIP-pers! Any thoughts on puff-paint dots vs leather or rubber bases? www.flickr.com/photos/23720908@N02/?
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Post by lyn on Nov 27, 2017 15:02:26 GMT
They look really warm and cozy - a must for hard floors in the winter!
I hope you get a response about non-slip bottoms.
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Post by Pandagirl on Nov 27, 2017 17:34:58 GMT
Nice slippers. I haven’t made any so I’m no help.
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Post by MTRuth on Nov 27, 2017 20:49:08 GMT
Nice slippers! I have tried the spray on rubber stuff (used for tool handles) and leather bottoms. The leather bottoms are really nice but in my experience they can still be slippery on slick floors. The rubber stuff (can't remember it's exact name right now) works great but is pretty messy applying and needs several coats to work well. Haven't tried the puff paint dots so not sure how they would work but it sounds good.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Nov 29, 2017 10:26:53 GMT
You've inspired me to have a go too, let me know if you find anything that will create a non-slip sole :-)
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Post by Shepherdess on Nov 29, 2017 16:34:23 GMT
I was going to say what Ruth said. You can get the paint on kind too. I think its called tool dip. It in a little can you can dip tool handles into. but you can paint it on too.
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Post by MTRuth on Nov 29, 2017 18:35:36 GMT
The tool dip stuff is easiest to spray on, painting on is painful on the wool surface.
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RobinG
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Post by RobinG on Nov 30, 2017 8:23:23 GMT
There is a slipper expert in my felting group. She paints on liquid latex. You need 2 or 3 coats. She usually tints the latex a matching color to the slippers. She puts in whatever pigment she's got. The first time she used some fabric paint she had in her stash. I haven't done it myself, but the results look really good. Here are some slippers drying during a workshop she taught.
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Post by triciaf on Nov 30, 2017 14:14:12 GMT
Thanks, Robin, Ruth, and Ann for your advice. I'll check out the liquid latex and the tool dip stuff! After searching the Internet for a bit, I've decided against the puff paint thing completely--people say it's messy, hard to get even on knit/woolen fabric, and makes hard little dots that can irritate the feet. I ordered a pair of leather sew-on soles and some rubberized microfiber fabric from Etsy sellers. I'm intrigued by the rubberized fabric and have to see what it feels like. Some people online said the tool dip stuff wears through pretty quickly, but I guess just about anything would with high wear. I'm going to try to stick to fabric-y as much as possible for this pair and see how they work, even if I have to add some of those non-slip pads (that people often put on new shoes or high heels, etc) to the bottom of the leather. I'll let you know what happens next! ❤️
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Post by triciaf on Nov 30, 2017 14:15:54 GMT
Also have looked back at Nada's slippers and think they're not as intimidating as I thought, so I might try them, too! Just worry a lot about getting the right size.
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Post by MTRuth on Nov 30, 2017 20:35:23 GMT
On Nada's slippers, make them longer and narrower than you think is necessary. The way you cut them shortens the length and makes them wider.
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Post by triciaf on Dec 1, 2017 13:40:45 GMT
Ok, thanks, Ruth, I'll remember that!
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Post by halay on Dec 1, 2017 19:03:29 GMT
Tricaf, on the question of protection of slippers I agree with you and only use sew-on leather soles. A lot of felters here use latex (or some similar stuff) but to me it looks horrible. Also, through wear it changes and becomes sticky. I had a client who came to me with an old pair of slippers (the felted part was still ok), asking me to attach a leather sole. When I touched the bottom od the slipper it felt like sticking glue. As for the template for slippers that I shared here and was posted among tutorials (the ear-shaped one) I actually don't use it any more. I found another pattern here which I call butterfly (again in Russian but hope your computer can provide translation). On this link you can even download the pattern www.livemaster.ru/topic/847249-tapki-na-poperechnom-shablone-babochke However, later, the same author improved the template and you can see it here. www.livemaster.ru/topic/1684339-upravlenie-shablonom-babochkoj-moj-opyt-valyaniya I like this type of slippers, especially suitable for men's slippers.
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 4, 2017 0:50:02 GMT
Halay what is better about the template. It still seems to end up flat. It looks like it might make a wider heel.
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Post by halay on Dec 4, 2017 6:33:01 GMT
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