Flower Loom Footsies

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Flower Loom Footsies

March 2, 2011 by guppylovesshark

This little post/pattern in the rough was kicking around in my drafts just waiting for a final edit and some pics. The last date edited reads April 24th, 2010. Well, it’s finally found it’s way out of never-never land and into the blog. I hope you’ll have fun making these.

Flower Loom Footsies

Make these fun little footsies to keep your favorite baby tootsies warm and cozy.

Materials:

Loom: Large gauge loom with 12 pegs. The Knifty Knitter Flower Loom was used for the samples.

Yarn: Small amount of baby yarn. 2 strands of TLC Baby Amore in Baby Print, plus one strand of Bernat Softee Baby in Baby Pink Marl, were used in the baby girl footsies. Three strands of Sensations Cuddle in Light Green, plus one strand of Sensations Little Treat in Green/Yellow, were used in the baby boy footsies.

Notions: Tapestry Needle, Knitting Tool.

Note: Pattern is worked in the round. Work with 3 or 4 strands of a baby yarn, held together as one. If preferred, 2 strands of a soft worsted weight can be used in place of the baby yarn.

Directions:

Cuff:

Cast on 12 pegs. Join to work in the round.

Rounds 1 – 6: *K1, P1, rep from * to end of round.

Leg:

Next 10 rounds: Using the flat knit stitch, or u-wrap, knit all pegs.

Heel shaping (worked over 6 pegs):

Knit pegs 1-5, lift stitch on peg 6, wrap peg, and replace stitch.

Knit pegs 5-2, lift stitch on peg 1, wrap peg, and replace stitch.

Knit pegs 2, 3 and 4, lift stitch on peg 5, wrap peg, and replace stitch.

Knit pegs 4 and 3, lift stitch on peg 2, wrap peg, and replace stitch.

Knit pegs 3, 4 and 5 (knit both sets of loops on peg 5 over as one). Lift stitches on peg 6, wrap peg, and replace both sets of loops.

Knit pegs 5, 4, 3 and 2 (knit both sets of loops on peg 2 over as one). Lift stitches on peg 1, wrap peg, and replace both sets of loops.

Knit pegs 2-12 (knit all sets of loops on peg 6 over as one). Three sets of loops will remain on peg 1. These will be worked in the next round.

Foot:

Next 10 rounds: Using the flat knit stitch, or u-wrap, knit all pegs.

Toe:

Repeat heel shaping to create the toe.

Knit peg 1 once more.

Finishing:

Remove the slipper from the loom using basic graft cast off.

Weave in all ends and fold cuff down. Repeat pattern for second footsie.

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Posted in free pattern | 22 Comments

22 Responses

on March 2, 2011 at 1:56 pm | Reply gettinitpegged

These are so adorable! Thank you so much for posting these cuties…such an essential little pattern to have for those baby shower gifts!
- on March 2, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thanks, Bethany You always say the sweetest things on my bloggie. Hugs!
on March 2, 2011 at 2:17 pm | Reply Jeannette Pirkle

I love this little pattern. They look quick and I love how portable the flower loom is. Thank you.
- on March 2, 2011 at 4:18 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thanks, Jeannette. These are easy peasy, and how nice is it to have only 2 pegs to wrap on a short row heel? The only drawback is you can only make them in one size, really. Isela has one that is done on the pink long loom (I think I’m remembering the right loom here, haha), using the loom clips. I would guess you could tinker with and customize the size a little better on that one. But these are fast and fun and would make nice little additions to a baby shower gift Hope you have a great day!
on March 2, 2011 at 2:19 pm | Reply June

How cute are these! Thanx so much for sharing this pattern Jenny!
- on March 2, 2011 at 4:14 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  You are very welcome Glad you like the pattern. Have a great day!
on March 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm | Reply Robin McCoy

Awesome! I wanna make some for Sophia, but she is so hot natured that we usually take her thin baby socks off before the evening is through. LOL!
- on March 2, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thanks, Robin. Sophia sounds like my kiddos. I could never keep socks and booties on their feet once they learned to pull them off by themselves
  
  Hugs!
on March 16, 2011 at 8:43 pm | Reply Barb

I just wanted to thank you for a really well explained and cute pattern! I am very new to loom knitting and happened to have the flower loom to make flowers i ended up not particularly liking so how perfect. Anyway even though i had noone to really knit these for i wanted to try them and they turned out! Thanks so much. Hope you do more patterns or better yet write a book!
- on March 17, 2011 at 5:54 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thanks, Barb. I’m so glad you liked the pattern. I’m thinking of setting up a gallery on here of projects made from my patterns. If you’d like to send me a picture, I’d love to stick it here on the blog. I have a page with free patterns on it and I have a few other designs to work up. No plans for a book though. Maybe when my life slows down a bit more. Have a great day!
on May 6, 2011 at 4:04 pm | Reply Loom Dude

Those are so sweet! I thought you might be interested in reading an interview that I did with loom knitting phenomenon Isela Phelps! Here’s a link to it on my website: http://www.creativehelps.com/interviews_3.htm#ANOTHER_COLORFUL_LIFE_~_ISELA_PHELPS

Enoy!

Greg aka Loom Dude
http://www.LoomDude.com
http://loomdude.blogspot.com
- on May 6, 2011 at 9:17 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thanks, Greg I actually read through your interview earlier today. Nicely written. Isela is just awesome and I’m so touched by what she said. You have a great blog, btw. Have a great day!
on June 16, 2011 at 3:46 pm | Reply hurryupandfeedme

hi there, hope all is well. ive been trying to knit up some socks with this pattern but got stuck at the heel. we use the flat stitch for the leg, what stitch do we use for the heel? also the flat stitch or do we go back to knit and purl?

Many thanks!
- on June 16, 2011 at 4:45 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Hi there! You will just want to continue working in flat knit or u-wrap. The first six rows are the only ones you will work a knit and purl combination. Those rows make the cute little fold down cuff. The rest of the little slipper is just stockinette. Hope that helps
on June 19, 2011 at 10:41 pm | Reply hurryupandfeedme

thank you
- on June 20, 2011 at 10:03 am | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Anytime
on December 11, 2011 at 8:03 am | Reply Stacey

This is a great pattern for the heel. I am going to try to increase it by the invisible peg method found on youtube to see if this will fit my 4 year old boy. Wish me luck!
- on December 14, 2011 at 10:32 pm | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Thank you, Stacey! I’m glad you like it. Good luck with your slippers =)
on March 12, 2012 at 6:34 pm | Reply Brittany H

I made two pairs of these footsies. I was confused on the heel part. It didn’t register into my brain that I had to go back and forth, so when it said 5-2 at first I went all the way around.

When I was making my second pair I realized to go back and forth on the heel. They turned out really cute. This is a really easy project. I had fun making them.

I am also thankful you had the lets learn part on your site because I never heard of a U wrap or flat panel knit. They work a lot better than the regular E wrap to keep it flat and workable.
- on March 15, 2012 at 11:04 am | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  I’m so glad you had fun making these. And I’m glad the Let’s Learn section of this blog came in handy. Have a great day!
on April 30, 2012 at 8:36 pm | Reply Chrstine

I am expcting my 2nd grandbaby in November andwould LOVE to make some f these but I am a beginner in look knitting, I mean I did scarfs and hts last year and that was about it.. Is there a youtube video on these, I am not sure about some of the abbrveations used? Thanks for such a wonder bootie…
- on May 2, 2012 at 11:40 am | Reply guppylovesshark
  
  Hi there! Congrats on the expected grand-baby I do not have a video on these little booties. It’s really hard to pin down enough quiet time to make tutorial clips around here. It’s something I’ll maybe look at doing in the future, but not right now. I do know there was a loom knit slipper tutorial video on youtube. Here is a link to the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/user/mistideveau?feature=watch On the abbreviations, you can actually find a list of commonly used abbreviations (from the Loom Knitter’s Circle webzine) here: http://lkc.typepad.com/Abbreviations.pdf Hope that helps and thanks for your comment =)