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I wondered what the "Better dorm boots" would look like with a little bit of lace running up the center.... I really like them! Hope you do too. To download, view, or print this pattern, scroll down past the last photos and click on the link. Materials: Worsted weight yarn (use 2 strands of worsted held tog.) Sole: 92(100, 114) yds Slipper body: 92(110, 124) yds U.S. Size 9 (5.5mm) Needles Wms Sizes: Sm (6-7.5), M/L (8-9), XL (9.5-10.5) Gauge: 14 sts = 4” in Stockinette Abbreviations: k = knit p = purl yo = yarn over sl-1 = slip one PSSO = pass slipped stitch over p2tog = purl 2 together k2tog = knit 2 together ssk = slip, slip, knit (see how to perform one of these descreases if you don't know, google it) WS = wrong side RS = right side PM = place marker SM = slip marker Starting with Sole: Using sole color, Cast on 47(50,52) sts using a long-tail method and with 2 strands held together. Row 1: Knit. Row 2: K1, yo, k22(23,24), yo, k1(2,2), yo, k22(23,24), yo, k1. [51(54,56) sts]
 Row 3 and all odd rows: Knit. *knit the yo’s through the back of the loop. Row 4: K2, yo, k22(23,24), yo, k3(4,4), yo, k22(23,24), yo, k2. [55(58,60)sts]
 Row 6: K3, yo, k22(23,24), yo, k5(6,6), yo, k22(23,24), yo, k3. [59(62,64)sts] Row 8: K4, yo, k22(23,24), yo, k7(8,8), yo, k22(23,24), yo, k4. [63(66,68) sts]
 Row 10: K5, yo, k22(23,24), yo, k9(10,10), yo, k22(23,24), yo, k5. [67(70,72)sts]
 Row 12: Size Sm ONLY: k6, yo, k22, yo, k11, yo, k22, yo, k6. [71sts] Row 12: Sizes M/L & XL ONLY: K6, yo, k(23,24), yo, k6, yo, k6, yo, (k23,24), yo, k6. [75,77 sts] Row 13: Sizes Sm & M/L proceed to #1 of foot. Row 13: Size XL: Knit (knit the yo's through the back of the loop) ------------------------ FOOT Change color now if making foot different color than sole. Row 1: Sizes Sm & M/L ONLY: (RS) Knit (knit the yo’s through the back of the loop) [71(75,--sts] Row 1: Size XL ONLY: (RS) Knit 
Row 2: (WS) P31(33,34), PM, p9(9,9,) PM, p31(33,34).
 Row 3: K24(26,27), ssk 2x, k3tog, SM, p2, k5, p2, SM, sl-1, k2tog, psso, k2tog 2x, k24(26,27). [63(67,69)sts] Row 4: Purl to M, k2, p5, k2, p to end. Row 5: K20(22,23), ssk 2x, k3tog, SM, p2, k2tog, yf, k1, yf, sl-1, k1, psso, p2, SM, sl1, k2tog, psso, k2tog 2x, k20(22,23). [55(59,61)sts] Row 6: Purl to M, k2, p5, k2, p to end. Row 7: K23(25,26), p2, k5, p2, ssk,
 turn. [54(58,60) sts] Row 8: Sl-1, k2, p5, k2, p2tog,
 turn. [53(57,59) sts] Row 9: Sl-1, SM, p2, k2tog, yf, k1, yf, sl-1, k1, psso, p2, SM, ssk, turn.
 [52(56,58) sts] Row 10: Sl-1, k2,p5, k2, p2tog, turn. [51(55,57)sts] Row 11: Sl-1, p2, k5, p2, ssk,
 turn. [50(54,56) sts] Row 12: Sl-1, k2, p5, k2, p2tog,
 turn. [49(53,55) sts] Row 13: Sl-1, SM, p2, k2tog, yf, k1, yf, sl-1, k1, psso, p2, SM, ssk, turn.
 [48(52,54) sts] Row 14: Sl-1, k2, p5, k2, p2tog, turn. [47(51,53) sts] Rows 15- 18: Repeat rows 11-14 [43(47,49) sts] Rows 19-22: Repeat rows 11-14 [39(43,45) sts] Rows 23-26: Repeat rows 11-14 [35(39,41) sts] Row 27: (RS) Sl-1, p2, k5, p2, ssk, DON’T TURN, k11(13,14). [34(38,40) sts] Row 28: P12(14,15) k2, p5, k2, p2tog, p11(13,14). [33(37,39) sts] Row 29: Removing markers as you come to them, knit one row. Row 30: Size Sm ONLY: P1, p2tog, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. [31 sts] Row 30: Sizes M/L & XL ONLY: P1, p2tog, p2tog, p across to last 5 sts, p2tog, p2tog, p1 [33, 35sts] Row 31: Knit Row 32: Purl Rows 33-40: Rep rows 31 & 32 4x. ------------------------------- Cuff (change color here if you want cuff to be a different color) Row 41: Size Sm ONLY: k1, p1, across, end with K1. Now go to row 44-45. Row 41: Size M/L ONLY: [k1, p1] 8x, k2tog, p1, [k1, p1] to end. Now go to row 44-45. [32,-- sts] Row 41 & 42: Size XL ONLY: Repeat rows 31 & 32 once more. Row 43: Size XL ONLY: [k1, p1] 8x, k2tog, p1, [k1, p1] to end. [--,34 sts] Rows 44-45: 1x1 rib. Row 46: Purl Row 47: Knit Row 48: Purl Row 49: Bind off loosely. Sew seam using single strand of matching color(s). I turn the slipper inside out and seam using a simple whipstitch. Take care to make your stitches small and close together for best results. Weave in any loose ends. Wear and enjoy! To Download, View or Print, click on the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_oZ8-XeMq3pc2hfaDB5Z2VBMlE/view?usp=sharing Back to Pattern Index

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Digital PDF Book Instant Download. Download it direct to your iPad, tablet or computer for reading. The ART Of BOOT and SHOEMAKING A Practical Handbook INCLUDING MEASUREMENT, LAST-FITTING, CUTTING-OUT, CLOSING, AND MAKING ILLUSTRATED If you are interested in Making Shoes this Rare Book is great to have in your collection. The original edition of this Rare Book was printed in 1889 250 Pages By JOHN BEDFORD LENO ****====================================================**** My Personal 100% Guarantee To You If you Buy this Book and after reading it, You feel that You did not get Your Money's worth from it, Message me and I will cancel your purchase and Refund Your Money. And You Can Keep The Book as My Personal Gift To You. ****====================================================**** PREFACE The best class of Boots and Shoes are those made by hand for our leading “bespoke” masters; and it is, moreover, from the ranks of this department of the trade that the most competent machine workers are continuously recruited; therefore it is that, in the present work, the author has devoted so large a portion of the space at his command to hand-production, in which it may safely be said that the true art of the Shoemaker lies. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL. A succinct History of Boots and Shoes.—The Difficulty of tracing the Origin of Foot-gear.—The Materials used by the Egyptians in the Manufacture of Sandals, &c.—Baudoin's Treatise "De Solea Veterum."—Tychius, of Boeotia, declared by Pliny to have been the first Shoe-wearer.—Plautus and Seneca on Shoes of Gold. The Streets of Old Rome crowded with Shoemakers' Stalls, and an Edict issued for their Removal.—Foot-gear used by the Greeks and Romans to distinguish Rank and Position.—Evelyn’s Visit to Venice.—Choppines.—Boots and Shoes as Instruments of Torture.— Saints Crispin and Crispinian.—Our Frontispiece.—The Kit of the Ancients.—Foot-gear of the Ancient Britons.—The Irish, Scotch, and Hebridian Brogues.—Fashion controlled by Deformity.—Sumptuary Laws applied to Boots and Shoes. Saxon Foot-gear.—Did Cardinal Wolsey wear Shoes of Gold? Curled Toes.—Shoes and Prayer.—Shoemakers in Religious Houses.—The Shoes of Chaucer's Absolon.—The Cordwainers' Company of the City.—Pisnettes and Pantoffles.—The Choppine in England— Slouched Boots. — Boots of the Cavaliers and Puritans.—Buckles and Brilliants.—Heels and Toes.—Clogs , 1 CHAPTER II. THE ANATOMY OF THE FOOT. The Value of a Knowledge of Anatomy to Shoemakers.—Sir Charles Bell on the Structure of the Human Foot.—Its Bones and Muscles. —How its Actions are controlled.—Its chief Characteristics.—Its Economy.—The Task of the Shoemaker.—The Pioneering Big Toe and Mode of Protecting it from Injury.—Overlying Toes. Faults of Construction and their evil Influences • • • .12 CHAPTER III. THE FOOT: ITS AILMENTS, AND THEIR REMEDIES, The Shoemaker and Fashion.—Corns.—The Hard Corn.—The Soft Corn.—The Black Corn.—The Blood Corn.—The Bunion.— Callosities.—Sweating Feet 19 CHAPTER IV. MEASUREMENT. Variation in Form and Character of Feet.—The Necessity of Careful Measurement.—What a Measurer Requires.—The Elongation of the Foot under Pressure.—Points of Measurement. How to Measure for Short and Long Work.—Directions for taking the Heel Measure.—Ankle Measure and where to take it. — Leg Measure. — Allowances. — Fitting. —An American writer's notion of Measurement.—Description of Size Stick . 25 CHAPTER V. LASTS. The Antiquity of Lasts.—The Objects for which Lasts are employed. —Last-making as a Distinct Trade.—The Invention of Broken Lasts.—Misfits often the Result of Lasts improperly formed. The Necessity of leaving them sufficiently Full at the Joints. Good and Indifferent Last-makers.—The Purchase of Cheap Lasts an Act of Folly.—Crippled Feet, and Lasts made to fit them.—Thin and Thick Stockings and their Influence on Fit. Right and Left Foot Variation.—Joints, Corns, Bunions, and Tender Insteps.—The Tyranny Fashion exercises on Bootmakers and Boot-wearers . .33 CHAPTER VI. FITTING UP THE LAST. The Importance of Fitting the Last properly.—The Last a Model of the Foot.—The Measured and Unmeasured Portions of the Foot. —Points to he considered in the Selection of Lasts.—Diagrams of Feet.—Allowances for Giving and Non-giving Uppers. Treading Over and how Prevented.—Last Diagram and Positions of Measurement.—How to Increase the Height of Insteps. —Alden's Last Fitting Measures 37 CHAPTER VII. CHOICE AND PURCHASE OF MATERIALS. Sole Leather. —Upper Leather.—Patent.—Cordovan.—Morocco. Linen.—Elastics.—Machine Shoe Threads • • • .44 CHAPTER VIII. CUTTING OUT. Economical Adjustment of Patterns.—Lining Cutting, &c.—Trimming Cutting, &c.—Clicking, &c.—Allowances.—Cutting and Fitting up of Bottom Stuff', &c .50 CHAPTER IX. FITTING AND CLOSING. The Light Wellington.—How to Cut and Draft a Wellington.—The Stout Wellington.—The Butcher Boot.—The Top Boot. -Remarks on Long Work.—Short Work.—The Spring Boot.—The Button Boot.—The Balmoral.—The Oxonian or Oxford Shoe.-Toecap 66 CHAPTER X. BOOT AND SHOEMAKING: MEN'S WORK, The Welted Boot.—The Waterproof Shooting-Boot.—The Jockey Boot.—The Racing Jockey Boot.—The Real Channel Shoe. The Running Shoe.—Strong Work-—Riveted Work.—Pegged Work 78 CHAPTER XI. BOOT AND SHOEMAKING: WOMEN'S WORK. The Sewround.—The French Sewround.—The Spring-heel Pump. The Military Heel Pump.—The Spring-heel Welt.—The Bath Clump, or Inside Clump.—The Bevelled Clump.—The Inside Cork.—The North Country Cork.—The French Cork.—The Cork Sole Boot.—The Spring-heel Cork.—The Leather Wurtemburg Pump.—The Leather Wurtemburg Welt.—The Modern Welted Wurtemburg —The Wurtemburg with Sole Attached.—The Wood Heel.—The Leather Back Military Heel.—The Wurtemburg Heel 94 CHAPTER XII. LEGGINGS AND GAITERS. The Changes of Fashion, &c. — Modes of Fastening.—Approved Patterns.—Blocking.—Fitting and Closing.—How to Strengthen Seams.—Nomenclature.—General Remarks .... 106 CHAPTER XIII. MENDING. Introductory Remarks.—Half-Soling and Heeling Sewn Work. Half- Soling and Heeling Pegged, Riveted, and Nailed Work. Half- Soling and Heeling Pump Work.—Welting.—Underlaying.— Patching a Double Sole.—Patching a Single Sole. Stabbing Patch for Double or Single Soles.—Back-piecing Lady's Boot.—Inserting New Springs.—Darning.—Mending the Side of a Wellington.—Gore Closing.—Blind Stabbing.—The Patent Patching Needle.—Last for Mending • • • • .112 CHAPTER XIV. FURRING. Where and when commonly worn.—Mode of furring a Lady's Tie front.— How to place the Patterns, &c. • • • • .123 CHAPTER XV. BOWS, ROSETTES, &c. How Mounted, &c.—By whom Positions are decided.—Choice of Bows, &c.—The Vastness of their Variety.—Illustrations of recent Productions, &c 125 CHAPTER XVI. BOOT AND SHOE ARMOUR: TIPS, PLATES, NAILS, &c. Introductory Observations.—Gare's Heel Tips.—Whole Tips.—Half or Quarter Tips.—Heel Plates.—Side Plates.—Toe Plates. Nails—Tip Nails.—Clinkers or Jacks.—Pound and Square Hobs. — Sparables. —French Nails. —Brads.—Cutbills.—Pin Points.—Steel Points.—Rivets.—Brass, Copper, and Gunmetal Brads.—Brass and Iron Screws.—General Remarks on Nailing, the Selection of Nails, &c 128 CHAPTER XVII. KIT-CUTTING. Preliminary Remarks.—The Single Fore-part Iron.—The Jigger. The Double Iron.—The Bevel Iron.—The Dress Bevel Iron.— The Waist Iron.—The Round Waist Iron.—The Channel Waist Iron.—The Seat Wheel.—The Seat Iron . . 133 CHAPTER XVIII. SHARPENING KNIVES, AWLS, &c. Sharpening Knives.—The Bath Stone or Rubber.—Turkish Stone and Hone •••• 138 CHAPTER XIX. SPECIAL OPERATIONS. Fixing Gutta-percha Soles to New Work.—Ditto to Old Work. Preparation of Threads.—A Stitching Thread for a Yellow Fore-part.—Bristling.—French Edges.—Stitching and Sewing, —How to form a Puff or Box Toe.—Waist Springs.—A Boot for a Short Leg.—Blocking.—Bracing the Toe.—How to take a Cast of the Foot.—How to Work in a Spur Box.—Bellow's Tongue.—A Turnover Back -part.—How to Fix a Buttonhole. —Lace Cutting.—To Prevent Shoes Creaking . . 140 CHAPTER XX. BOOT AND SHOE MACHINES. Preliminary Remarks.—The Sewing Machine • • 159 CHAPTER XXI. LEATHER CUTTING, SPLITTING, AND ROLLING MACHINES, Lining Cutting Press.—Leather Splitting Machine.—Upper Leather Splitter.—Leather Rolling Machine.—Range Cutting Machine. —Sole Cutting Press.—Sole Rounding Machine.—Lift Cutting Machine •••• 166 CHAPTER XXII. MACHINES EMPLOYED FOR PREPARATORY PROCESSES UPPER SPLITTING, SKIVING, &c, Douglas's Patent Upper Skiving Machine.—The Tripp Rand Splitter, —Rand Turning Machine.—Strip Cutting Machine.—Channel Cutting Machine.—Sole Moulding Machine.—Patent Magnetic Lasting Machine.—Mackay Tacking-on Machine.—New Utilisers 175 CHAPTER XXIII. UPPER CLOSING AND SOLE ATTACHING MACHINES. The Improved National Closing Machine. — Blake Sole Sewing Machine.—The Improved High Speed Sole Sewing Machine. Welt or Fore-part Stitching Machine.—Keats' Fair- Stitching Machine. — The New Welt Sewing and Sewround Machine. Standard Screw Machine.—Pegging Machine • • • 182 CHAPTER XXIV. MACHINES FOR BUILDING, MOULDING, ATTACHING, BREASTING, AND FINISHING HEELS, Heel Compressing or Moulding Machine.—Mackay Heeling Machine, —Inside Nailing Machine.—Latham Heel Parer.—Heel Breaster. —Heel Building Machine.— Heel Attaching Machine.—The Cowburn Heeling Machine. — Sand-papering Machine. —Tapley Patent Burnishing Machine .192 CHAPTER XXV. MACHINES USED FOR LEVELLING SEAMS OF UPPERS, EDGE SETTING, LEVELLING AND BUFFING BOTTOMS, &c. Seam Rubber.—Patent Edge Paring Machine.—Blake Edge Setter. —Gilmore Leveller. — Edge Levelling Machine.—Blake Buffing Machine.—Edge Plane.—Welt Trimmer or Plough.—Heel Shave. —Self-feeding Punch.—Self-feeding Eyeletter.—General Remarks. 202 CHAPTER XXVI. USEFUL RECEIPTS FOR SHOEMAKERS, &c. Varnish for Shoes.—Jet for Boots or Harness.— Castor-oil as a Dressing for Leather.— Composition for Leather.—Waterproofing. 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