Slippers

SLIPPER SOCKS with knitting needles

Size 38-39. Knitting needles #3, yarn 150 m. per 100 g. Cast on 24 stitches and knit in garter stitch for 6 rows. Then increase 7 stitches at once. There should be 31 stitches on the needles. Next, we knit the pattern: 1 row = 1 edge stitch, *from 2 knit stitches knit 2 knit stitches (knit the second knit stitch from the first without removing it), 1 purl*, repeat until the end of the row. 2 row = on the purl row all stitches according to the pattern. Repeat alternating the first and second rows to the height of the heel. We knit the heel - divide all stitches by 3. Leave 1 extra on the inner side of the heel. 10 knit stitches. Then a braid (from two stitches two - repeat 4 times, 1 knit). Knit 21 stitches and knit 22 together as one knit stitch. Turn the knitting back and knit - edge stitch, 9 purls, knit 10 and 11 together as one purl stitch. Turn back - edge stitch, 1 knit, from 2 knit stitches 2 - repeat 4 times. knit two together, etc. until there are 11 stitches left on the needles. Pick up stitches along the sides of the heel and continue knitting to the length of the sole. Decreases are made only on the side edges of the fabric, without touching the sole. 17 stitches should remain on the needles. We move on to knitting the upper part of the socks. Edge stitch, then knit 7 stitches in 1x1 ribbing, 3 together, again 1x1 ribbing, pick up a stitch from the edge stitch and turn the knitting back. Knit according to the pattern. At the end of the row, pick up a stitch from the edge stitch. Knit this way until you close the entire upper part of the socks. Bind off all stitches.