handmade by stefanie

Not-So-Tiny Slippers, as they were intended. A few weekends ago, I decided to myself a new pair of slippers, as my store-bought ones were ready to be put out to pasture. I grabbed a skein of Berocco Vintage Chunky from my stash and casto on for Ysolda Teague's Not-So-Tiny Slippers from Whimsical Little Knits 3 . After a day of knitting, they were done...but just ever-so-slightly too big for me. In hindsight, I realized I made two major mistakes: Mistake #1: Not checking my gauge. Mistake #2: Continuing to knit even though they seemed too big. Time for damage control! I tossed them in with my next load of laundry to see if washing and drying them would make a difference - no such luck. Magical laundry elves did not resize my slippers in the laundering process. I decided the best course of action would be to felt them down to size. While the yarn I used was superwash (and one of my favorites, might I add), I have found that even the heartiest of machine washable yarns...