Get the Finish Free Baby Janes Pattern (Click Here)!

Our wonderful accountant Melanie was just blessed with a new Grand Baby. Addison was a 10 pound bundle of Joy!  Grandma has been knitting fast and furious trying to knit her grand baby a wonderful reversible baby blanket from 100% Superwash merino wool.

 I promised I would work on hats, booties, a bonnet, and nice little Mary Jane slippers.  I have come up with a pattern for Mary Janes using an aran weight yarn that is knit from the bottom up with no left or right foot and no button holes to worry about.

With Judy's Magic cast on and Jeny's stretchy bind off and using the magic loop method (with ChiaoGoo circular needles) for two at a time slippers, you can be done with this nifty little project before your favorite late night show is over!  I have knit this pattern with different yarns such as pure alpaca, Malabrigo Rios, and Aran weight Debbie Bliss to name a few.  

The pattern had to be altered to accommodate the different types of yarn but all of the slippers turned out darling with almost instant gratification.  I hope you all have fun knitting this week.  I am off to finish my knit a sweater in 30 days this weekend so I'll post my accomplishments on that project next week.

 

 

Kelley Hobart
Kelley Hobart


11 Responses

Marlen
Marlen

October 05, 2016

Can’t locate the free pattern Kelley! Baby Janes?

Melissa
Melissa

October 05, 2016

So cute! I love the look!

JoAn Stevenson
JoAn Stevenson

October 05, 2016

how do you get the free pattern? Thanks, JoAn

Sherri Hilyer Mirseyedi
Sherri Hilyer Mirseyedi

October 05, 2016

Love the Maryjane slippers.
I downloaded the pattern, but do not understand what “m1” means.
Can you explain that stitch?
Thanks!

Kjirstine Prickett
Kjirstine Prickett

October 05, 2016

Click on the “Get the free pattern” link at the top of the blog post.

Kjirstine Prickett
Kjirstine Prickett

October 05, 2016

Thanks for noticing that we missed part of the instructions! M1 is make one left. Put your needle under the bar between the two stitches and knit that bar through the back loop. We will update the pattern.

Kjirstine Prickett
Kjirstine Prickett

October 05, 2016

Click on the “Get the Free Pattern” link at the top of the post.

Cathy
Cathy

October 05, 2016

How do you do Judy’s magic cast on and Jeny’s Stretchy Bind Off?

Pamela sierpinski
Pamela sierpinski

October 05, 2016

Make one stitch

Melissa Burnett
Melissa Burnett

October 05, 2016

Cathy, Youtube is very helpful for techniques:
I found Judy’s Magic Cast On HERE by Judy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pmxRDZ-cwo

And Jeny’s Stretchy Bind Off here by Cat Bordhi (she’s such a joy to learn from!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abBhe-JYmgI

Cathy Tengan
Cathy Tengan

October 05, 2016

Mahalo (thank you) Melissa. I googled the cast on/bind off stitches & found a couple YouTube videos very resourceful.

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