Christmas Slippers

So, at the beginning of 2013, I bought two skeins of green yarn and two skeins of red yarn for a dollar apiece.  It was a post-Christmas sale.  Thing is, this yarn was bulky, which severely limited what I could use it for.  It's been sitting in my stash most of the year.  Now Christmas is rolling around again, so I pulled it out, found this pattern, and made these slippers.

If you clicked on that pattern, you will discover that hers are far cuter than mine.  Whatever, I was trying to use up the stupid yarn, okay? I didn’t have enough yarn to do two slippers the same color, so I inverted them. These things are kind of ugly, I think, like wearing potato sacks on your feet. But they’re ugly in the way sweat pants are ugly. You wear them around your house because they’re hella comfortable. The ribbing on the inside of these slippers provides a massage with each step!

My sister says they're potato-tomatoes.  Shaped like a potato, one colored like a tomato.

I made these in the least-wide size to fit my giant feet, size eleven.  I wish I had done one or two more rounds before making the part that wraps around your heel.  The ankle holes ended up being a little too big.  I fixed it by putting less stitches around the cuff, so it all worked out, but that's just a note for next time.  Also, I wish this pattern had been written so the seam was on the bottom of the slipper.  I may try to fix that next time.

Also, somehow the red slipper ended up being one less stitch around.  I obviously wasn't paying close enough attention, but I think it looks fine.  Actually, if I ever make these again, I'd cut a few stitches out anyway.  These are supposed to be chunky, but I think they're a little too much so.