{"id":322,"date":"2013-02-26T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2013-02-26T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:02:14","slug":"slippery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/26\/slippery\/","title":{"rendered":"Slippery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I knitted some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/zeah\/patchwork-slippers\">slippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/slipperscomplete.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-323\" alt=\"slipperscomplete\" src=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/slipperscomplete-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/slipperscomplete-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/slipperscomplete-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/slipperscomplete.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are cunningly made from a handful of mitred squares, but they were too big and too floppy. They didn&#8217;t stay on my feet, so were a bit rubbish in terms of their intended function. I decided to keep them in case I ever figured out what to do with them.<\/p>\n<p>As I read more about knitting, I realised that they are made from 100% wool (Colinette Hullaballoo), so are candidates for felting. I wasn&#8217;t sure how to go about felting them, so just ignored them for a while. This week, my current pair of slippers fell apart and my feet were cold, so the need was urgent.<\/p>\n<p>I tied the knitted slippers up in a pillowcase (I&#8217;ve read the Yarn Harlot &#8211; I do not want to block the washer pump with stray fibre), added Ecover laundry liquid and put them on for a 40 degree normal wash. They came out significantly smaller and much more rigid. Just as I wanted. A few hours drying on a radiator and they were ready. I think I shall get some non-slip stick-on bits for the soles, although I quite enjoy skating round on our hard floors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/webslippers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-324\" alt=\"webslippers\" src=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/webslippers-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/webslippers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/webslippers-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/webslippers.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I knitted some slippers. They are cunningly made from a handful of mitred squares, but they were too big and too floppy. They didn&#8217;t stay on my feet, so were a bit rubbish in terms of their intended function. I decided to keep them in case I ever figured out what to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finished-objects","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}