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Aunt Terry's Slipper Socks I
Size H or 8 crochet hook.

Less than 5 oz. total worsted weight yarn.

TOE:

Round 1:  Ch 8.  Sc in secondch from hook (8th ch counts as first stitch in round, and there will eventually be 3 stitches
in this ch).  Sc in next 5 ch.  3 sc in next (end) ch.  Sc in each of next 6 ch (across bottom of foundation chain) to end
of round.  Mark last stitch.  Do not join.  16 st in round.

Round 2:  2 sc in next st (which is the ch 1 that started Round 1).  Sc n next 7 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end
of round.  18 st in round.

Round 3:  Sc in next st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 8 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end of round.  20 st in round.

Round 4:  Sc in next 2 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 9 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end of round.  22 st in
round.

Round 5:  Sc in next 3 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 10 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end of round.  24 st in
round.

Round 6:  Sc in next 4 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 11 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end of round.  26 st in
round.

Round 7:  Sc in next 5 st.  2 sc n next st.  Sc in next 12 st.  2 sc in next st.  Sc in next 7 st to end of round.  Mark last
stitch in round.  28 st in round.  Do not join or fasten off.  Continue with Sock Body below.

SOCK BODY:  
Size information is noted as Large (Medium, Small).  A large would be for a woman's shoe size
9/10; medium, 7/8; and small, 5/6.

Round 1:  Attach a new color if desired.  Esc in next 28 st to end of round.

Rounds 2 - 12 (10, 8):  Esc in next 28 st.

Round 13 (11, 9):  Esc in next 8 st.  2 esc in next st.  Esc in next 13 st.  2 esc in next st.  Esc in next 5 st to end of
round.  30 st in round.

Round 14 (12, 10):  Esc in next 9 st.  2 esc in next st.  Esc in next 14 st.  2 esc in next st.  Esc in next 5 st to end of
round.  32 st in round.

Rounds 15/16 (13/14, 11/12):  Esc in next 27 st (to the center of the second increase made during Round 14 (12, 10).  
Ch 16.  Skip 16 st.  Esc in next st (mark this stitch; this will be the new round-beginning stitch).  Esc2tog next 2 st.  Esc
in next 10 st.  Esc2tog next 2 st.  Esc in next st and across the 16 st of the chain worked earlier in this round.  30 st in
round.

Round 17 (15, 13).  Esc in next st.  Esc2tog next 2 st (which are the two on either side of the first esc2tog in the
previous round).  Esc in next 9 st.  Esc2tog next 2 st (which are the two on either side of the second esc2tog in the
previous round).  Esc in next 16 st to end of round.  28 st in round.

Round 18 (16, 14):  Esc in each of next 28 st.

Round 19 (17, 15):  Esc in each of next 23 st.  Sc in each of next 3 st.  Sl st in each of next 2 st.  Do not join or fasten
off.  Continue with cuff.

CUFF:

Row 1:  Ch 2, turn.  Dc in next 27 st.  Join w/sl st to top of turning ch.

Row 2:  Ch 2, turn.  Alternate fpdc and bpdc around next 27 st.  Join w/sl st to top of turning ch.

Row 3:  Ch 2, turn.  Alternate bpdc and fpdc around next 27 st.  Join w/sl st to top of turning ch.

Row 4:  Ch 2, turn.  Alternate fpdc and bpdc around next 27 st.  Join w/sl st to top of turning ch.

Row 5:  Ch 2, turn.  Alternate bphdc and fphdc around next 27 st.  Join w/sl st to top of turning ch.  Fasten off.  Sew in
end.

AFTERTHOUGHT HEEL:

Hold sock toe down with bottom facing you.  Attach heel color to second st along bottom of heel opening as seen in
Figure 1.

1.  Sc across bottom of heel opening to within last st.  Sc3tog that last st, the post of the stitch that forms the left side of
the heel opening, and the first stitch of the top of the heel opening as seen in
Figure 2.  NOTE:  The text in Figure 2
should read sc3tog instead of sc2tog.

Sc across top of heel opening to within last st.  Sc3tog that last st, the post of the stitch that forms the right side of the
heel opening, and the first stitch of the bottom of the heel opening (i.e., the stitch before the stitch that begins this
round).  Do not join.

Rounds 2 - 7:  Sc in each st across bottom of heel opening, working a sc2tog to combine the two stitches on either side
of the first sc2tog in the previous round.  Sc in each st across top of heel opening, working a sc2tog to combine the two
stitches on either side of the second sc2tog in the previous round.

Fasten off at the end of Round 7, leaving a long enough tail to turn the sock inside out and stitch up the heel opening.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at mrsd2688@yahoo.com.
In memory of my dear Aunt Terry,
for whom this pattern was originally designed
.