Instep and upper foot
(Put a stitch marker on the stitch before the gap closest to the toe on each side of the toe cap.)
Next row: \
• Knit to marked stitch
• SSK marked stitch together with the following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the SSK you just made
• TURN (1 stitch decreased)
*Next row:
• Slip 1
• Purl to marked stitch
• P2tog marked stitch and following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the p2tog you just made
• TURN (1 st decreased)
Next rnd – this round will be worked across the upper foot, all the way around the back of the slipper past the EOR marker and back across the upper foot:
• Slip 1
• Knit to marked stitch
• SSK marked stitch together with the following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the SSK you just made
• Without turning, knit to EOR
• Slip EOR marker
• Knit 2
• Purl to 1 stitch before the marked stitch
• K2tog next stitch and marked stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the K2tog you just made
• Knit to marked stitch
• SSK marked stitch together with the following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the SSK you just made
• TURN (3 stitches decreased.)
Next row:
• Slip 1
• Purl to marked stitch
• P2tog marked stitch together with the following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the P2tog you just made
• TURN (1 st decreased)
Next rnd:
• Slip 1
• Knit to marked stitch,
• SSK marked stitch together with the following stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the SSK you just made
• Without turning, Purl to 1 stitch before EOR
• Knit 1
• Slip EOR marker
• Knit to 1 stitch before marked stitch
• K2tog next stitch together with the marked stitch
• Remove stitch marker and place on the K2tog you just made
• Knit to marked stitch
• SSK marked stitch together with the following stitch
• TURN (3 sts decreased)
Repeat from * 2[2,2,2](3,3,3,)[3,3,3] more times. On last round, don’t turn after ssk.
29[33,37,39](35,37,41)[43,47,49] stitches remain.
Knit to EOR
Next rnd:
• K2
• P to 1 st before marked st
• K2tog next st and marked stitch
• K to marked st
• P to 1 st before EOR,
• K1 28[32,36,38](34,36,40)[42,46,48]sts.