This tile design is from my paternal great grand-aunt’s pattern note book. She was a single woman living in the city and worked as a caretaker for the elderly. This pattern is typically used in mittens in Nordic countries.

The slipper is a very typical Finnish design, usually knitted in garter stitch squares. I remember my maternal grandmother knitting lots of these slippers.

I love the flower design. It reminds me of Greece and the tile motifs that decorate every surface! You don’t see such extensive tilework in the Nordic countries, maybe a contrasting tile here or there, but not a whole floor!

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Yarn

Cascade 220 Sport (164 yds [150 m]/50 g): 1 ball of 2 different colors

Needle/Hook

Size US 1.5 (2.5mm) needles, straight

Size F-5 (2.5mm) hook

Or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge

33 sts and 33 rows = 4″ [10cm] in patt after blocking

Size

11” [28 cm] foot length

11” [28 cm] foot circumference

To adjust the size go up or down a needle size. The length of the foot and the circumference of the foot is the diagonal of the square times two.

Notions

Tapestry needle

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