Cuffed Loom Knitted Slippers

This pattern was inspired by many ideas, but the cuff part of the slipper is one I haven't seen done before in any loom knitted pattern, so to the best of my knowledge, it is my idea and is unique. If I am incorrect, please notify me and I will include the appropriate information.

I am using the 24 peg blue Knifty Knitter loom. Any other similarly sized and gauged loom should work too. 

I wear a women's 9-9.5 sized shoe and this is plenty big. It is not a snug slipper and has a lot of stretch to it. If your feet are smaller or larger in size, try adding or subtracting a few rows to see what fits you best.

This pattern is using only the e-wrap stitch. Any other sort of stitch should work, but the number of rows will most likely be different. Experiment!

Grab Your Yarn!
Try two strands of worsted weight or one strand of chunky.

I'm not quite sure on the yardage required, because I used a large skein of yarn. That skein had close to 400 yards and I used perhaps half of that. I would be sure you have a minimum of 200 yards. (Maybe a bit more!)

 E-wrap cast on all pegs, but do not join in the round.  Any special or fancy cast-ons are not required here, because all edges will be hidden eventually.

At the beginning of every row you knit, you will turn each peg.*

*(Meaning, you will not wrap and knit off the first peg. You will essentially skip it and continue to wrap, starting with the second peg. As pictured below)

Once you get to the last peg, knit off. Like the beginning, on the way back around, do not wrap the last peg and knit off. Skip it and wrap the second last peg. Knit all the way around. 

Knit 20 rows in a flat panel.

This is what the edges of your knitted piece will look like.

Another view

After 20 rows of knitting a flat panel, this is how it should look like. The bottom edge will roll up, but that is okay. It will eventually be sewn up for the back of the heel.

 

After you've finished the 20 rows of the flat panel, it is now time to start knitting in the round.
Instead of turning each peg and going the opposite way, you will now be knitting counter clockwise, all the way around.*

*(The same way you would knit in the round to make a beanie or hat)

The stitches in the beginning will look loose, especially where we've started knitting in the round, but as we knit, it will tighten up. 

Once you knit the number of rows you need, use the draw string cast off to finish this part, just like you would when finishing off a hat or beanie, but do not turn inside out. We will be turning the whole slipper inside out when the whole thing is finished.

This is how it should look once you've finished 20 rows of knitting in the round. You can now see the slipper beginning to take shape.

Now we will be adding the cuff to the slipper. Pictured below is the first stitch added when we started to knit in the round. We will be using all of the stitches on the edges to add the cuff to the slipper.

The stitches on the sides of the flat panel have two sides to them. Both sides of each stitch will be picked up and put back onto the loom.

Start with the middle stitch shown in the photo directly above. Place that stitch onto the peg directly across the loom, on the other side, opposite your starting peg.

You may have to pick up a couple of stitches from the top of the heel section at the back to place on the loom once you add the stitches from the sides of the flat panel section, but each peg should eventually have a stitch placed back onto it.

After you've added a stitch back onto each peg, it should look something like this.

The open section of the heel should be facing the anchor peg and starting peg.*

(Pictured below)*

Another view. You can see below both sides of the stitches you picked up from the flat panel and put onto the pegs.

Make a slip knot and attach your yarn to anchor peg. E-wrap each peg, and knit off the stitches below.

Continue in this manner, e-wrapping for another 15-20 rows in length (Your preference!)

This is creating the cuff section!

This is how it will look once you've knitted a few rows.

20 rows knitted for the cuff.

Now it's time to bind off!

I used the Super Stretchy Bind Off Method.

You can use your preferred method, but please make sure it's very loose!

View the video tutorial for this method here:

Super Stretchy Bind Off Method

Once you have done the bind off, you'll want to sew the heel portion closed.

Weave in or tie in any free hanging strands of yarn from the previous steps.

Turn the slipper inside out. It will look like the photo below.

You can wear it as shown above, or fold down the cuff.

You can either leave it as is, or add a few stitches and sew it down permanently.

Enjoy!