Pantoufles

 

Years ago, when the internet was new and blogs were not a thing, I had an email pen pal. Her name was Pauline and she lived in Monteral. She wrote in french and I wrote in english so we could improve our language skills. She was a knitter at a time when I was not knitting anymore. 

One Christmas she sent me a pair of slippers she had made out of the weirdest yarn I had ever seen. It was Phentex. It is made of something called olefin and is related to plastic. I loved those slippers and wanted to make a pair for everyone I knew but that yarn was not a thing here in the USA. When I finally found a source, I bought an awful lot of it as you can see from the first photo. 

I did make one pair of those slippers for myself and wore them to death but I never did make another pair. I found that giant stash of Phentex when I was cleaning out the craft room on Friday. I do recall that those slippers are not as easy to make as it would seem but I just may have to give it another try. What else am I going to do with that big bin of plastic yarn?