But while I was working on them, my husband started tweaking them. Or, more accurate, he started asking alterations and left the tweaking to me. It was a bit like having a crochet coach. So every time I was nearly finished, some other question came up, something like “Can you make them higher around the ankles?” “Can they get a big fin, like a shark?” “Can you stuff the fin?” “Can you make some teeth as well?” “Are they finished yet, I’d really like to wear them now.”
I must say, I may have sighed with every question. I may even have cursed now and then, who knows? But in the end I must admit it paid to follow his input. I love these guys! Although they do look more like a piranha than like a shark to me.
What I liked
I experimented with crochet shaping, and I really liked that.
Rough patches
I think there might be a mistake in the original. I know I had some trouble getting the right amount of stitches for the bottom sole the last time I made them, but then I thought it was just me. This time I encountered them again, so maybe it wasn’t my fault at all! I forgot to write down how I solved it, though. Sorry about that!
What I altered
- I enlarged the slipper by adding a few rounds to every part.
- I made the slippers taller around the ankles. They’re still a bit too loose though, so that plan didn’t really work out as it was supposed to.
- I swapped the ears and cute face for a more “malicious” looking piranha.
As for the rest of the alterations, this is the first time that I’ve written out a crochet pattern. Should you encounter any mistakes and/or things that are not clear, please let me know, so I can correct the pattern. Thanks!
- Hook: 5,5 mm / I
- Yarn: Phildar Impact 3 1/2, jeans (same as slippers)
Row 3: sc3tog, sc in next 6 sts. Ch1 and turn. (7)
Note: I realize that on one side of the fin, the wrong side will be showing on the outside, but this is the way I did it.
- Hook: 3,5 mm / E
- Yarn: Phildar Impact 3 1/2, white (scraps)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in 1st st, sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts, sc in next 3sts, 2 sc in next st, sl st to join (14)
Rnd 3: ch 1, sc in 1st st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, sl st to join (17)
Bind off
- Hook: 3,5 mm / E
- Yarn: Phildar Lambswool, black (scraps)
Ch2
Rnd 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sl st to join (3)
Rnd 2: ch1, 2 sc in each st, sl st to join (6)
Rnd 3: ch 1, [2 sc in st, sc in st] 3 times (9)
Bind off
- Hook: 3,5 mm / E
- Yarn: Phildar Impact 3 1/2, white (scraps)
Ch2
Rnd 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sl st to join (3)
Rnd 2: ch1, 2 sc in each st, sl st to join (6)
Rnd 3: ch1, sc in each st, sl st to join (6)
Rnd 4: ch1, [2 sc in st, sc in st] 3 times, sl st to join (9)
Rnd 5: ch1, sc in each st, sl st to join (9)
Rnd 6: ch1, [2sc in st, sc in next 2 st] 3 times, sl st to join (12)
Rnd 7: ch1, sc in each st, sl st to join (12)
Bind off
So now they are ready to be worn! Poor bunny slippers, they never stood a chance!