Jojoland Purple Tang Booties Knitting Pattern

Jojoland Purple Tang Slippers

What is Being Made

The Jojoland Purple Tang is a seamless knitted slipper pattern designed by Lijuan Jing. These are cozy footwear pieces featuring a decorative stitch pattern on the foot and leg, with practical heel and toe shaping. The slippers are worked in the round using double pointed needles, creating a finished garment without seams. With a foot circumference of 7 inches (18 cm), a leg height of 2.25 inches (6 cm), and a total length from back of heel to toe of 8 inches (21 cm), these slippers are sized for a standard adult foot.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs seamless, in-the-round construction, a fundamental technique in circular knitting that eliminates the need for seaming. The slipper begins with a cast-on of 64 stitches distributed across four double pointed needles, with stitches divided as follows: 16 stitches on needle 1, 32 stitches on needle 2, and 16 stitches on needle 3. A marker is placed at the joining point to track the beginning of each round.

The pattern incorporates several shaping techniques:

• Increases are worked strategically during the heel construction by picking up stitches from previous rows, adding 12 stitches total to create the heel cup
• Decreases using the SSK (slip, slip, knit) method are employed in the toe section to shape the slipper's point
• Stitch manipulation through slipping stitches and selective knitting and purling creates texture and shaping

The construction is divided into distinct sections: the leg (worked in ribbing), the foot (featuring the Purple Tang Stitch pattern with stockinette stitch sections), the heel (worked in stockinette with increases and decreases), and the toe (featuring the Purple Tang Stitch pattern with decreases). This modular approach allows for customization of length while maintaining the integrity of the design.

Stitches Used

The Purple Tang pattern is built on a multiple of 8 stitches with a two-row repeat:

• Round 1: Purl 3 stitches, knit 5 stitches
• Round 2: Purl 8 stitches

This textured stitch creates visual interest across the foot and leg portions of the slipper. The pattern repeat occurs 4 times over the 32 stitches on needle 2 during the foot section, and 8 repeats occur within one round over the full 64 stitches during the toe section.

Additional stitches employed throughout the pattern include:

• Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) for the heel and portions of the foot
• Ribbing (knit 1, purl 1 repeat) at the top edge of the leg for elastic stretch and a finished appearance
• SSK (slip, slip, knit) decreases for shaping the toe
• Slip stitches at the beginning of rows to create neat edges

Materials

The Jojoland Purple Tang slippers are crafted using Melody yarn in color number 7-y20, a 100% wool fiber. One ball of yarn provides 220 yards of yardage and weighs 50 grams, offering sufficient material to complete the entire slipper project.

The required tools include a US size 1 (2.25mm) set of 4 double pointed needles, which are essential for working the pattern in the round. A stitch marker helps track the beginning of each round, and a tapestry needle is used for finishing details such as weaving in the 13-inch yarn tail left after binding off. These tools work together to create a polished, professional-looking finished slipper with clean edges and secure stitching.