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Ladies’ Striped Slumber Boots No. 569 (1919): vintage crochet pattern
Ankle-high bed boots worked from the toe in stripes of white half double crochet and ridged blue sc (Shetland floss used double), with a crocheted dc sole, blue shell scallops tipped in white, and furry blue balls on white chains at the top and ankle.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Light (#3) |
| Yardage | the book gives three-quarters of a skein of White Germantown and 2 skeins of Blue Shetland Floss; skein weight and yardage are not stated. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 4 mm |
| Gauge | No stitch gauge printed; fit the vamp to the foot as you work. |
| Finished size | Ladies' size; no measurements printed. |
| Time | about 5 hours |
Materials
- Light (CYC #3) wool yarn — the original was Utopia Germantown, three-quarters of a skein, in White
- Fine (CYC #2) wool yarn, used double — the original was Utopia Shetland Floss, 2 skeins of Blue
- Crochet hook (original: No. 4)
- Tapestry needle
- Hook: Start with 4 mm (US G-6) and change size so the boot fits the foot (no gauge is printed)
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 350 yards of weight #3 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Caron Simply Soft Light · 100% Premium Acrylic
330 yds per skein · Gentle sheen, ultra soft against skin
2 skeins required
approx. $$11.98 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- half double crochet
- double crochet
- slip stitch
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
- row
- increase
- decrease
- back loop only
- shell
Notes before you start
- Source: "Ladies’ Slumber Boots of White Utopia Germantown Yarn and Blue Shetland Floss, No. 569" (No. 569), Utopia Yarn Book: Being a Practical Treatise on Knitting and Crocheting (Fourteenth Edition), Henry E. Frankenberg Co., New York, 1919. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: ¼ less than full skein of Germantown Yarn and 2 skeins Blue Shetland Floss. 1 Crochet Hook, No. 4. (Floss to be used double.). Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: Stitches converted by the book's own definitions ("Explanation of Terms Used in Crocheting"), not by name: s. c. ("insert hook in ch. or st., draw the wool through, over, and draw through both loops on hook") = modern US sc; h. d. c. (over, insert, draw a loop through, over, draw through the three loops) = hdc; d. c. (over, insert, draw a loop through, over and through two loops twice) = dc; t. c. / treble crochet ("over twice", then through two loops three times) = tr; sl. st. (insert, over, draw through st and loop on hook) = sl st; ch. = ch; "over" = yo. For these stitches the 1919 American names already match modern US usage, so no stitch changes height.
- Modernisation note: This design is printed in the book's compressed shorthand ("wk." work, "e." each/every, "r./rs." row(s), "inc./dcr." increase/decrease, "cro." crochet, "y." yarn, "cen." center, "fr." front, "gr./grs." group(s), "rd./rds." ridge(s), "sp./sps." space(s), "re." repeat, "patt." pattern, "pl." plain, "cir." circle, "che." chenille, "col." color, and color abbreviations such as "pk." pink, "wh." white, "bl." blue); these are spelled out.
- Modernisation note: Long printed paragraphs split into one row, round or step per line; stitch order and counts unchanged. Section headings added for navigation where the text runs on.
- Modernisation note: Hook numbers (bone, ivory, amber/celluloid No. 1–5) refer to the book's own illustrated scale of 1919 hooks, which pictures the hooks but prints no diameters, so no exact metric size can be read from the book. The suggested modern hook is a starting point chosen for the yarn weight.
- Modernisation note: Utopia yarns are 1919 trade names with no exact modern equivalent. The modern CYC weight given is an approximation only: Utopia Shetland Floss was a soft, fine, lofty 2-ply wool (treated here as fine, CYC #2); Utopia Alpaca and Llama wools, and the Worsted and Silk Mixture, as light (CYC #3); Utopia Germantown (zephyr) as light (CYC #3) and 8 Fold Germantown as medium (CYC #4); Scotch Knitting Yarn/Worsted as medium (CYC #4); 3 Fold Saxony as super fine (CYC #1). Yardage is never printed — the book gives skeins, balls or hanks only, and their weight is not stated.
- Modernisation note: "¼ less than full skein" of Germantown written as "three-quarters of a skein".
- Modernisation note: "In back ½ of top ch. in preceding r. of sts., to make rd." written as "in the back loop only … to make a ridge".
- Modernisation note: "Groups" ("gr.", "grs.") are the 2-row White stripes and "ridges" ("rds.") the 2-row Blue stripes; kept as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: Row 2 "wk. same st. through e. preceding st." does not say whether both loops are used. Left as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: the sole begins "12 d. c. exactly at center back" without saying what the dc are worked into. Left as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: "Turn s. c. back over edges" refers to sc edges not otherwise described. Left as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: how the furry balls are made is not printed (a small pompon is the usual reading).
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 6 done (0%)
Vamp
0 of 6 done- Row 1: With White yarn ch 7, work 6 hdc on 1 side of the ch, 3 hdc in the last ch, 6 hdc on the ch opposite the 6 sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 2: Work the same st through each preceding st, with 3 sts in the center for the inc.Mark row complete
- Row 3: Join 2 strands of Blue, work 1 row of sc in each st, inc in the center st as before, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 4: With Blue, work in the back loop only of the preceding row of sts, to make a ridge; no inc in this row.Mark row complete
- Rows 5–6: Join White, work 2 rows of hdc, inc in the center st on each row.Mark row complete
- Rep the directions for Blue, and alternate the Blue and White stripes (inc in both rows of White work and on 1 row of Blue) to have 5 White and 5 Blue sections to the vamp end.Mark row complete
Working on:
Row 1: With White yarn ch 7, work 6 hdc on 1 side of the ch, 3 hdc in the last ch, 6 hdc on the ch opposite the 6 sts, turn.
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- Sole
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Ladies’ Slumber Boots of White Utopia Germantown Yarn and Blue Shetland Floss, No. 569 pattern from?
It was published as "Ladies’ Slumber Boots of White Utopia Germantown Yarn and Blue Shetland Floss, No. 569" in Utopia Yarn Book: Being a Practical Treatise on Knitting and Crocheting (Fourteenth Edition) by Henry E. Frankenberg Co., New York in 1919. The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the Ladies’ Slumber Boots of White Utopia Germantown Yarn and Blue Shetland Floss, No. 569?
light (#3) yarn. Not printed — the book gives three-quarters of a skein of White Germantown and 2 skeins of Blue Shetland Floss; skein weight and yardage are not stated.
What hook should I use?
Start with 4 mm (US G-6) and change size so the boot fits the foot (no gauge is printed) Gauge: No stitch gauge printed; fit the vamp to the foot as you work.
