Um, I'll try to knit'em with you...I think I have 10.5 DNP's, but I'll have to check..., and 100% wool...these things are hard to find in northern Georgia, apparently (nice run-on sentence, eh?).

Care for a fuzzy feet knitting buddy from Finland? Here we really do need all the socks and socklike things we can get.

I have my red Sandness Fritidsgarn and needles ready. Just say the word.

Whoo HOOOO excellent journey and you'll love those puppies and be cranking them out in no time.

We did our fuzzy feet knit-a-long WAY back in like April of 2003 :) Think everbody and there brother in the midwest now has a pair.

I'd love to make some Fuzzy Feet! I've been trying to learn to do socks, but I like bigger yarn and bigger needles, so this could be the answer. Make 'em big and felt 'em down. Brilliant!

Yeah, I too just started The Holiday Knitting. Only my goal is to make three pairs of socks. By Christmas!

The one and only pair of socks I've ever knitted took 3 months. Thus, people are telling me that apparently I'm not so good with The Maths.

I'm telling them that Christmas is in June. :)

They are wicked easy. I had never made socks, but I made fuzzy feet and it wasn't even scary. I could be tempted to make another pair...

Okay, you need to stop stalking me and reading my mind, because I am wearing my fuzzy feet RIGHT NOW (at work, high heels next to my desk, because it is kind of chilly in Missouri/Kansas and I love my fuzzy feet) and the left one has a hole in it. So I decided about an hour ago that I'm going to make a new pair, because I plum wore this one out during their three-year reign of terror.

And really? This is what taught me how to make socks. You can do it!

Gawd dammit - those look hard, but my mom would love 'em. Shoot, I'll try too. PS - I FINALLY updated my blog with tons of cute kitty pics.

Love the Fuzzy Feet - not only knitting in circles, but felting too! I've made several pairs and they tend to come out a little loose around the ankles, but you're going for comfort, right ;-) My siblings wear them as slippers.

These are a fun introduction to sock knitting and by this time next year you'll no doubt be knitting socks on teeny-tiny needles with many many colors ...

Well, darn. I must be one of those slow-bobs, because I haven't knit these up either although they've been on my list 4eva'. And I'd lurve to join in the knitting of said fuzzy feet, but... (and you knew there was a but, right?)... But my Xmas knitting card is all full! [sigh] perhaps post-holidays?

If you make a fun button that I can put on my blog like a Crazy Aunt Purl Has Fuzzy Feet Knit-a-long I will definitely join in.

I'm such a dork. I just realized I'm still posting with "Sergei" as my middle name.

Dork.

Hey...I am here in Florida, and those fuzzy feet worked great!! All this tiled flooring in Florida gets chilly from the a/c and the cooler weather and takes a long time to warm back up.

Your parents must be rich: my hurricane kit contains chocolate chip cookies, cat litter and beer. That Chivas must be for the Donald Trump-types up in Palm Beach!!

Was that a haiku?

I was saying that I'm a dork, not you. You're not a dork, you're a goddess.

Anywho...

I'm in, I'm in, I'm in!!!! My sons (7 & 9) love slippers of any type and I will make some for them!!! But, because heaven forbid anyone should see them wearing anything that is not the height of coolness...I will have to knit them in a very manly (and extremely boring) black. Maybe I can figure out how to knit flames?! Or make a pair in yellow and put Spongebob eyes on top...oh no...i will never get any work done this afternoon now!

BTW--my friend Amy and I were going to be knitting blog stalkers and come to the WeHo S&B next week because we both want to meet you and I love Annie and want to spend every waking moment with her while she is here (Annie...are you reading this?). BUT...I have to go to this dumb awards thing, cocktail party that my company bought a table at. That means I have to fix my hair and makeup, wear cocktail party attire and stockings AND they will never let me bring my knitting....life sucks!!!!!

I'm in! I've been avoiding socks forever, so it's time to take the plunge.....

Ooh! Ooh! Me! I will knit the Fuzzy Feet too!

I am on a sock obsession and love an excuse to keep on obsessing.

I am on my third pair of socks...well, if a single baby sock counts as the second pair. It does right? It's just that the baby outgrew the sock before it was even finished...and well...there ya are. On to the next project.

Did I email you the course materials from my socks class I teach on occasion? I can't remember. It has stuff for mittens and socks. Anyway, socks are pretty easy. Yes, the fuzzy feet thingy is just a HUGE pair of socks washed and washed and washed. I probably have made close to 100 pairs of socks...so if you have any questions...I can help!!

Well, seeing as how I am still working on my very first scarf ever....

I started out with 15 stitches cast on, then I counted about halfway through and I had 23. I am a magical stitch add-er on-er person!

Um...I will follow your journey with the socks, while counting my magical stitches over and over and over......

I want to knit those too! But, um, looking over the pattern? Seems very very very confusing to me. Gulp.
Like picking up stitches and stuff.

Oh well, no time like the present.

I'm in.

I'm in. I need fuzzies, the kids need fuzzies. With the current cost of heating the house the cats will need fuzzies. The BF? He's refuses to budge from the no socks rule. I love him, but he can be soooo foolish / foolhardy.

I'm almost finished with the first one and so far, so good. I'm thrilled that you're doing these, it will be helpful I'm sure. I had wanted to do them forever but was intimidated.

I can't wait to see a progress pic!

Hmmm.. I could be persuaded into some fuzzy feet, provided i can either find my 10.5 dpns or get away with using the 10s.

Bwahahaha! We are slowing sucking you to the dark side ~ sock knitting!
You have long passed the 1st milestone, grasshopper, with your clever in-the-round hats.

Now for phase 2. Fuzzy feet that are socks in disguise. Next thing you know you'll be doing the self-striping/handpainted yarn boogie & Googling for cool sock patterns. Yay for You!

If you don't want to turn a heel on a sock -- make tube socks! Here's a pattern: http://www.frugalhaus.com/homepage/tubesks.htm
It does need some modification. I think the ribbing is way to long. Try it out of some woolease first.

I'll join the fuzzy feet knit along. I have three in queue for the holidays. And P.S., Lauren, darling: Elann.com has Patons UpCountry for sale at $8.00.

I have pics of my 1st knitting project to post tomorrow. I have made 2 posts in 2 days - that is some kind of record for me. Tomorrow I am going 3 for 3!

You can do it! The fuzzy feet are super huge socks, so they're super easy. Plus, the felting hides most mistakes!

I need to make myself a new pair, there are holes in the bottom of one of mine. I think this time I'll try to find the spray on non-skid stuff for the bottoms, maybe that way i won't wear them out so quickly. They were the first thing I changed the second I walked in the house ALL winter long - LOVE the fuzzy feet.

The pair I made for my mother are all worn out - holes! and I have to knit her a new pair for this holiday season, this time with a split toe so she can stop trying to shove her fuzzy'd feet into flip flops. She lives in Hawai'i and wears them year-round because her feet are always cold (what she did when she lived in temperate climates, I don't know).

Can we have a knit-along? Please, please, please?? It would be great! I would love to do a pair of these for the hubbo and would be sure to get some of that no-slip stuff for the bottoms or to get a pair of leather slipper-sox bottoms from the LYS. I'll drag hubbo to WEBS tomorrow! Would you please and kindly set up a CAP Fuzzy-feet Knit-Along?

I haven't been so excited about something since I discovered SEX......... (stash enhancement expeditions - don't get all in a tizzy LOL)

BTW - is the house clean for the mystery guest? And who is the mystery guest anyhow? You never enlightened us!

Bring 'em to WeHo and I can help you if you get stuck. I've made tons of socks. Once you understand how they're structured, you can make any size sock with any size yarn, as long as you know your approximate gauge in that yarn so you can figure out how many stitches to cast on. And handknitted socks FEEL SOOOOOO GOOD! Once you wear a pair, you'll never want to wear storebought socks again.

I am on the bandwagon, too. I have been debating trying to knit socks and these fuzzy feet seem to be to sock knitting as Dr. Seuss books are to reading: real reading, only not as hard.

If you can knit the teeny tiny Ugg booties with only one mistake bootie, Fuzzy Feet will give you no problems.

not that I have knitted them.

I am working on Sitcom Chic from knitty for my mom for Christmas, and am going to start some charity knitting projects at work, so can't join the fuzzy feet-a-thon, but will watch the progress with interest!

Oh good!! Ya'll have been sucked into the fuzzy foot realm!!

Um, the knitalong thing? I can make buttons and so on, is that all I have to do? Are there rules? Team captains? Colored team buffs? I'm really bad at sports. There isn't a bronzed fuzzy foot at the end as a trophy, right?

Oh! And I am home today, housecleaning. Because I have a Very Important Guest coming! And there is messiness everywhere! And as you can see, I am procrastinating!

Speaking of which... back to vaccuuming now. Let me know how to do the knit along thing?

I've been wanting to knit socks, but the tiny needles, thin yarns and heels have intimidated me. But I can handle the big needles and felting (well, I hope). Do you think that Patons 100% wool can substitute for the yarn called for in the Knitty pattern? I hope, as I can get that at my local AC Moore. Maybe this will be the year I concquer socks!!

Whoot! I'm in. I only made one pair of fuzzy feet and then gifted them...... never got around to making myself a pair.

Am gonna be a lil cheeky here too now. A while ago people out in blogland were "flashing their stashes" I'm not asking you to do this.......... BUT I would love to see your knitting needle collection........please share:)

I made a pair of Fuzzyfeet last holiday season for MIL. Now I want a pair for myself, what with all the rainy fall weather. Perhaps I'll join in? But I'm right in the middle of a pair of socks for DH and a mohair sweater for moi. . . need to knit faster!

Hey, after my "Intro to Knitting" class, I'm taking the "Knit Socks" class. Knitted socks for my whole family this Christmas. And maybe, if they're lucky, they'll get a lump of coal too.

Laurie - this is a way to enlarge the circle. You thought that baby ugg's were not do-able. You proved them wrong. They are just bigger, cutesy, fluffy, fuzzy feeties. Time to tell the naysayer in your head to shut up! Besides there are more than enough things going on in the world to whine, cry, get hysterical about if that is all you'll miss. ;)

I'm so far behind: I haven't knit the fuzzy feet, OR the Clapotis. Bad knitter! :) I did, however, knit a little something I call "My big fat rectangle shrug," which (a) I adapted from a pattern on "Knitty Gritty," and (b) my mother promptly confiscated. (I confiscated it back, but now I know what to give her for Christmas!) The upshot of all this is, perhaps I will join you in some Fuzzy Feeting. Boy, they would have been great when I lived in Michigan, but they shall serve well in Ohio, too! Must purchase #10.5 dpns.

Just realized my mother reads your blog too. Ma...you didn't see nothin. :)

our local stitch and bitch would love to be a part of your fuzzy feet coalition.

please keep us updated. currently, we are working on scarves for the homeless to donate during food not bombs' christmas giveaway event, but fuzzy feet would be great!

You're starting your Christmas Knitting - ALREADY?! Geez. It's not even November yet!! So, do we know who your VIG is? Are ya gonna clue us in? And more importantly, will you go to the WeHo SnB tonite, or will your guest be taking all your time? And does it have anything to do with the Yarn Garden's special guest? (Can you tell I *so* want to be part of the popular group?!?!)

I swore I wasn't going to start anything new until I finished the bazillion unfinished sweaters, socks, scarfs, jackets I have going, but what the heck, I give these a try! Everyone needs fuzzy feet!

Well, shoot, that sounds fun, my feet are starting to get a wee bit colder. I'll just have to go dig out some yarn....

I'm up for knitting fuzzy feet with you. I'm wanting to make them for a dear friend who is always cold.

However, I could not find any 10.5 dpns. No matter how hard I looked! So I just gave up and got the size 10 dpns. Hopefully this won't make too much of a difference.

This will be my first time knitting socks too. I am a bit confused on how to get started. So we'll see how this shapes up :)

I will join the fuzzy feet KAL too! I've never done a knit along before! From what I've seen, they often involve some sort of group blog or yahoo group so that people can comment and get help when they have problems... but what do I know?

I smell a knitalong!!I so totally want a pair of fuzzy feet...If you knit them.. I will knit them...Do you think I could use cascade? I have a TON of cascade lying around.. but would it give it that fuzziness of lambs pride?

Laurie? Finish the cat thing! I am still convinced, for better or for worse, that it is secretly genius... and I've seen the durned thing, so I'm not just guessing.

I missed the fuzzy feet party last year too.
I had been planning to make the felted clogs but I haven't purchased the pattern yet. These look even better! Thanks!Now to line up the yarn and needles!

about the knitalong... I am also new to the whole knitalong thing.. I joined socktoberfest... you just need to have buttons, and everyone who wants to join gets put on a link list, and then everyone blogstalks everyone else,and makes lots of pictures and tutorials sharing colors, techniques, ect.... FUN FUN

Socks for even Fred Flinstone Feet!! Yabba dabba doo!!

Forgot something...

WIIIIIIILMA!!!

Alas, I'm still too much of a novice to attempt them, as much as I'd love to knitalong with you. I'm thinking I might be ready 'round 'bout next year, Christmastime. This year, everyone is getting... (you guessed it)... scarves. I'm so original....

I did get reacquainted with an old college roommate recently and discovered that she's now an OB/GYN, so I may have to knit her this: http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/PATTwomb.html, once the Christmas scarf rush is over.

I'm ready to do these bad boys. I just finished my first pair of socks. They're not pretty, but they are mine!
These fuzzy feet will be great for MIL. I'm off to order yarn!

Oh Geez Woman! First it was the Ugg Booties! I was so obsessed with those things that I made FIVE booties! Okay, they were for twins and I justified the extra as "just in case one gets lost". But now your luring me with Fuzzy Feet? I made a few pair last year and mine have holes in them so what the heck! I'm in. Fortunately a few of my relatives are allergic to wool.....that's a few less pairs of feet to tempt me.

Oh what the hell, I am in too - haven't even thought about holiday knitting yet, and my mother would love these.

I have never understood the button thing - I know they exist, but since nothing actually happens when you click it on most sites....

Gonna go stash diving now, I think I have some lovely wine colored wool lurking up there somewhere.

MB

Me too! Me too! I wanna play!

I learned to make Fuzzy Feet less than a month ago, and I'm in the midst of a fuzzy feet frenzy! Let me know if you need any help :)

I am currently making fuzzy feet! They are not hard. You can do it. Felting is fun.

I hope your parents make out ok with the storm. I know you'll certainly be on top of reminding them that they need to get out. All my best wishes to them.

I think DS and his GF may get MATCHING fuzzy feet from me. If I do it in their college colors, people will think they are Boston Red Sox fans... might have to do something stranger. DD made DS an alien scarf with shadow knitting for his BD... I don't know what would be original AND fast enough to finish.

Count me in. All the Socktoberfest hoopla has been sucking me in, but I'm still afraid of socks on tiny needles. So, a felting project would be perfect.

If you are scared of dpns, here's a little tip: You can knit your fyzz feet on your Denise Interchangeables (if you have some) all the way to the toe, then tackle whatever dpn "problem" you have. I did this, it worked out just fine after a little bit of thinking and the use of stitchmarkers every 11th stitch.

(dpns are not dangerous or difficult, just a little bit different...)

Good luck from Norway. Lovelovelove your blog:)

Oh yes it mus tbe a knit a long How have I missed this pattern, they are perfect!

This could be your ticket to successful sock knitting in the future. Here's my advice about socks (a lesson that took four tries on one sock before I learned anything): Follow the Directions. When they tell you to do weird things around the heel, like only knit partway across a row, this is not a typo. They mean it. Just forget your scarf-type experience, in which you knit a whole row, and turn your work over. It's not hard at all, just counterintuitive. You can do it. Just don't hit the wine till after the heel.

i'll do fuzzy feet with you. i've been wanting to learn how to knit socks but have been paralyzed myself. fuzzy feet look like a friendly socks.

Okay, I'm in! I've been thinking about making something like this for my dad for Christmas. So fuzzy feet it is. And it gives me an excuse to make an unscheduled yarn store stop. Woohoo!

I am so there! I am currently working through the ballet slipper style and am not happy. I love this pattern!
Hope your folks are ok in Florida....

Yeah! Fuzzy Feet are soo cool. I've got some cascade 220, some knitpicks Wool of the Andes and some other wools (any 100% wool should work people - sub as desired!) I've got one done to the toes, but don't have DPNs to finish it - need to figure that one out!

Laurie - you may want to set up a blogger Blog to host the KAL at.

Oh yeah - and if you give these for Christmas - DONT felt them first. Take pictures of the peoples faces as they try to figure out why the heck (southern gals don't say h e double hockey sticks!) you were smokin when you made these. Then have a felting party! Have plenty of plastic target bags to cover peoples feet as they wear them until dry - magically perfectly shaped to each foot fuzzy feet!

Yippee for more Fuzzy Feet! I cannot begin to tell you how thoroughly happy it makes me that these have been so popular... I'm in for a knitalong! (Knitting some right now, as a matter of fact.)

Holy shit, got enough comments you popular girl? I'm not going to knit fuzzy feet with you because I have to finish my niece's baby dress for Christmas and it's on size 2 needles and I'm not even done with the back yet! But I want to hear your progress baby, every STEP hahahah of the way.

I'm in! I just knitting my first sock, and um...it was really, really bad. Felting...I need the felting!

Bah!

I joined the Soctoberfest only to realize I hate knitting with tiny needles.

I already have those dpns from the Sophie Bag...so I am IN!

Oh, and by the way, don't fret if you don't have the right sized needles... I've used from size 10 to 11 without any trouble. If you knit tightly, go up though - the most important thing is that the knitting is nice and loose so that the fibers can rub together and felt well. :o)

Yay, I'm making fuzzy feet for my ma for christmas too! I made some last year and they are EXACTLY like knitting socks. Just really big ones you throw in the wash. In fact, it is the perfect introduction to socks. I'm wanting to make some real pairs now.

The first one was a little tricky but once i trusted the directions to do EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY it was a sinch and the next one knitted up in a flash.

I was just wearing the fuzzy feet I made last year this morning. They are so cozy. I'm a fan.

Oh, and also:

because you felt them, it's okay if you fuck up a little because the felting will cover it all up. One more reason these are good sock intros.

FUZZY FEET!

I just like saying FUZZY FEET!

Also, I want to knit them.

I would love to make these. I have some lambs pride worsted in my stash and I will try to knit these on two circulars (I hate DPNs!!). Any luck with the buttonhole bag yet??

I tried to lead a fuzzy feet knitalong here at work and most of the members got one knitted and lost interest (the second sock syndrome) so I guess I should have called it the Fuzzy FOOT knitalong.

My fuzzy feet get worn a lot in the winter, but I would like to put this out there as a public service announcement: not good on hardwood stairs. Fuzzy feet = slippy feet. Ouch.

p.s. get some puffy paint from the craft store. put several dots of the paint on the bottoms of the fuzzy feet so no one breaks their neck wearing these on hardwood floors!

I will do this too Lau - Im thinking Im going to use my newly found mastery of the Magic Loop of goodness too! (Yea I know the DPNs arent small but I love love love me the magic loop!)

This will have to wait until early next week though, I have some stuff that has to get finished - I squeezed and EMERGENCY Pasha Penguin (for my ex bosses borthday) and delayed finishing my sweater that really needs to be done now, so once I finish that beast up, I will join you in your quest for feet of fuzziness.

One other reason to knit fuzzy feet. They are wonderful for people with problem feet. They really mold to fit your feet, so people with corns, callouses(sp?), and such wear them happily. They also work as warm house shoes for people with swollen feet (assuming support is not needed).

I like doing them with eyelash held with the main yarn at the cuff. Brown Sheep lime green with green eyelash makes a wonderful "Shrek" feet.

If only I didn't have a gd baby blanket to finish. DK was fun to work with, not too hot in the summer, but the last bit is taking forever!

Count me in. I could use the DPN practice.

Wow.
It's obvious that I have a two year old asleep upstairs so the extent of my craziness is reading people's blogs on a Friday night. Somehow I came across this blog and have been reading it ever since. (well, with the exception of the deep postings about knitting), but other than the knitting, I really find myself enjoying your writing style. I even happened to wander over to the crazytourist site and found myself saying, "Ahhh, that's what the dirtbag looked like". Anyway, thanks for the entertaining blog. I'll keep coming back.
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OK--Some advice--All knitting is just variations on the knit and purl stitches..AND you already know THEM! They are your friends!!!Follow the instuctions--step-by-step-- don't try to read ahead and figure it out, visualize it or anything before hand..Just do what the pattern says and --If the pattern does not have a mistake (some do ya'know!!)--- You shall have FUZZY FEET!!!!!!!! Trust ME!!!!! I know-- the "been-there,done-that" syndrome!------- Good luck!! And now for the Memory part of this comment.. I too grew up with Chevis!! We had Beagles name Scotch and Soda.. Soda-the girl one- had puppies, can't remember all the names, but there was Chevis Regal, Old Crow, Tom Collins, Bloody Mary and one more.. so cute!! SO SOUTHERN!!!!!!

Delurking to say - I'm in. My feet are freezing right now, and I could use some fuzzy feet. I've been scared of knitting socks, but I think I'll take the plunge. Whee!

Alrighty! I'm in. Got the needles, got the wool. JoAnne had...4 colors to choose from...that's the extent of 100% wool in my neighborhood. I've made several socks, but this will be my first felting project. Yay!

Hi Laurie! I'm new to your blog (can't remember via who) and have had a blast reading your "about me" page. I normally don't post on people's blogs who have as many commenters as you do because I always think I'm going to get lost in the crowd of comments, but thought I'd take a chance and say hi and to let you know that I too was dumped by my ex in my early 30's (I'm now 42). We could exchange "ex horror stories" all day, I'm afraid. Oh, and my parents also live in Florida, so we'll both be keeping an eye on Wilma this weekend, eh? Anyway... thanks for sharing a bit about your life (you are hardly a "spinster") and know that you now have a new reader.

I am also de-lurking to remind everyone that machine washable wool will not work for this pattern! There is 100% wool that is washable; it will not felt. Good luck, y'all!

I may just join you in the Fuzzy Feet Frenzy. There is enough wool sitting on my floor right now to whip up a pair, I think.

If not, perhaps a new trend? Fingerless gloves seem popular; why not toeless slippers?

I thought the pattern looked familiar, so I did a little research and discovered that "Fuzzy Feet" was published in book form, in "Knit Wits" by Amy Singer, what I bought for myself last Christmas. It's called "Fuzzy Feet Redux," and the pattern was rewritten to include no less than 12 sizes. I've started a pair for my 6-year-old daughter (why not start small?). Also, I ADORE "Knit Wits," so I'll go ahead and recommend that you go buy it right now if you don't have it already. :)

I'm IN! I love your blog, and read/stalk it religiously. I have tried socks several times, even took a class with Annie @ Unwind, but just don't get it. I have also tried felting a few times, with no luck. So . . . this is the perfect project to suffer together with someone who's just as knit challenged as I am. I've already ordered the yarn (in green, per Mary R's suggestion above, and in aubergine -cause i like it), ordered needles, and ordered a "felting" book, just in case.

I have never done a knit-a-long before, but I can't wait to try all this new stuff. Good luck to us!

I am definitely in - I joined Socktoberfest to knit my first socks so I will just do this at the same time. I had been looking at these for a while for my grandma for Christmas. She just had a mastectomy so she deserves something comforting. You definitely need a button though. Thanks for suggesting it!

Fuzzy feet look so cute. I look forward to seeing your progress!

I only recently discovered the fuzzy feet pattern and decided they'd be perfect for gifts; I'd love to knit along.

I just finished a pair, and more are probably in the works. Looks like you got yourself a knitalong here! (p.s., enjoyed your blog; I'm here via Bagatell)