I wanted at least one slipper in the Norseknits Collection to be overtly masculine and un-flowery. These Peder slippers, named for my great grandfather who emigrated from Norway, and for our youngest son who was named after him, fit the bill. While the motif is purely Scandinavian, it coincidentally feels Celtic, which is perfect for the Lord-of-The-Rings, dragon-loving, Viking men in our family.

Size
Men’s medium to large size 9.5 – 11
Unfelted slipper: 11 x 5.5” Felted slipper: 10.8” x 5”
If you need a larger size, move up one needle size from gauge-sized needle.

Yarn
Rauma 3 tr. Strikkegarn
Main Color: 50 g Dark Grey 107 (or 105 meters of DK-weight yarn)
Contrasting Color: 50 g Light Grey 105 (or 105 meters of DK-weight yarn)

Needles
Double-point needles US 3 (3.25 mm) (or another size of double-pointed needles to obtain the correct gauge)

Notions
3mm crochet hook

Gauge
24 stitches/24 rows = 4 inches or 10 centimeters
Lightly felted to 28 stitches/24. = 4 inches or 10 centimeters

Note: Please pay attention to your gauge and use whatever size needle you need to knit 24 stitches and 24 rows for 4 inches. While teaching a class on these slippers, I have seen knitters use needles as small as a US 2 and as large as a US 5.

Skills used to make Slippers
Long-tail cast on
Knitting in colorwork
Purling in colorwork
Catching floats
SSK
K2tog
Backward loop
SSPSSO
Knitting flat
Knitting in the round
Crochet edge (single crochet, UK double)
Chart reading
Duplicate stitch