1. Make 8 chain stitches.
2. Skip 1 chain, and put 1 single crochet in each of 3 chain stitches.
3. Put 3 single crochets in the fourth chain stitch.
4. Put 1 single crochet in the next 3 chain stitches. Make 1 chain to use in turning. (In single crochet work, always make 1 chain in turning.)
5. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in each stitch, taking the back thread only of the stitch. (The first and second rows form a “rib.” The slippers are made of “ribs.”)
6. Third row: Put 1 single crochet in each of 4 stitches. Put 3 single crochets in the fifth stitch. Put 1 single crochet in each of the next 4 stitches.
Note.—The adding of stitches, as in the fifth stitch, is called “increasing.”
7. Fourth row: Put 1 single crochet in each stitch.
8. Fifth row: Increase as in direction No. 6 in sixth stitch.