Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:21:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: AnnProch@aol.com
To: knit@bolis.com
Subject: KNIT: [...] Non-slip slippers

Hi all,

[...]

Non-Slip slippers
I asked what kind of non-stick stuff could successfully be applied to
handknit slippers, and I got more people asking me to share the responses
than I got answers!  Apparently, inquiring minds want to know!  I got three
suggestions, and here they are:

1.  Cut up pieces of wide rubber bands. Using a whipstitch, sew them to the
bottom of the slipper.

2.  Any kind of puffy paint will work, but it will eventually wear off with
repeated washings and need to be reapplied.

3.  Use the rubber paint that is made to coat the undersides of handmade
rugs, to keep them from slipping.

Hopefully I will have some time to stop at a craft store today, and read some
labels and give one of these products a try.  I'll keep you posted if I get
any more suggestions.

Take care and keep knitting!
Ann Prochowicz, in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, where the cedar waxwings have been
gathering outside my office windows in the hundreds, to feast on cedar
berries!

annproch@aol.com