Tile Slippers Knitting Pattern

This tile design is from my paternal great grand-aunt’s pattern note book. She was a single woman living in the city and worked as a caretaker for the elderly. This pattern is typically used in mittens in Nordic countries.

The slipper is a very typical Finnish design, usually knitted in garter stitch squares. I remember my maternal grandmother knitting lots of these slippers.

I love the flower design. It reminds me of Greece and the tile motifs that decorate every surface! You don’t see such extensive tilework in the Nordic countries, maybe a contrasting tile here or there, but not a whole floor!