Pattern: Twinkletoes from Knitty.com  Yarn: Rowan Calmer shade 477 (Blush -- magenta)

Really, I don't know of any 3-legged girls who could wear these all at once so we can rule that out as my reason.  Or we could play the old Sesame Street game "One of these things is not like the other" but with this photo it would be too hard.  My honest to goodness reason for so many slippers is that I didn't like my first go and since I had enough yarn, I didn't rip it out.  See, what happened is I didn't like the way the ribbing rolled toward the toe.

I admit, I didn't block any of these so the rolling would have been minimized if I had.  But I tried a different method on the 2nd pair and instead of binding off the 12 stitches (as on Round 8, Child version), I put them on a holder then continued to work Row 1 in the next section.  I also changed the number of stitches picked up along the side edges (from 14 sts to 12 sts).  That helped a bit to keep the ribbing from blooming outward. 

This is a fun and quick knit.  You can, as my scientific experiment concludes, get 3 pairs in the child size from one skein of yarn so if the child tends to loose things (who doesn't) the third can come in handy. 

I used some synthetic suede similar to ultrasuede for the soles which I had conveniently on hand.  I think hand sewing them on took the longest amount of time.  There were no pre-punched holes to make it quick and easy. 

And here they are in action.  They do stretch to fit like the pattern says.  Thank goodness they do since this child is gonna have feet like her momma's.

~ Inner monologue:  Here's hoping the momma skips over this post and never reads the reference to her big feet. ~