Bulky House Sock Knitting Patterns

I love socks worked in any weight of yarn, but when it’s really cold out I want to wear (and knit!) chunky socks that I can wear around the house. They’re almost like slippers but still shaped like socks for extra comfort that knits up super fast.

If you’ve never knit socks with chunky yarn before, you might want to start with something simple like these tube socks form Bromefields. They have simple toe shaping but are otherwise a tube (cute sporty stripes at the top optional). The pattern is sized for kids, women and men and uses super bulky yarn.

Another super bulky tube sock option comes from Lulu Pattern. This one looks like it has very minimal shaping and the part that sits on the leg is all ribbing. The pattern has options to be worked flat or in the round, and it comes in one size.

Another great easy choice, this time with a heel, is Ya Basic Bed Socks by Jacki Badger. These bulky socks come in three sizes and are what they say they are: basic stockinette socks with a bit of ribbing at the leg. But in this case basic is pretty beautiful. Grab the pattern on Ravelry.

Stacy Perry’s Bulky Sleep Socks are similar in that they also use bulky yarn and are simple stockinette and ribbing socks, but these encourage stash busting by showing options with stripes and different colored cuffs, heels and toes. This pattern has sizing for kids, women and men, and you can find it on Ravelry.

Add a heel to your super bulky socks and you’ll have the super chunky cosy sock from All Purls Together. These are worked from the toe up and include a ribbed section that’s meant to be worn folded over for extra warmth.

The chunky Comfort Hearth Socks from The Fibre Co. (Ravelry) feel a little more like slippers, but still have all the components of a sock, including ribbing, a heel flap and gusset and toe shaping. They’re worked in super bulky yarn and have a cable running down the front. This pattern comes in one size.

I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or these knit geese.)

Another one I don’t totally understand is sardines or little fish more generally. Sure, they’re cute, and the shape is fun, but I had no idea when I was sharing this pattern for a fish-shaped pouch last year that it would become a hugely popular pattern that people are still searching for on the site. It is pretty cute, though, so if you weren’t around then or don’t remember you should got check it out.

Recently another fishy knitting pattern crossed my monitor: the little knit fish from Classical Songbird Designs.

Just as the name suggests, these fish are little, about 4.5 inches or 11 cm from end to end. They look like little sardines and take about 12 yards of sock yarn to make.

You can even make a two-tone fish and use just 6 yards of each color.

This sounds to me like just about the perfect use for the yarn that’s left over after knitting a pair of socks, or a mini skein or several that have been sitting around unused in your stash.

The fish are knit flat in one piece, which makes it easy to stitch on the eyes with more yarn or embroidery floss before stuffing, and you can stitch up the sides while you stuff (though it’s not a very big piece so you could probably stitch and then stuff, finishing with the end of the tail).

Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering, I measured an Altoids box and as the pattern is written the fish are a little too big to fit in it (the box is about 4 inches/10 cm long). But you could make the fish a little smaller if you want to make a box of them. Or just make a fishy bag to put them in!

You can grab the free pattern for the little knit fish at Classical Songbird Designs.

[Photo: Classical Songbird Designs.]

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