Super Bulky Sock Knitting Patterns

I recently shared a collection of worsted weight sock knitting patterns, which is thicker than some people would like to wear in their shoes (I think they make great boot socks, though!). But if you’re not going to be constrained by shoes, you can make your socks even bigger, such that they become almost like the coziest slippers but even better because they go up your leg, too.

I have a pair of super bulky knee socks that I think I designed myself, but it’s been so long I don’t really remember. I love them. They’re the best thing when it’s truly cold outside, or when the power goes out and you need to stay warm. They’re like hot water bottles that never cool down.

The Staying Home socks from DROPS Design are very similar to the ones I knit. They’re just about as easy as socks get (they do have a turned heel) and would be a great first sock knitting pattern if you’ve never made socks before. The Cottage Slippers from Lion Brand Yarn are a very similar pattern, though these look to me like they have more shaping on the leg.

If you want to jazz up your socks a bit you can add contrasting (in terms of color and texture) stripes, like on these Scrunchy, Slouchy Slipper Socks, also from Lion Brand. These have three sizes, for older kids and small and large adults, so you can keep a lot of feet cozy.

Bendigo Woollen Mills has a pair of mostly garter stitch slipper socks called Stay-at-Home, available as a free pattern on Ravelry. They’re available in three sizes, and because these are more of a slipper there’s no heel turn.

The super slipper socks from Lulu Pattern on Etsy are another simple choice because they’re a tube sock that’s knit flat in ribbing and seamed when you’re done. They don’t take much time at all to knit and are super cozy to wear and look really cute cuffed, as shown.

Make your socks a little more fun by stitching them in sock monkey style like this pattern from Kari Pederson (available on Ravelry). It uses three colors of yarn in classic monkey style and includes sizes for kids through extra large adults.

And just because you’re working with super bulky yarn doesn’t mean your socks have to be plain! Add a cable for a dramatic effect with the Snow Boots pattern from DROPS Design. They come in three sizes for adults and the cables are charted only.

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Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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