Worsted Weight Sock Knitting Patterns

Every year when it starts getting cold, I think about the things I might want or need to make to help me get through the season without being so chilly. And probably every year I think about the fact that I wish I had more worsted weight socks.

Thicker socks maybe aren’t the best for wearing with shoes (they’re fine with hiking boots, though!) but they are great for wearing around the house, which is where I am most of the time.

Just in case this is the year I get to it, or the year you want to get to it, I wanted to share some worsted weight sock knitting patterns I’ve got my eye on.

There are a lot of great, simple worsted weight sock knitting patterns, which are ideal for learning how to knit socks if you’ve never done it before, or just for knitting fast.

For example, Easy Peasy Socks for First Timers, a free pattern on Ravelry from Stacy Trock, which is about as easy as a sock can get. It goes straight on from the ribbing into the heel with no leg to knit, and the heel is worked in stockinette stitch while the gusset is simple, too.

Or you can try the beginner socks from Darling J’adore on Etsy, which has a big of a leg (all the better to keep you cozy, or fit in a hiking boot) but is still almost all stockinette.

I also love the Thicksgiving Socks from Summer Lee Design Co, who has such great sock patterns. This pattern has options for a ribbed cuff and stockinette leg, a ribbed leg or a cable on the cuff. The socks in the photo show the pattern worked with two strands of sock yarn held together but you can also do it with worsted weight yarn. The pattern is on Etsy.

You can also use worsted weight socks to learn different techniques in a way that might be a little less fiddly than learning on sock yarn. For example, the Cozy Chillin Socks by Finicky Creations (free on Ravelry) can teach you how to do socks using the magic loop method. has a pattern for worsted weight socks that will teach you to knit socks from the toe up. Yarn Owl has a pattern (free on Ravelry) to teach you toe up socks, and Yolanda Mims has a pattern for two at a time socks (more info on Ravelry).

And if you aren’t about the basics, of course there are other options, like the Acorn pattern from Tin Can Knits (you can find this one on Ravelry) which has columns of cables on the leg and top of the foot, or the Cozy Coffee Bean socks by Kalley Reedy, which uses a slip stitch pattern to give the socks a ribbed look.

Do you have a favorite worsted weight sock knitting pattern? I’d love to hear about it!

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From the front, the Simply Me Blouse from NORgardknitters looks like a plain, boxy, garter stitch sweater. The kind of thing you’d want to throw on every day, like the knit version of a sweatshirt.

But when you look at the back, you realize there’s more going on than meets the eye.

This sweater also has a giant pleat on the back, giving lots of volume and interest without making the knitting any harder.

Simply Me is worked from the top down, starting with the yoke being worked back and forth in rows. Extra stitches are cast on at the back to form the pleat (which is crocheted closed when the knitting is done) and the body is joined in the round under the underarms.

But if you know anything about knitting in the round, you know that to make garter stitch you have to knit and round and purl a round. To avoid that this pattern uses short rows so you can still knit every round and come out with garter stitch.

The sweater has a wide boatneck and a cropped, boxy shape with three-quarter sleeves. There’s no edging to interrupt the pretty waves of garter stitch.

The pattern comes in six sizes, to fit a bust from 31.5-33.5 inches, or 80-85 cm, up to 43 to 47 inches, or 110-120 cm. But there is a lot of positive ease worked into the pattern, so if you want less ease you can work it for a larger range of sizes. There are lots of projects on the project page on Ravelry, most of which show it in a solid color, but you can also see ideas for stripes or a fade. It calls for DK weight yarn.

You can find the Simply Me Blouse pattern on Ravelry, where it is available in English, Danish, French, German and Norwegian.

[Photo: NORgardknitters]

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