Hygge Feet Cabled Booties

Warm feet are hygge feet! These booties, sized for both women and men, are quick to knit in bulky yarn. They are worked toe-up, using German Short Rows instead of wraps & turns.

Sizes: Women or Men, average foot width, any shoe size
Needles: Set of size US 9 (5.5mm) double-pointed needles
Yarn: Two 100 gram hanks of bulky weight wool yarn (more precisely, the women’s size takes about 110 grams, the men’s size takes about 130 grams)
Additional Materials: Size G or H crochet hook, a few feet of worsted-weight scrap yarn in a contrasting color, tapestry needle for weaving ends
Gauge: 4 stitches per inch in stockinette

The yarn I used in my socks: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky in color Silver.

Pattern + links to 3 part instructional video, $6 US via PayPal.

If you would like to add the pattern to your Ravelry queue, here is the Ravelry link.

If you would like a nice explanation of the Danish word “hygge”, this website does a good job.

The yarn I used in my booties and for demonstration is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky.

The needles I used are Knitter’s Pride Bamboo DPNs.

My nail polish is by Julep, color “Evan”.

The notions case I use to hold my needles and stitch markers can be found here.

7 comments on “Hygge Feet Cabled Booties

  1. Thanks for the great tutorial and how to do the hygge booties… I love the way it turned out and I will be knitting that as soon as I am done with my project. I am wondering if the soles would wear out if you walk on it very often.

    By the way, I learned to knit my first sock by watching your top down sock knitting tutorial and I know I can do it this time! Thanks so much!

  2. I forgot to add this to my comment above…

    I see you used Knit Picks for this project. Since I am trying to cut down my yarn stash, is it ok to use the worsted weight yarn I have or double it? What else would you recommend?

  3. Hi Debbie – to answer your first question, this bulky yarn is thick enough so that the booties won’t wear out quickly, but they will eventually wear out like any other socks.

    Regarding the yarn – you should be able to get the correct gauge if you hold worsted yarn double-stranded.
    S t a c i

  4. Beautiful pattern! I have leftover bulky yarn from doing your thrummed mittens, so I’m good to go.

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