Be careful! The cast-on loops on needle 2 are twisted. On the first round only, be sure to knit them through the back of the loops in order to untwist them.
After this round the stitches will be "normal. You have completed one round and are back where you started. Note: Do the stitches between the needles appear too loose or "sloppy?
Try to keep the loops at your regular gauge. If you find that your cast-on stitches are too tight, you can try casting on to a pair of larger needles.
There are two rows of stitches between the needles now. The absolute center of your sock toe lies between the two rows of stitches. We now return you to your regularly scheduled toe-up sock pattern. Work the toe increases as specified by your pattern. If your pattern specifies a different type of toe, the following instructions are for a typical toe-up sock that starts at the very end:. Round 3 : K all stitches on both needles no decreases.
Repeat these two rounds, increasing 4 stitches every other round, until the total number of stitches has been reached. In this picture, 10 rounds have been worked and there are 20 stitches on each needle 40 stitches total. In this the toe has been spread out and the very end of the toe where the cast-on was made is right in the center. The left image is the outside of the sock and the right image is the inside. You can see that the stitches flow over the center of the toe with no visible break or seam.
The cast-on is invisible on both sides. The tail can be woven in and trimmed at any time after you've worked at least one non-increase round. I usually let it dangle until I've finished the toe increases. Since the tail hangs at the beginning of the first round, it makes a handy way of telling which side of the sock each round starts on.
To use the Magic Cast-On for two-at-once socks, drop both the tail and the working strands when you have cast on the total number of stitches for the first sock. Push the stitches back along the needles so there is room at the tips for another set of stitches. Starting from a new ball of yarn, cast a second set of stitches on to the same needles.
Work step 9 on sock 1. Drop the yarn and pick up sock 2's yarn. Repeat step 9 for sock 2. Work step 10 on sock 2. Drop the yarn and pick up sock 1's yarn. Repeat step 10 for sock 1. Made popular in , the magic loop creates small-circumference projects on one long circular needle. With this method, you pull out a loop of cable to divide your stitches, usually into two equal parts.
Once you divide the stitches, you can use the free needle tip to knit across half the stitches. You then rotate the project and work the remaining stitches. Using this technique allows you to knit two socks or mitts at the same time. I teach the magic-loop technique and write patterns for socks and mitts using this technique.
Whatever method you choose, make sure you take pleasure in the process and enjoy your socks. There are several remedies for this. This is the one I prefer:. When changing colors or beginning a new stripe, knit one round of new color as usual. As you begin the second round of the new color, with your right needle tip, pick up the right leg of the stitch just below the first stitch of the round and place it on the left needle. The stitch you are picking up is the first stitch of the last round worked with the previous color.
Knit both the first stitch of the new color and the lifted stitch together. Continue knitting the rest of the round as normal.
A ladder is a column of extended running threads that are surrounded on either side by normal stitches. They look like the rungs of a ladder. Ladders can occur when using any of the circular techniques. It usually happens in the area between the last stitch of one needle and the first stitch of the next.
A ladder can be hardly noticeable or so wide that it appears to be a column of dropped stitches. It is not attractive. Cat Bordhi taught me the remedy for ladders. When you come to the end of one needle and you are ready to start on the new needle, knit the first stitch and tug.
The second stitch when knitted is the stitch to tug, and it will tug up very tight. This has fixed my ladder problems substantially. The stranded-knitting sock project that follows is written for the magic-loop technique starting at the cuff. Rutt, Richard. A History of Hand Knitting. Loveland, Colorado: Interweave, ; reprinted Meadow Farm Yarn Studio in Nevada City, California, is where she has been for the last eleven years, managing the shop; teaching knitting, weaving, spinning, and dyeing; and creating knitting patterns.
Another stitch created! Step 6: Repeat steps until you have cast on the desired number of stitches e. Step 7: Now you can begin knitting the stitches on needle 1.
Make sure the tail is tucked behind the working yarn when you knit the first stitch. Note that the needles are now rearranged as for magic loop and the stitches which were on needle 2 are now on the cable. Step 9: Now knit the stitches on needle 2 through the back loop as they will be twisted from the cast on.
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