How to knit MAGIC LOOP | Beginners easy tutorial
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Learn to knit projects in the round using the magic loop technique! This easy beginner tutorial is great for making small circles, perfect for baby beanies, snoods, part of a toy, sleeves, socks and much more. All you need is your fave yarn, circular knitting needles and these easy steps to get started! In this tutorial Merion will be using stocking stitch.
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Love this lady! Every video I’ve seen of her teaching is excellent!
Wonderfully clear, succinct instructions, excellent camera angle. Thank you immensely for no annoying music and no upturned sentence endings all the time like so many have. I felt I was sitting with a friend showing me calmly and knowledgeably so that I could really learn. Keep up your sweet voice and excellent videos. I have subscribed!
Quite right about the annoying music and "upturned" sentences. It seems to be the new style of English that children have found to torment their elders...I hate it.
Finally someone teaching this method the easy way
Hi Carmil, that's very kind of you, thank you! I hope you have enjoyed using the magic loop after the video! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
I think I may finally understand the magic loop, many thanks
Fantastic instructions. It’s a bonus that it is UK . I also crochet and i have to remind myself that UK and US use different terminology. I am trying to knit baby socks and this tutorial is the easiest I have found to teach myself knitting in the round with a magic loop . Had I known it was this easy I would have tried it years ago !!!😂 Thank you ❤
haha you are so very welcome! Happy making😍❤️
Oh, bless you! I've been trying to teach myself, after having mostly done crochet for years. I was practically in tears of frustration when I FINALLY came across your tutorial. Suddenly it all made sense! Now, I'm off to see about knitting a sock. Wish me luck. Lol
That's fantastic to hear Katie!!! You might like our how to knit socks videos - this is the first one ua-cam.com/video/mJxz7Q-EkVg/v-deo.html and once you start, you won't stop, it's soooo much fun! Kindest knitting wishes, love Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Im about to attempt to do the same. I am a crocheter with the tiniest bit of knitting skills. Thought Id try and make some socks! Hope yours worked out great 😊
I’m having a hard time keeping the last stitches from tightening up around the cable. I’m having to use a needles to open up the yarn to get it over the sharp edge between the cable and the needles where it fastens. I’m also having a hard time not having a big gap between the top and bottom needles where it’s suppose to be joining evenly n
Great tutorial! I watched at least a half-dozen tutorials and just couldn't get it. Yours was the clearest. Thanks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I have been struggling with other videos that simply didn't make sense. Your video was easy to follow and now I have a cute little tube that looks good!
I cannot tell you how many attempts I have made, watching numerous tutorials for magic loops/ circular needles, getting literally entangled in yarn 😤 starting again , over and over and over!! and then eventually came across your video. Thank you SO much. After a few views I have cracked it. Now I hope my Christmas Elf hat will be complete in a week - or 6! Thank you again. 👏👏
Oh Joanna! I am so thrilled to hear that it helped! Magic loop is one of those things that is SO brilliant once you know how but can be a nightmare until you do! It just enables you to knit anything in the round, even tiny things. Well done! I am super proud. Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xxx
I got really frustrated with the cables twirling around. And what about how it pulls and stretches the stitches on each end? I don't want "ladders". I just need it for a neck rubbing for a dog sweater. :/
Brilliant tutorial you made it look so easy the magic way. I'm 66 a knitter for 57of those years . I like the fact your very incouraging will watch out for you. Thank you so much I learned something new.
This is the first explanation of magic loop that I've understood!! Thank you so much! I've been trying to figure this out for ages❤
I’ve been knitting since I was six , now 78 and never learned to knit in the round. I now make toys as I’m disabled but hate the seams, so this tutorial is a dream for me. Thank you for your slow , calm explanation. I will be practicing tomorrow when my loop comes.
This is the easiest magic loop explanation I've seen! I'm a crocheter wanting to knit a pair of socks, not the easiest thing to start off my knitting journey! This tutorial has taken the fear away for me. Thanks so much.
Hi Abigail! I am so glad that you have found this easy - and wow, yes, socks are a big thing to start with but I have a tutorial on this channel that takes you all the way through socks from start to finish, using magic loop! I hope you have fun knitting them! Kindest knitting wishes, love from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
Thank you for this clear video and explanation of the magic loop. I’ve always used the dpn method of knitting smaller projects in the round. I’m off to practice this now
Thank you so much! You are an exceptional teacher!!
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Hello: this NOTE is coming to you from Toronto Ontario Canada, I have been knitting for 70+ years, recently I have become interested in the magic loop, as fiddling around with those short needles is driving me nuts, you have no idea how many tutorials I have watched here, all of them caused more confusion, too longwinded, their knitting is a different style from mine adding to the confusion ETC. ETC., Your tutorial is amazing, you speak cool and calm, nice and to the point not too long, it now finally makes perfect sense, just showing me that one needle holds knit stitches the other purls now I can understand it.... you are an teaching artist...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME..... WISHING YOU WELL!!!
This means so much! Thank you very much for your kind words, it makes us so happy to hear that you found our tutorial helpful and hope you enjoy many more projects with the magic loop! Happy making 🥰
Omg thanks so much every other tutorial has killed me this one is amazing 😊
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I was watching tutorials for almost an hour and getting so lost and confused!! This was the first video I came across that explained each step clearly with helpful IN FOCUS camera angles. I'm now on my way to making my first pair of socks! Thank you so much immediately saved so I can refer back to it again later :)
This is amazing! Thank you so much for your kind words and Happy making always! 🥰
Such a clear and simple explanation of how and why this technique is used - thank you - I’m ready for my sleeves now!! And no more stitches sliding off my DPNs
Oh Julia, that's brilliant! I am a huge magic loop fan, it really really makes circular knitting much easier than DPNs! (Obviously lots of peope prefer DPNs but I love love love magic loop!) Kindest knitting wishes, love Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
Thank you this! Being a new knitter, I’d envisioned it very differently. Glad to have this video to set me right.
Hi DebbieHQ, we're so glad the video helped!! Happy knitting! with love from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
I am brand new to knitting. This is the best magic loop video! I've lost the anxiety I had after watching your video!
Woh, Lise, that is GREAT to hear! Fantastic! I hope you've had fun knitting with magic loop! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Finally!!!!!!!!! I have been struggling for so long. Watched video after video and just couldn't catch on. I have been knitting socks with DPNs forever and Finally decided to try the circular. I got it !!!!!! Your instructions are clear and you go slowly. So happy I found you! Thank you!
Brilliant after. All these years of trying. At last I can do my favourite work. Thanks a million 😂
Thankyou so much ! I was able to understand after watching your magic tutorial ❤
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I once paid for a two- session class to learn this. The teacher cancelled the 2nd class and w never learned how to do this!! You just did a bang-up job in under Five minutes. Boy did I get taken!
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You are an excellent teacher my Dear. Loved your tutorial. It's so clear ❤
Thank you! This is the BEST tutorial I have seen on the magic loop.
That's so kind! Thanks so much 😍❤️
No one explained knitting the magic lope better than you, thanks a lot
Thank you so much for this. I struggled so much with circular knitting needles and after watching your videos, i finally understand! My socks are officially underway!
yay and yay! So exciting ❤️😍
Quick and clear teaching, no waste of time! Very good!
Thankyou so much. I bought the musselburgh hat pattern and used other videos to cast on etc but that's all they took it to due to copyright, which was really no help because I didn't understand how to do the next step ie drop one needle etc , let alone then continue the pattern . Thankyou so much ! I will give it yet another go , you really blessed me @
Thank you. Preparing to knit my first ever pair of socks and this was lovely and clear. Also calming and reassuring!
I've been using my plastic looms for knitting in the round. I recently taught myself to knit with straight needles but wondered if it was possible to knit in the round without using double points. Now I know! You saved me from buying double points. 😊 I just started using circular needles so finding your video is a life saver!
circular needles are such a joy right? Happy making🧡🥰
Best magic loop technique i came across. Thank you so much for making it so easy to comprehend. ❤
That's so kind- Thanks so much!🥰
Thank you for teaching me the magic loop. I am make fingerless mitts now that I know how to do the magic loop. Thanks for loving crafts
This is amazing! yay Happy making 🥰❤️
Thank you for this excellent tutorial, so clear and well explained. I’ve watched other tutorials and got confused but I’ve now “ got it” and can’t wait to use magic loop for socks, little sweaters and toys.
This is the clearest explanation of magic loop I've found; thank you so much!
Yay- so happy this was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, we really appreciate it 🥰
Thank you!! This was so hard for me to get at first but you've helped me so much! 💖
thank you so much, this is the only tutorial that has made sense im so excited to start on my hat :)
I had so much trouble with the magic loop in knitting, thank you so much for your vid! I used your other knitting tutorials to teach myself knitting and they're absolutely the easiest to follow in my opinion! Thank you!
That means so much! Thank you and Happy making ❤️🥰
Thanks, I needed refreshed.
Your voice is so calm and I love you for it.
Such a brilliant, expertly straight -forward tutorial - it ws just what I`d wanted to see for such a long tme. So many many thanks!
You are so very welcome 🥰
Thank you so so much! I learned crochet in quarantine, and moved to knitting flat. I taught myself DPN but loved the idea of using circular needles for making plushies! Yours is the clearest even for a beginner like myself. Thank you!
you taught YOURSELF dpn??? thats insane fantastic job!!
Love this tutorial, so clear!
Thank you very much! I have started and restarted trying to use my magic loop needles, to no avail. I watched several videos on this, but kept coming back to yours. Yours is stated simply, slow enough to follow, while demonstrated clearly, making each component readily identifiable. I am having a bit of an issue with my cast on stitches tightening, which has made sliding them along the cables a little difficult. I just need to practice, get comfortable with the twisting and frankly annoying cables. I am a crocheter, crocheting Amigurumi, but wanted to knit the clothing, as I prefer the delicate stitches for such items. I have not knitted for probably 35 plus years, but am determined to get the hang of it. 😊
oh it can be so hard at the beginning but we are sure you will get the hang of it! If you ever have any questions, you can always reach out as well. We are super happy to help! Happy making 🥰
Thank you for explaining this so well. Cannot tell you how many videos I watched on this, and still didn’t understand the technique until this one.
I’m fairly new to knitting although successfully knitted some toys…. I really wanted to make a jumper…. Your video is by four the best and clearest of how to use circular needles. Thank you 👍
WOW Hayley, that is super kind of you! Thank you!! Hope you're having fun with circular needles (I wouldn't be without them! I love magic loop!) Sending kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
Thank you so much. You make it so easy to understand
You are so very welcome! 🥰 Happy making!
Thank you, that was so clear and easy to follow! Magic indeed!
Hi Lily - it's my favourite, favourite thing - I love magic loop! Makes such a difference for sleeves and socks!! Kindest wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Thank you for the very informative tutorial. The details were well presented.
Thank you, in the space of your video I've got the bang of it already! Fabulous delivery
WOH, that's SO fantastic to hear Home from Home Childminding! Thanks so much for leaving us a comment! Sending kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
I learned to knit from your beginner’s videos. I have always wanted to learn and started with videos a few months ago. I always search for your videos, because they are so easy to follow. I am joining a sock class at my local yarn store next month and need to be able to knit in the round. I’m going to try a hat first with this magic loop technique.
oh J, that is so fantastic to hear!! I am sure you will find magic loop helpful for your hat - you could also just knit one in the round with a smaller circular needle, but magic loop will work just fine! It is an absolute joy for knitting socks though! We have three videos on our channel for knitting basic socks in an aran weight yarn - they are so easy to follow and once you start, you just won't stop! This is the first one: ua-cam.com/video/mJxz7Q-EkVg/v-deo.html Kindest knitting wishes, from Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Brilliant tutorial! I'm left-handed and watched a lot of other tuts but just couldn't get it & I'm experienced knitter! Many thanx.
That's amazing! Thanks so much for your kind feedback and Happy making always 😍❤️
Thank you, thank you. Splitting the stitches was a game changer ❤️🙋♀️🇨🇦
That's great to hear Valerie! It looks fiddly but once you have the hang of it, you won't look back! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
So very clear; thank you so much.
You are so welcome🥰Happy making!
This video was sooooo helpful. Thank you!! You answered so many questions. Thank you thank uou
Very good clear instructions, not too slow and not too fast. Nice finger nails as well!
Hi Deborah! Thanks so much for your kind words! Super glad that it helped! I am a big fan of magic loop!!! Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xxx (thanks about the nails!!!)
Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial. The only one I understood from all that I watched.❤❤❤
You are so welcome!🥰
Thank you for explaining so easily
Excellent instructions and clear photos. Your video helped me get it! Thank you
That's so lovely to hear Eileen, thanks so much for letting us know! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
This was amazing for me. I am making golf head covers and this is amazing clear instructions
This is a great technique. Thanks for showing us xx
Thanks so much Alex, I hope the video helped!! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Thank you, very clear and I got it now!
A wonderful tutorial. It was easy to follow.
Wonderful tutorial. Thank you, I am hoping to knit a toque.
A wonderful tutorial! So easy to follow. Looking forward now to making my toy!
Hi Margot! Sorry it has taken so long to reply to your kind comment! I hope you had fun making your toy with magic loop! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
I think I got it finally. Greatest tutorial. Thank you.
Wow, Michele, that is SO great to hear!!! Well done! It's such a useful thing, I absolutely love it. Am thrilled that the video has helped! Sending you kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
So clear, thank you. I am glad that you have taken this right back to the cast on.
You are so welcome! Happy making, always 🥰❤️
Fabulous tutorial. I will use it for socks,
Thank you, l got it on your first explanation .
U have explained the magic loop in a simple way, I liked it, 👍
Wow Alpana, that's really great to hear! I hope you've had fun knitting with it! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
thank you, I finally got it, I could not work it out well from other videos but your lovely explanations made it nice and easy. Now I m ready to knit my first pair of socks, Thank you again!
Hi Barbara! That's so great to hear! Thank you so much for leaving us a comment! You might like our how to knit socks videos - this is the first one ua-cam.com/video/mJxz7Q-EkVg/v-deo.html and oh my goodness, sock knitting is addictive! Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Thank you! So clear and succinct! I'm going to make some socks!!
I love tutorials that just get to the point
Thanks Chocoboasylum!! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion & the LoveCrafts team x
Amen to that ! Well said ♥️
❤awesome teacher for a beginner. thank you so very very much.❤
Happy making! 🧡🥰
Excellent best tutorial I’ve used.
That is so kind- thanks so much 🥰
Thank you so much for your very easy to follow and helpful video. I'm doing a scarf, packed a bit when read pattern and it says to use Magic loop method. I have never done it. I did look at several videos but yours is for me the best one. Explains it all clearly and felt confident to start. Fingers crossed I can do scarf on it. So used to 2 needles and just got used to DPNs after 40yrs of knitting I feel confident now to embrace new technique.. thank you.
My goodness, Sinead I am super proud of you - it's always daunting to try a new technique but you've done it! I was never very good with DPNs, they used to just slide all over the place for me so I was very happy to get into magic loop and I think it's a really easy way to knit in a circle, whatever the size! Sending you kindest knitting wishes with love from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xxx
Very clear. Thank you.
Thank you so much!🥰
This was very useful, thanks a lot!!!
You are super welcome❤️
I have watched about 10 videos and yours is the first one and only one that I totally get. The others were much too fast with the needle position and which one you used next. I was just on the verge of giving up when I found you. I thank you SO much. ❤️🤗🙏
That is absolutely amazing! We are so glad that our video was helpful and hope you have lots of fun using this technique for your future projects. Happy making always 😍✨🧡
You make it easy thanks nicole best tutorial
Woh Nicole, thanks so much! I am really glad it helped! Am a big fan of magic loop, it just makes life so much easier! Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
I love her voice 😍 amazing easy video thank you xxx
Thank you Danielle! That is so kind of you! I am so glad you've found the magic loop - it's a really transformative method to use - I know lots of people love their DPNs but I love magic loop! Happy knitting! Love from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
Been trying to circular knit a baby pullover and going bongers. I can use a #3 or 4 for most of my knitting. I shall get a 40” and practice. My Great Grandson is 9 weeks old so I have time to get a sweater knitted,as I will make a size for a 1-2 year old. Great instructions.
It definitely can take some time getting used to it, but we are sure that you will get there! There are also other ways of knitting in the round if you do not like the Magic loop. We are always here if you need any extra advise or help.❤️🥰
I just wanted to say a big thank you for your excellent tutorial. I'm so pleased I found you ... I will subscribe ... and thanks again.
Ooooh Linda, welcome to LoveCrafts! We really do try to create videos that will help - so if there is anything you'd like to see, let us know! Kindest wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
I tried before but this video has made it so clear! Thank you!
That's so great to hear-yay!🥰❤️
Thank you for the good tutorial! I was wondering if you can show us how to bind off when doing magic loop?
Thanks. Great easy to follow tutorial. I am knitting fingerless gloves
Hi Rene! That's great to hear! I find it so much easier than working with double pointed needles! I am sure your fingerless gloves are going to come out beautifully! Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team xx
Great video
Your voice is beautifully soothing 💜
Thank you Mercury89, that's very kind of you to say xx
😊brilliant explanation!! Thank you. Now I don't need to buy smaller circular needles.
Great fun...? Up until now, I must have started my project a good 12 times and almost dumped it in the garbage! I never know whether I'm coming or going, and I hate pulling on the stitches so that the stitches on both needles are properly distributed 😢
Your instructions are absolutely impeccable! I love the way you explain every detail. Most instructors just tell you what to do without the 'why'. Because of your amazing demonstration, I will attempt to knit my baby beanie hat on the round, one last time! Thanks for the great encouragement ❤
Just one question before I get started. How do you go about counting/calculating the rows for decreasing if the work has been split into 2 sections? Do I still follow the setup you've explained and simply add a marker...?
I love this, baby hats 🙌🧶
Hi Ginny, oh yes this would work wonderfully well for baby hats! it's so easy to decrease when you're using magic loop too, no dropping needles! Kindest knitting wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Thank you very much. I hate DPN, it is so confusing for me to handle 4 to 5 needles and I already gave up out of frustration. Now I will try to knit a hot bottle cover.
We absolutely hear you! Magic loop can make it so much easier for sure. So glad this was helpful🥰❤️
This is amazing! I have no luck with DPNs which end up a tight snarled mess. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this! :-)
You are so welcome!💕
Thank you so much! This was the first video (of 4!) that made sense to me! You explained it clearly so we can see the overall method, rather than just groping in the dark following directions but not understanding the big picture! And your voice is so soothing and reassuring! :)
🥰That is super kind! Thank you so much.
This is best demonstration…
Bless your heart, Creative Crochet Shop, we're very glad you approve! Kindest wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Brilliant video- maybe this time I can get it going to knit a seamfree baby hat- thank you
Oooh Catherine, I bet you have tried it and it works! It's a great way to work small projects! Kindest knitting wishes from Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
Fantastic tutorial very precise and clear. Have watched many and yours was clear and thank you for sharing your skills. I am currently wanting to use it to make Izzy comfort Dolls for Ukaranian children. It will save time having to seam up the flat knittted version and also very good for shaping of the heads all in once piece. Excellent!!!
Oh Esther, that is so kind you - thank you - but how wonderful that youare making comfort dolls for Ukrainian children, that is absolutely fabulous. We have had an office in Kyiv for 5 years now, and we have worried and worried about our team mates since this awful war began - thankfully they are safe, our brilliant company has helped them to find safe places to live, but we worry about everyone else there. xxxx thank you for your lovely comment xx Kindest wishes, Merion and the LoveCrafts team x
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So simple to follow thank you so much. Going to knit my first bed socks with large 8mm needles and didn’t want to use a set of double sided ones
You are so welcome- happy making 🥰❤️
Thankyou so much!
You are super welcome! Happy making 🥰🧡