2 Socks at-a-Time, Toe-Up, Magic Loop
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- To get your copy of the pattern to follow along, visit my website here: verypink.com/20...
Information on things you'll see in this video:
The yarn I used in my yellow worsted weight socks is Cascade 220.
The bulky yarn I used for demonstration is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky.
The wood circulars I used for demonstration are Knitter's Pride Symfonie Dreamz interchangeable circulars.
The sweater on the mannequin is my Woman's Zippered Letterman's Jacket, pattern + video tutorial:
verypink.com/20...
The pattern for the sweater I'm wearing can be found here (not my design):
www.ravelry.com...
The nail polish I'm wearing is Julep color "Flora":
refer.julep.com...
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I am working on a pair of socks using this method. I definitely had "second sock syndrome", so this is a wonderful way to get an actual pair of socks much quicker!!! I don't even want to say how long it took between sock one and sock two before learning this method!!! Thank you Staci. As with so many of your other viewers, I absolutely love your videos and your wonderfully easy to understand instructions.
Watching you knit is mesmerizing! The production of your videos is outstanding. I have seen professional tutorials by publishers that pale in comparison. The camerawork is always spot on, the definition of the video is crisp. So is your teaching material and how the projects are broken down to simple steps. You are a very gifted teacher, and the technical means make your knitting shine. A pleasure to watch!
If you are knitting what is essentially a closed tube maybe it might be a good idea to put the ball of yarn in the tube as you are knitting and in this way it will stop the yarn from gettling tangled
+Ethel Pepper Awesome, thanks! I would have never though of that!
That's really smart!
It's me from the future! So glad I saw your comment before embarking on this project!
This is so amazing as a new knitter I am liking doing this method of two socks at once. Your instructions are so very clear and loving your videos.
You are an excellent teacher and I love that you explain each row in your instructions, rather than “repeat “ as most instructions say. Thank you.
For anyone struggling with tension and working the second pass of wraps, picking up both wraps at once makes them easier to work into than when you pick them up one at a time like she suggested
Such a clear tutorial! I’m a total beginner and understood everything. Prefer toe up because if I go cuff down I’m always insecure if I’ll have enough yarn ☺️
I have been so bored with sock knitting lately, but this really gave me the spark I needed! With this technique, sock knitting is interesting and new again and the best: you don't run the danger of second sock syndrome where you are too bored to finish the second sock. This is a great video, thank you so much! ^___^
I have watched a ton of people teach two at a time today on UA-cam. But you win! it took yours to make it work. Thanks tons and tons.
Oh, WOW!! Thank you so much for doing this video!! I'm a beginner at knitting and started doing socks on a loom and it took 2 DAYS just for 1 sock! I became better at knitting with the needles but didn't want it to take forever to do one sock at a time and you have definitely made my life easier!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
I’ve only knitted cotton dish rags but have always wanted to knit socks, I spent this whole day just learning this, so I got about 6 rows started, ripped out and over and over, I now got somewhat of a feel for it and talk about exciting that I even got that, I will work more and more each day like this until I get the whole entire concept of it, I know I will get it and then I will order the pattern, I can’t wait!!! My Mom passed away last December and I would have loved to show her, she would have been so proud, she taught me how to crochet,,,Thank you so much for this tutorial, I am loving it❤️
Hands down, 👍BEST knitting channel on YT. I just love your channel. If your a beginner, intermediate, or expert, you can find something on here. I love that you do thorough videos on patterns. I'm self taught knitter, and way back when I knit my first pattern, (crocheter first) maybe just maybe, I could find a video online for help. Mostly, I endlessly searched the Internet for a blog post for help. I did learn but it was REALLY hard. I would cry being so frustrated. You know, casting on 90 sts, by the 30th row, I'd have too many or too little of original sts. Sts falling off needles, (I'd have panic attacks) holding needles so tight, my knuckles were white. Lol. Knitting was suppose to be fun. I had no one to help me. I didn't give up though. The area I lived in, didn't have a yarn store. Closet one was 75 miles. Even now, closet one to me is 35+ miles away. Having you on here, is a godsend. I'm purchasing my first pattern today. 😁 I've been subscribed to you for awhile. I just haven't had the time to really go through your videos. I'm going to be broke. 😉 Lol. Thank you for FINALLY making a knitting channel the correct way. I know there are class videos on other sites etc., but they're a bit $$. 💜
LOL, I love how you cover all the bases of questions in your description, right down to the nail polish color!
:) Yep, It didn't take me long to learn that I can save myself a lot of time answering questions if I just include the info that I know people will want to know! And it's pretty flattering that folks are always interested in my nail polish color.
I love this method and have used the self striping sock yarns for it three times. You can use the maximum amount of your yarn if you knit toe up. I have knit from one single ball of yarn using the inside and the outside at the same time. I just pull some yarn free to lay in a loose puddle next to me on either side. (No cats) I turn my needles clockwise on the knit side to turn and counter-clockwise on the purl side to keep the yarn from tangling. Love your videos!
Wow; Your tutorials are becoming awesome entertaining and enlightening! Thank You Stacey for Your gracious insight. Who needs Netflix with Your tutorials to watch? I will have to do this pattern this winter; I really want to try that German short row toe out; I am wondering if the fit is more soothing. So far I have done both cuff down (once) and toe up socks being my most performed sock.. I love knitting socks! I would love, love, love to see You roll out a series of German Short row tutorials. Oops, now I see why You were picking up the wraps!
Wonderful tutorials. Your beginning sock pattern helped me to knit my first-ever socks and I have watched your magic loop tutorial, so you are my go-to for help on techniques. This pattern is truly line-by-line and it's very clear. I did find that a tapestry needle helped me to pick up the wraps when purling - I would pull the right-handle needle out some to secure those stitches while I turned the left-hand needle toward me to get to those wraps. I have experienced my first wrap and turn project now. Thank you.
When got circular needles 40 yrs ago.. They were just for over sized things but I love this magicc loop concept. Just now having time for myself after frenetic career and kids...still ignoring fussy housework.
Thanks so much for the video tutorial to go with the pattern. I would have been totally lost without it, especially when it's time to go to magic loop and setting that needle up right. Genius idea to link patterns to your videos! It's great to pause , re watch over when you get stuck. Please keep adding more and more patterns. P.s these are me very first pair of socks I ever made. Yay!
Love this pattern!!! I refer to it every fall when I start to knit another pair of socks for my husband!!
You are an excellent teacher and I like the real time issues you experience as I will have many more! You have made this so logical, simple and not so terrifying to try, even for the novice knitter. Thank you SO much!
Hello Staci - Your videos are some of the best I've viewed. They are clear, easy to follow, and professionally produced. I finally took the plunge to knit 2 at-a-time Socks. So far, so good. Keep up the good work.
Having already seen your tutorial for the 10 Stitch blanket- when you do the wraps on the socks, it makes more sense, because it is ALMOST the same concept of shaping the knitting. I agree with the other viewers- you honestly make it more fascinating to learn how to do some of the more difficult level type of knitting. Gives a semi-beginner (me) hope that I CAN figure out those kinds of projects and expand my knitting horizons. Thanks so much!
I just have to say i love your videos! You explain everything with lots of detail and always knit at a decent pace!:) thank you for being my UA-cam teacher and inspiring me to try new techniques! I will definitely be making these socks for my whole family for Christmas! Thanks again!!
I just want to thank you for this pattern. I just finished a pair and they turned out amazing!
I love this toe, I forgot where to find it till today, I like to knit it, how it knits up and the way it looks on feet. I have the written pattern to carry with me. My family loves these socks to sleep in during our cold winter nights in the Pacific North West. Thank you Stacy for this pattern and the video, I have learned so much about sock knitting.
You are a wonderful knitter and teacher. I love all your video's and hope to make a pair of these some time.
Thank you for your instructions on how to do these wonderful socks. I have learned so much from this video.
What a wonderful tutorial. I really want to try this and you video really show everything nice and slow and understandable. I have been looking for a tutorial that will show me how to make socks and I wanted to make them two at a time cause my tension differs so much when I start a second anything. LOL Thank you so much.
Oh my gosh, you are the very 1st person that I've ever seen that holds their crochet hook the same way I do. My grandma began teaching me to crochet when I was, I believe 6 years old. She held her hook the conventional way, and I couldn't seem to get the hang of that. I naturally wanted to hold it the way you do.
I've always felt like my "unconventional" way looked, well...not very graceful. But, it's the way I've done it for over 40 years, and I feel like it gives me better tension control than I would ever achieve if I were able to hold it the way most people do. I'm so happy to see that you hold yours this way. Haha, it seems silly, but I admire you so much, and I truly feel better about my crocheting now! Thank you, Staci!
I'm so glad I found your channel, you are a most excellent teacher; I just adore you
I am excited to start my first hand knit socks because of you and this video which shows every stitch of the way. Except for that last one . . . Thank you so much!
I am soooo excited to give this a try!! I must admit I was confused when you were doing the wrap stitches until you compared it to the finished sock. Thank you for doing that!!
I am a new knitter, but long time crocheter. I am truly looking forward to making my first pair of socks!!
Thank you Stacey that is very helpful I told myself through the Lord God how to knit in 2016 and I'm 65 and I'm legally blind but she just taught me a lot of techniques that one day if I get a chance to learn to soften it that would be wonderful I say I'm a beginner too intermediate and I'm learning so you taught me a lot that was wonderful and I'm glad even though it was a long tutorial it was worth it sometimes we need those long tutorials to help us to understand just the basics of things and it's usually the little things that get us all in trouble whether it's knitting or life isn't it so thank you peace shalom
Staci, Thanks to your pattern and tutorials this octogenarian was able to learn three new tricks at once---toe up socks, two at a time, and magic loop!!! The next pair will be trying Japanese short rows. Guess you're never too old to learn. Thank you!
I did fine until undoing the provisional cast ons. Then I messed the whole thing up.
I am one of those single sock syndrome people and that is why I gave up sock knitting years ago. Now after seeing this I'm eager to try it again. Thank you so much for doing this video! I had just finished a knitting project and my husband asked me what I was going to do next. I started working on a baby sweater but I think I'll start a pair of socks now too. I'm also one of those people who get bored very easily trying to do a project like a scarf, shawl or sweater. It seems it takes forever so I am reluctant to start or stay with it. I finally finished the Saroyan Scarf, it only took me 3 months to do it. This looks fun! I love your videos! :)
You make this look so easy! I have books about how to do magic loop two@a time that really are confusing. You explain it all very clearly, makes me think I could actually give it a go.🤔
when the glasses go on, it's time for business!
Staci, I have been making toe up magic loop socks but I love your toe, it is smooth others are squared, bumpy etc. Thank you.
Thank you for doing this video I have not done socks in years and this looks like it will easier than the old way with 5 needles.. Can't wait to get some yarn and new needles and try this.
Did you try it yet? I'm finally getting to this and it's great!
I love your tutorials hahaha you're so much fun. Thank you so much. This video makes me wanna pick up my needles and knit again.
This is the best pattern ever for beginner sock knitters!!!!!
Thank you soo much for this video and your pattern which I recently purchased. I just got into 'the round' successfully and I'm so thrilled! Your videos and tutorials are by far the best I've found.
So excited to try this. Just bought pattern. It's good value, spelling out everything over 12 pages. I can confirm it covers patterns for both worsted weight AND regular sock weight (4 ply) and it also covers the whole range: kids, women's and men's (or very small, medium and large to my way of thinking). That will cover my whole family!
Just purchased the pattern and will look at video while doing the toe for sure. I am excited to begin the many adentures for socks for family and friends.
Just started these for my daughter. Excited to see how they turn out. Love your tutorials and patterns. Hope to see lots more. Thank you
Diane Schuller - I am putting the needle behind the right leg of the V of each stitch.
this link no longer has the sock pattern
Indeed it is. It's not a "free pattern" scroll down the page and you will find the PDF pattern where you can purchase your copy. The video Staci is sharing here is the "Technique" a how to complete the socks using her sock pattern. HTH
I'm a brand-new knitter, and seeing the removal of the provisional cast-on was like magic...but then you're immediately ready to knit in the round (which I somehow was not expecting?) and that just doubled the "wow, that's amazing!" feeling. I can't wait until I'm ready to make these!
Wow, you have incredible hand strength, I couldn't break yarn with my bare hands!!! Great tutorial, thanks.
This video has gotten me addicted to magic loop socks:) I started on dpns and while I still so certain socks with them it's so much easier to avoid a case of second sock syndrome by doing it this ML2x sock way :)
Thanks so much for another super easy to follow pattern and tutorial!!!!:)
I'm watching you knit to keep me company while I knit ☺️
Alright, yarn check. Needles check. Watched video check. Bought pattern check. Just need to learn how to read a pattern. Lol. Great video, seems like it’s gunna be super challenging for my second project. But I appreciate the walking through techniques.
Staci, You are just an amazing teacher! I watch a lot of podcasts, but ALWAYS return to yours when I want to really know how to do something right and taught with clarity and a sequence that makes sense. Thank you for making these free videos! Wishing you a very successful 2017. Sam
Ah ha! Very clever, slipping stitches to make the toe. I do prefer 2 at-a-time but have always used 2 needles for fronts & backs, of different lengths or types of needles to have different colored cables. Pondering if I want to try it magic loop, which I am not a fan of but it has its uses. I need some bulky socks for winter so am going to give this pattern a try. Thanks!
I made my first set of toe up socks using magic loop and this pattern. I found the very easy to use and video was helpful also. When I made socks on double pointed needles it would take me a couple weeks, I made these in three days. I need practice on the heel, I wasn't happy with it but I will get better.
I've just watched the tutorial (again) there was one place I got a little lost...i'm a lefty and when you first put the stitches over to the other needle to get ready for circ. knitting I got all turned around, but the tip about always pulling the back needle fwd. was right on time!! I am now on the heels of my worsted socks! woot. thanks very much!
I love all of your tutorials. The patterns are so well written and really go step by step so you can follow along with the video. Plus you are hilarious. Win win :)
Me encanta cómo explicas el proceso; está muy claro; me han salido perfectos, he conseguido hacer dos a la vez y acabo de terminar los dedos en el lazo mágico!!!!!!! Gracias!!!!!
Two at a time, toe up is my FAVORITE way to knit socks. It is perfect for my OCD so I know that both socks are EXACTLY the same length. I work a different style heel that can get tricky, but I usually end up transferring to DPNs to work just the heel. Then I transfer back to magic loop and fly to the end.
Since most of my hole in socks are toes or ball of foot and heels, will prob. just knit the toes, and maybe knit/purl the bottom of foot at heel and ball of foot. TY for you explainations and showing how!! Stay well
I love the toe on this sock 🧦. I have avoided doing TAAT Toe up because I don’t like the pointy triangular weird toes but yours is nice and round 👍🏻 Nice Job! This is my next pattern purchase! I purchased your German Short row pattern and just never was able to knit it up 😔 because I just wasn’t able to understand GSR’s but this one looks totally doable!! 🌹 Thank you My Dear.
Perfect timing for this video, I just started and am almost ready to turn the heal. :)
Excellent video. I've not done 2 at a time before.
The only tricky bit seems to be getting the toes done - after that, two at a time makes perfect sense. I might cheat and do my toes on DPNs and then transfer them to the magic loop.
Thanks so much Staci, for another incredible tutorial! You taught me how to knit! Love from Tennessee :)
Thank you Staci! I just bought this pattern and will be doing my first pair of socks ever in the 10 years I've been knitting! LOL..
Willow Dawn not even 10
Thank you for taking the time to explain all that. Hopefully I can try it tomorrow with the right tools. This is way too complicated to start at midnight.
Your workmanship is really great. I am always looking forward to it.
Thanks for the good info.
I think I now know how to do it!! Such clear instructions! Now!...where are those needles that I had no idea how to use?!?!
I’ve never seen anyone hold the yarn with a crochet hook the same way as me before! Love it! ☺️
He descubierto que con este tutorial he aprendido cómo hacer esas manoplas divertidas con el comecocos, porque ahora recuerdo que años atrás intenté hacerlas pero me fué imposible, ¡difíciles!. Ahora ya puedo hacerlas!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)))
OMG!! I think my head just exploded! I got so turned around picking up stitches, getting rid of the provisional cast on, then moving stitches over, knitting...I just did a lifeline on one toe, took it completely off, got everything placed the way it should have been done if I had done it right in the first place! Now, to move on! I'm highlighting where I screwed up, & will try to do it right next time! Talk about a hot mess! My brain must have short-circuited at that spot, or my ADD started working overtime! Phew! Despite MY shortcomings, I love this pattern, & am doing it along with this video, watching the video parts over & over again! Here's hoping it gets easier when I get to the heels! I DO like this idea of knitting 2 socks at a time because the wraps are easier this way, at least to me! And it will hopefully be faster once I master this method!😬
Starting mine today! So excited.
Thank you very much Stacy!!! Kisses from Brazil!!!
Love this video for toe up socks. Thank you. Definitively a keeper so I can replay it if needed.
I have been hearing about this technique so its great tho see it explained in such detail. Thank you!
Cannot get this to save my life. Row by row I am very diligent with your pattern. I have started this over (and over and over) I am an expert at your providential start. but..I am holey. very very holey. I have restarted (again) and hope this time mine will look like yours.
You can email me at staci@verypink.com if you need pattern support - but my guess is that you're issue is more with tension. You may want to use smaller needles, make sure you're using wool yarn, and really focus on being sure that each stitch is as tight as the last, with no loose stitches.
you have completely demystified the process for me.... thank you!
I think you can put your 2 balls into 2 different tissue boxes then you won't suffer from the twisting mess. I mean you buy tissues anyway,right? Just keep the boxes when the tissues are off. Good for your wallet and good for our earth :)
Thank you for this very clear tutorial. I think I'm gonna try my first pair of socks with your pattern as Chinese new year present for my father
Zeze Vii awesome tip. So tired of getting my yarn tangled
Thanks for tip.
ML always confuses my brain. I'm glad you make a worsted version - I'll definitely try that one first. I've made tons of socks on DPNs and circs but the ML method is a lot like rub the head/pat the belly - which is hard for my brain! You're looking "verypink" btw - which I suspect is from wearing a green sweater against the green screen you're shooting in front of. Thanks so much for making videos!
Adding this to my knitting watch later list. I'm going to go out and buy some worsted weight sock yarn first.
I love that this pattern went directly to my ravelry account.
You are so good at knitting. How did you get so good??? It's amazing.
Hi Staci
You will be happy to know that I am now on my 3rd pair of socks and have nailed it, just finished the heel, got the tension right, got the heel right, closed the gap at the heel and am thrilled. I will continue in 8 ply for a while yet as I am making them in 3 different sizes for men and women in self striping acrylic for a Vegan Market next year. I thank you again for your awesome videos and patience in guiding me through what was at times a frustrating experience. I will tackle sock yarn some time in the future. I would love to send you some sock pics...what is the best way? Thanks again from Australia :)
Such an amazing tutorial, kudos for figuring this out.
Those needles are so pretty!
Never heard of reinforcing before. Wow, thank's.
so cool! I love knitting!
Wonderful tutorials. You taught me how to do German Short Rows. I had never seen it done before and it makes knitting socks so much easier. I am now watching your tutorial on magic loop, toe up, 2 socks and am wondering, can this be done with GSR? Thanks for your informative tutorials. I look forward to more.
Any short row technique can be substituted for another. This pattern uses traditional wraps and turns, but if you are comfortable with German short rows, you can use those instead. This video explains more about substituting: ua-cam.com/video/52qy8OOb-s0/v-deo.html
You are so awesome!!! I have this on my watch list for later and am super excited!
What about a tutorial on ankle length socks?
Hello, love love love all your patterns, your cable earflap hat was what inspired me to knit a few years ago! I have wanted to try socks for ages! and i am defiantly someone who doesn't want to repeat a pattern after completing it so figured 2 a time socks were best for me.
I have got the pattern and knit to the end of the toes but am having trouble unzipping my crochet stitches. In your video the crochet end WITHOUT a knot is on the right, and the working yarn is in the back on the left, when you have the right side of the socks facing you, allowing you to unzip the stitches and pick up with the right hand needle.
However I seem to be the opposite way round??? if I have the right side of the work facing me I have the end WITH the knot on the right and the working yarn at the back on the right. Even if I slip one sock off onto different needles I cannot find a way of correcting this?
Have I started from the wrong end of the crochet chain when I cast on?
I don't think I have missed a row but would kitting across once more on each sock help?
Can I just snip off the knot and unzip the crochet chain from this end and then position my stitches ready to knit in the round?
Please help me I would love to finish these socks and finally get over my phobia!
Charlotte Watts-Wooding - part of your question was cut off, but I think I can answer it, anyway. Even if your slip knot end is on the opposite of what I show in the video, you still have to unzip your crochet chain cast-on from the NON slip knot end. It's not a problem - everything else will work normally from there.
VeryPink Knits so I can just unzip and pickup the stitches from left to right?
Charlotte Watts-Wooding - yes.
One thing I didn't feel you made clear was that you need to split your yarn ball in half and have different ones for each sock
It's all in the pattern - the video is only made to accompany the written pattern, which explains much more than I can in video.
Oh I know, but it's really important and I think one of the early mistakes easy to make first time out, miss that one bit and the whole thing is shot to bits from the start
Liz Kimber omg
Thank you so much for the BEAUTIFUL tutorial. Loved it
At first your like, "UGH! MY YARN IS SO TANGLED!" Then a few minutes later you said this, "Taking off the provisional cast on is the most fun part!" --Lets just say that the provisional cast on is a pain in the butt. Looks like you having fun making these socks. Great video Stacey!
thanks for sharing this..I knitted 3 pairs in this method since I saw your video and I think I'll never go back to knitting one at a time
would you do a video on sweet tomato heel using this method please
Thank you for this video. I really needed a new project, and I think this is the one!!
Thank you for this very clear video, but in the critical places, where you add or reduce stitches, and do something, specifically, it would be clearer if accompanied with some explanation in written, just for us to understand the process, and what exactly you're doing and why.. But GREAT video, so generous of you to share that much of your experience..
+Reemara Abdul - yes, this video is made to accompany a written pattern, where the steps are spelled out row-by-row. You can get your copy here: verypink.com/2014/06/04/two-socks-at-a-time-toe-up-magic-loop/
thank your.. i heartily appreciate your quick response.. I'm a big fan of you and your videos.. thanks again
Appreciate you letting us know how much yarn these require.
hi. I mastered the German short row socks thanks to you and your awesome methods. I'm curious can I replace this method of wraps and turn by the gsr you taught us?
Yes, this video explains how to replace traditional wraps & turns with GSRs: ua-cam.com/video/52qy8OOb-s0/v-deo.html
Just between us, do you have a favorite needle you knit socks on? It looks like the sets mostly start with size 4. Most sock yarn needs a 1-3. I generally use Knit Picks chromes, but have fallen in love with Knitter's Pride cubics. Unfortunately, they just start with the 4. I'm trying to learn stranded knitting, but plain, I use 2@time, toe up on Magic Loop. Thanks! LOVE your videos!
Amazing video! I just wish u would've been able to show how to do those socks step by step until the end.. I suck at reading patern :/ but thank you, your sooo talented ! Its fantastic:)
+Vanessa Carballo - I show all of the techniques used in the video, but I really have to use a combination of written pattern and video tutorial. I'm afraid if I went through every stitch of the sock in video, the video would be HOURS long. :)
Thank you. I enjoy your videos.
To keep yarns untangled, place working yarn on one sock to the front of the work and the other working yarn to the back. Move yarn while working to opposite sides at all times - in back when work on one and in front when on hold.