[Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop

Sun Sep 5 20:09:43 UTC 2010

Okay, but there is a way that lets you knit one sock inside the other. So 
when your knitting is complete you pull the second sock out of the inside of 
the other sock and I believe this is done with double knitting and it kind 
of makes sense because first you knit a stitch or stitches and then you 
by-pass/skip others, so it is possible to have both going at the same time 
and keep both socks totally seperate from each other without accidentally 
knitting/connecting them together. I just am not sure how its done.  I've 
seen mention of it on the internet & if you run a search on double knitting 
you will find it mentioned.  I thought that magic loop & double knitting 
were done at the same time in this process, but here, you might be correct. 
I'd need to do a bit more research on socks and would have to be taught how 
the two techniques or just one technique is used in the process.

Eileen

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From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 3:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop

> Have actually had a look into this since I make socks with sock yarn so 
> they
> can be worn in your shoes. You have to cast-on each sock independently. 
> Then
> you either use Magic Loop or Two Circulars to knit them. It is not at all
> like double knitting, there is no knit one stitch and slip one. Socks are
> always divided into a top and bottom half. Half the stitches are on the 
> top
> and half on the bottom. Picture your big circular for magic loop you start
> knitting the bottom half of sock one. Once that has been knitted over to
> your right needle, you slide up sock two. Now you knit the bottom half of
> sock two. Once that is on the right needle you are ready for sock two top
> half. Now you knit the top half of sock two and when it is on the right
> needle you slide up sock one and you knit the top half of it.
>
> You do have to use two balls of yarn so using ball one knit bottom of sock
> one, drop the yarn, pick up yarn from ball two, knit bottom of sock two,
> knit top of sock two, drop the yarn, pick up ball one yarn, knit the top 
> of
> sock one.
>
> I decided that this was more complicated than I wanted so I use two
> circulars to knit my socks independently.
>
> The two socks at once are good for people that use a pattern and also for
> people that have a problem with second sock syndrome (they get bored on 
> the
> second sock and don't finish).
>
> I hope this explanation helped.
>
> Cindy S.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Eileen Scrivani
>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 12:32 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>
>>
>> Annette:
>>
>> I don't know exactly how it is done, but to knit 2 socks at
>> one time, it
>> some how uses a combination of both Magic Loop & double
>> knitting.  I suspect
>> that you would start it by using 2 different/seperate strands
>> of yarn at the
>> time you cast on (that is what will keep the socks as 2
>> separate entities)
>> but since I no next to nothing about sock knitting, don't
>> know precisely how
>> these things are put together to work a pair simultaneously.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:46 AM
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>
>> > Yes, I too am interested in sock knitting now that I saw
>> that you have
>> > a pattern that is worked up with normal to thicker yarn on bigger
>> > needles. I have no interest in using really thin yarn and tiny
>> > needles.  Can you also include a component of the class on
>> knitting 2
>> > socks simultaneously on the same needles?  I think that
>> I've read that
>> > is possible.
>> >
>> > Annette
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen
>> > Scrivani
>> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 9:06 AM
>> > To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Magic Loop
>> >
>> > Yes, please, please  do more on sock knitting.  I'm very
>> interested in
>> > doing
>> > socks even though I don't like wearing them.
>> >
>> > Eileen
>> >
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------
>> > From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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>> >> Since I am reading these emails backwards as I received
>> them.  I will
>> >> set up a date and we will let folks know.  I need to do that sock
>> >> class as  I promised folks and I will take a look at the
>> calendar for
>> > dates.
>> >>
>> >> Joyce  Kane
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