I know this may seem silly, but I am attempting the Lion Brand Men’s Grey Socks pattern (free) http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60049.html and instead of using DPNs, I (and my husband) are doing them with the Magic Loop method.
So far so good - we’ve done our cuffs and have continued down the leg of the sock and are ready to start on the heel flap and then turning the heel. I haven’t done a sock Magic Loop before and have only attempted a sock once before on DPNs, so I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how to “convert” the pattern for use with Magic Loop since the instructions are really specific to using 3DPNs.
My issue so much isn’t how to do the flap (I realize that I need to work half of the stitches, which works out well since with Magic Loop I only have two needles so I already have half on just a single needle to work) but more when it’s time to do the gussets… it tells me what to do when I have three needles – do this with needle 1, do this with needle 2, do this with needle 3… but I don’t have 3 needles and am not sure if I’m just over analyzing or if there’s something I need to keep in mind or remember to convert it for use with just the two needles of Magic Loop.
Any help you can give that will allow me to wrap my brain around doing this 2D vs. 3D (kinda sorta) would be greatly appreciated 
