Converting sock pattern for 2 circular needles

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I am starting my third pair of socks ever and am switching from plain vanilla socks in one color to a patterned sock with contrasting cuff, heel and toes and with a stockenette/ reverse stockinette pattern in the leg… So far, I have used only a pattern written specifically for knitting with 2 circular needles (which I LOVE) and am concerned that I will mess up placement of the stockinette/reverse stockinette pattern and, of course, the heel. Any ideas of how to simply convert a pattern written for dpns or magic loop to 2 circular needles?

The pattern I am using is Rye Light by Tin Can Knits.
All suggestions welcome!

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Just use markers! For example when going from DPNS to other needles you could put markers there where the DPNs would have been.

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engblom,
I haven’t used dpns - just 2 circulars or 9" cables. Any tricks to help mark what is instep vs heel, etc?

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Hi Claudia,

I found this old thread o this site. Several responses which should give you all you need:
https://forum-new.knittinghelp.com/t/converting-sock-pattern-from-dp-to-circular-needles/49400

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rcubed,

Thank you for the heads up - that thread was REALLY helpful!

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I believe Dpn pattern would use needle numbers and stitch counts to tell you when the instep starts and ends in a round. @engblom is telling you to use markers to indicate the end of the DPN1 sts and the start of DPN two sts all on circular one needle.

Example: I use a blue marker file start or round, red marks end of dpn 1, yellow is the end of dpn 2, and dpn 3 ends 1 stitch before the blue marker. (So I have one stitch to keep the marker on the circular A while I am working with circular B.)

That way if the instep starts 5 sts before or after the end of dpn 1 it is 5 sts before or after the red marker.

I hope this helps.

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OffJumpsJack,
thank you for the tip - what you say makes sense - I’ll give it a shot!