Knitting socks 2 at a time

General Knitting
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Does anyone know a good tutorial, pattern etc. for trying this method of knitting socks? I think I would like to try socks at some point, but it would probably crush my soul to complete one and then do it AGAIN. LOL. :wink:

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Thatā€™s why I do it like this, http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/FEATextreme2in1.html

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If I had to knit one sock at a time, I would only have one sock.

I learned with our own Silverā€™s Sock Class ā€“ Kristen, you rock!

Right now Iā€™m working on a pair of socks from this pattern : Two toe-up socks on one needle

Happy sock knitting!

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I use Antje Gillinghamā€™s book " KNitting Circles Around Socks" for doing two socks at the same time. Right now in between all the things I am working on I have four socks up on three circular needles. It is easy once you get used to two socks on circs. I did finish a pair for my son and have them posted in my Ravelry projects. There is a picture of the two socks in progress which I did finish in shades of green for myself(no finished picture but real comfortable to wear).

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I like Queen Kahunaā€™s Crazy Toes and Heels. I use her method for doing two socks on one circular needle, magic loop style, though her book mostly focuses on the two circ method.

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Iā€™ve used this site to learn 2 at a time on 2 circs:
http://www.socknitters.com/2circs/index.htm
or
http://lazyperryranchblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/two-socks-at-once-tutorial.html

The tutorials at Silverā€™s site are really good, too. I just learned it before dicovering Silver.

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Hi! :waving:

Socks are WONDERFUL to knit!!! However you do them! At least I think so. And I was so fascinated with sock knitting and so thrilled when I actually turned a heel for the first time that I set out to find the best method of sock knitting for me.

I started with double points and although I actually liked working with them, doing the second sock was a real pain. I tried magic loop next and found it gave me the basics Iā€™d need for the two at a time patterns, both with one and two circular needles. So I went checking out two at a time methods.

Two socks on two circs came next and I found it a little awkward at first but then got accustomed to it and it wasnā€™t so bad after that. The up-side was that when I was finished, I was finished an entire pair and didnā€™t have to go back and play deja-vu with the other sock! :slight_smile: Also, both socks were the same size and I didnā€™t have to count rows on the first to make sure I had the same number of rows on the second one. That, to me, was a major pain in doing one at a time. No matter what I did or how carefully I counted, that second sock was always different.

Once I got comfortable with the anatomy of socks and had knit a couple of pairs, then I finally tackled making two at a time on one needle. I used Melissa Morgan-Oaks Book, ā€œ2-at-a-time Socksā€ to learn the method. Itā€™s a relatively good book but it did take some trial and error before I got it. Experience is the only way to really get comfortable with any method and that holds true for this one particularly.

Another book Iā€™ve relied heavily on to learn the basics of sock making is Ann Buddā€™s excellent book, ā€œGetting Started Knitting Socksā€. If youā€™ve never knitted socks before this is definitely the one you want to learn from. Once youā€™ve done a pair or two with the double points (or magic loop) youā€™ll know how socks evolve and will learn the two at a time method of your choice much faster.

I tried Melissa Morgan-Oakesā€™ book early on, before I really knew much about sock construction. It ended up with my throwing book, needles and yarn across the room in a fit of frustrated rage!!! But since Iā€™ve taken the time to learn sock basics and finally moved on to two at a time on one needle, I find itā€™s an invaluable resource and have recently made about 8 pairs using it.

My next exploration will be doing two socks at a time using the method Cacuun mentioned - double knitting so that one sock is inside the other throughout! Iā€™ve already got it printed out but am still working up the nerve to try it.

Hope this helps you. Sock knitting is so much fun I love to see everyone try it!

Happy knitting,
Ruthie