How To Knit Socks For Beginners On Circular Needles

In this live video series emily and deborah of meanwhile at the castle podcast walk you through each step of knitting socks.

How to knit socks for beginners on circular needles. This video will take you though casting on and the ribbed cuff. If youre comfortable with knitting in the round and are ready for a new challenge knit your own socks. Material metal wood or plastic length ones ranging from 16 to 32 are usually used pointiness of the tip. You can use two circular needles knit socks they basically behave like 2 giant bendy double point needles.

You can knit in the round with circular needles which makes them ideal for sweaters hats and sleeves. They dont require all that much yarn and are quite useful. It is a good intermediate step between working with double pointed needles and working two socks at a time on two circular needles if you love to knit socks thats extremely efficient. Ssk k1 k to end.

The first video to learn to knit socks. Plus you cant have too many socks especially during the cooler months. Work even on these sts until piece measures 55 65 75 8 85 9 inches from the back of the heel or 2 inches less than desired total foot length. For the purposes of this tutorial lets say were using size us.

Circular knitting needles feature 2 knitting needles that are connected by a cable. To that end youll first need to knit a swatch with chosen yarn needles and stitch pattern to establish stitch and row gauge. Deborah will demonstrate how to knit socks using the magic loop method. You can also knit flat on circular needles by working back and forth across the stitches on the central cable which is great for making blankets scarves and shawls.

We will be using 9 circulars as i find them the easiest way for knitting socks. Circular knitting needles are a lot of fun to work with. Cast stitches onto a flexible circular needle and work the body heel flap and gusset. All of the options usually available for circular needles.

12 sock knitting patterns for beginners using circular needles. 64 mm needles and sport weight yarn when knit in stockinette stitch gives us a gauge of 4 stitches and 6 12 rows per inch. They allow you to make bags and sweaters without seams as well as other fun projects like hats and socksbut most patterns assume that people know how to work with circular needles which can be intimidating for people who dont. Decrease for the gusset round 2.

One of the most fun things to knit are socks. This method makes the knitter feel a little more in control of the socks.