108 comments on “Learn to Knit Toe-Up Magic Loop Socks”

1. Are these Parker’s feet? He is becoming quite the model for verypink!

2. Was not able to watch all of it today, will go back, but I certainly am impressed.

   Thank you so much.

   Helen

3. Love your tutorials! Wish you lived next door….I would drive you crazy asking questions about knitting. 🙂

4. Could you include the “recipe for using sock yarn…. Needle sizes & # of stitches to cast on & wrap…before I buy the pattern? I love all your patterns & videos..they are the best!! But I have lots of sock yarn & I need to use it. Thanks.

5. Love your video on toe-up socks! I haven’t tried the provisional cast on but have used the magic loop cast on for 2 at a time toe up socks. Have you ever used that? If so do you notice any differences in the toe of the sock?

   Thanks,
   Melissa

6. I’m loving this video on how to knit toe up socks. I learned how to knit socks with your video on knitting socks with the magic loop, and now I want to learn how to knit from the toe up.

   I don’t need a knitting library; you are my knitting library! lol

7. I am interested in learning how to knit toe up socks using fingering weight yarn. Do you have a pattern for fingering weight yarn? I would be interested in this pattern, however, worsted weight is too heavy for my interest. Any direction you could give would be appreciated.

   Thank you
   Marie

8. Hi Marie – the reason I designed this pattern with worsted weight yarn is so that you can easily (and quickly) learn the techniques involved, then take that knowledge with you to other patterns that use finer yarn and smaller needles. I actually don’t recommend using fine yarn and needles to learn these techniques for the first time. I always strive for a high knitter success rate with my tutorials, and I’ve found that worsted weight is the way to go!

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9. Great Video! What is the name of the sweater you are wearing? I bought yarn the other week for a sweater, but can’t seem to find the right pattern for the yardage I bought. Thanks for all of your hard work. Blessings!

10. Staci, I was wondering when/if you plan on doing a sock video using “sock yarn”. If not is there somewhere I can find out needle sizes, how many stitches to co. basically Im looking for your pattern for sock yarn….lol
    Thanks for your help!!
    Tonya

11. HI Tonya – I don’t have any plans to do a tutorial that uses sock-weight yarn. My philosophy is that people who are learning new sock techniques will have a much better success rate if they use bigger needles and heavier yarn to learn.

    You can visit my FAQ page for suggestions on patterns that use sock yarn, after you’ve completed my tutorial(s). Just look under the header “Socks”.

    Good luck!

12. Thank You Staci!! I found what I was looking for!! Now off to knit my Hubby some socks…..lol
    Tonya Neely

13. First of all I want to say your tutorials are great! I’ve only been knitting a little over a year and have learned so much from your videos.

    I’m having some trouble with the short rows. I keep ending up with extra stitches after I haved done the wrap and turn. Could it be in the way I’m wrapping?

    Thanks!
    Debbie

14. I actually figured it out, I’m not sure what I was doing, but I managed to stop it. LOLO

15. Thank you for the VERY informative tutorial. I will visit your site again and tells others about it!

16. Hi Staci,

    I bought the toe up magic loop sock pattern and I am looking forward to getting started. I live in Australia were we still use the old school system of plys. Its seems that worsted weight can be either 8 ply or 10 ply, does it matter which one I use? We dont see much 10 ply, but 8 ply is everywhere so perhaps I will just try that and see what happens.
    Thanks
    Lea

17. Hi Lea – my information tells me that worsted weight is 10 ply. But after reading your note, I’m not so sure! Worsted weight is the most common weight of yarn, as you say 8 ply is. I’m sure you will be able to get correct tension with either, so you’ll be fine. 🙂

    Hope that helps!
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18. You give the greatest instructions. Sounds like I am throwing roses, but I’m not. Well, I guess I am but not because I want a special pattern. It’s the scarf behind you in this video. It is gorgeous! Thanks for any help you can provide.

19. Hi Sharon – that is my Learn to Knit an Aran Shawl pattern/tutorial. Here you go:
    https://verypink.com/2010/06/02/learn-to-knit-an-aran-shawl/

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20. Your videos are easy to understand. Today I am buying the pattern for toe up magic loop 2 at a time… I’ve watched many of your videos and made them favorites on my you tube page.

21. This looks far easier than using DPN’s. I love it!

22. Hello Staci, I have made your learn to Knit toe up magic loop socks for my husband and I want to make another pair. I have watched your tutorials, bought the pattern, followed it, etc., am I the only one in the world who has trouble picking up wraps? Your video is great but my mind, or needles, is not grasping the concept, Is it really necessary to pick up wraps? Can I substitute an easier heel without doing any wraps? Help!

23. Hi, Staci
    I went to a local sock knitting class and was told that my project was a fiasco. Came home, followed your beginner sock tutorial, and now have made a pair of perfect socks! I think your videos are so much more informative and easier to understand. Wish you’d write a book with an accompanying DVD.
    I can’t thank you enough.

24. That’s great, Jennifer! Thank you for the note!

    We’ve looked into making DVDs, and the cost is extraordinary. I much prefer to keep my videos online, and my patterns as downloads, so that they remain free or inexpensive.

    Good job on the socks!
    🙂
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25. Staci, Back to your socks again. We already established that I hate W&T, so I was thinking of making your socks with an Eye of Partridge heel, but your directions don’t call for a gusset. Two questions, (1) do I need a gusset; (2) how many increases would I need for the gusset before I start the heel. If you have a pattern for this heel, i would like to purchase it. Thanks again, and I am sorry for my w&t questions, AGAIN.

26. can i knitt tow toe up socks on one sircular needle?

27. Great tutorial. I just finished ny first sock ever! But why am getting holes along with my W&ts? It happened at the toe and the heel.

28. Hi Sandi – little holes are to be expected. But it does take practice to keep the tension even throughout the entire heel. As you’re working the wrap and turns, the stitches on the ends of the needles are hanging out there and not getting worked, which allows for those stitches to get stretched out more than the others. You have to be careful that you’re not putting any extra pull on those stitches. I find that I have to watch myself, because the way I hold the needles, my pinkie fingers naturally pull the end stitches if I’m not careful.

    Also – if you’re using wool or a wool blend, the holes should look better after you wash and block the socks.

    Hope that helps!
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29. To Joan, Yes, you could certainly ‘not pick up the wraps’ – that’s the way it was always done in the past. I’ve been knitting since the ’40s, but that leaves the subsequent bar-across-the base of the wrapped sts showing.
    The newer concept is to pick them up and make the wrapped sts invisible. It’s much preferable to the old version, as the whole garment is now one smooth uninterrupted flow.
    Once you incorporate this newer technique, imagine how much nicer it will look when you have to short-row for a bustline and/or rounded shoulders in a sweater! So practicing in the smaller area of a sock is a great idea.

30. Staci! Thanks so much for all of your hard work on these tutorials. I learned how to make socks with your original video and am on about my 35th pair in three years! I am a DPN gal, but I just bought a lovely circular needle set, so I am going to finally try magic looping. W & T I tried first with your Bubbles Down the Drain pattern- my first toe up socks and they were lovely (one of the few pairs I just HAD to keep for myself!). Can’t wait to see your new video for making TWO AT A TIME socks ON ONE CIRCULAR NEEDLE!! That will be glorious! Keep up the great work!!

31. Hi there. AWESEOME videos. I have learned so much from them. I am addicted to socks now thanks to your tutorials. 😉 My question is will you ever be doing a tutorial for 2 at a time toe up magic loop? I must say tho that I finally learned how to cast on using your video for the cuff down method for 2 at a time and love it!!! And that heel design – sublime. I love the fact that there are no wraps and turns. I can never see the wraps. 😉 Keep up the great work and awesome videos.

32. Hi Staci – I’m having trouble finding the videos that go with the pattern for toe up magic loop socks. I bought the pattern. I don’t use Internet Explorer. I use Firefox so the links won’t work. I’ve searched for them but haven’t been able to find them. Thanks for your help. Ava

33. Ava – the video links in the pattern will work, regardless of what browser you use (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.). The video also exists on this website where you left the link. You can also find the video directly on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/2IxeBbooeRU

    Hope that helps!
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34. your works were awesome! can you also show some tutorials on making socks with single straight needles. Thanks!

35. I mean two single pointed needles..sorry!

36. I have just finished the heel and I’m knitting the cuffs. I will do your bind off, with the extra third bind. I did theese socks “two at a time” aswell as on the cuffs down pattern. I just love it and will never knit one sock att a time any more. Great thanks Staci for your super good tutorials! //Maya

37. Hi Staci, I have been wanting to learn the magic loop technique for a while, and I’m a big fan of your videos, so I think this pattern would be perfect. But I was wondering, could you instruct me on how to modify this pattern for a fingering weight yarn? Thanks!

38. Alexis – please take a look on my Frequently Asked Questions page, (specifically under the “Socks” header) for information to answer your question:
    https://verypink.com/frequently-asked-questions/

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39. I so wanted to purchase this pattern but don’t use PayPal. Do you have any other form of payment?

40. Donna – I’m only setup to take payments via PayPal, which is a convenient and safe way to pay. You don’t have to have a PayPal account to purchase patterns. You can use PayPal with your credit card without opening an account.

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41. Hi Staci,
    Do you have a toe-up pattern for sock yarn to download?
    Thanks!
    Best wishes,
    Sonja

42. Hi Sonja – yes, here is my pattern for Bubbles Down the Drain: https://verypink.com/2007/01/13/bubbles-down-the-drain/

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43. @Sonja, right above video is a link to add pattern to cart.

44. Love your videos…so helpful. I would love to have the pattern for the green sweater you are wearing in this video if possible???

45. Hi Janelle – the sweater I’m wearing in the video is this pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cropped-raglan-sweater
    🙂
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46. Can this pattern work for 2 at a time?

47. Joyce – yes, this pattern can be worked two at-a-time if you’re comfortable with that technique.
    🙂
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48. I have learned magic loop and toe yo sicks from your great videos. Wish you would do a video on converting sock patterns for dons to magic loop. Have tried, but always seem to run into a problem. Soon aim going to try the sweater video and pattern

49. Love your videos! I like to do two socks at a time using the Magic Loop.
    Would you do the same thing as the first sock for the second?
    Thanks!

50. Hi Brenda – the two socks are identical, so you knit the second the same as the first. Good luck!
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