Comments on: Double Time: Tutorials for 2 Socks on 2 Circs

By: Karin

Karin — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:17:19 +0000

I have tried this and I do it for sleeves, but for socks it defies the mindless round and round that I love about socks because you are for ever switching yarn or needles.

By: keri

keri — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:37:03 +0000

I tried the two circs thing but didn’t like it, too many yarn ends tangling made me crazy. However I may have to give it another try with this tutorial.

Thank you for being such a lovely hostess this month, I really enjoyed knitting along even though I didn’t finish a pair of socks.

By: beverly

beverly — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:40:55 +0000

I like two socks on two circs for the satisfaction of finishing all at once. I’m a little scattered when it comes to wanting to start on new projects, so SSS gets fooled with 2×2! The tangled yarn can be a pain, but I love binding off a pair.

Thanks for Socktoberfest, Lolly! I finally got my 2×2 toe ups started. xx

By: maryse

maryse — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:28:40 +0000

gah! not another technique!

actually i gave the long magic loop a try again today and i think it’s working. so far, i’m liking it better than dpns. let’s see what happens when i get to the heel.

since i don’t suffer from SSS i don’t think i’ll need to change things. plus, tangling yarn bugs the crap out of me.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:23:18 +0000

My mom has done two on one circ with Magic Loop, but I use Magic Loop for singles, or dpns… I don’t mind the second sock, though sometimes it can be a pain, like when I go away for the weekend and leave the first one behind and don’t have any measurements with me…

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:22:27 +0000

I’ve not done the 2 circs thing, but I just finished my first pair of socks EVER, 2 at once on one circ using magic loop. I know me, and I know I’d have major SSS, so 2 at once is the way to go. If I could do it for my first pair of socks, anyone can.
I just cast on a pair of toe-up jaywalkers 2 at once on magic loop. So far so gooo!

By: Nonnahs

Nonnahs — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:18:36 +0000

I love my DPNs, but I might give 2 circs another try if if I can do the 2 socks at once. Thanks for the tutorial!

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:09:11 +0000

I’ve always wondered about those shorty circ’s! Thanks for the tute!

By: Tania

Tania — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:06:24 +0000

I’m a dpn girl, though I’ve never tried magic loop. I tried to do the 2 -2 method with the Conwy pattern from Nancy Bush’s NOTR and it just seemed to go so slowly. Something was always getting tangled. I’ve also tried doing one sock on two circulars, which was alright except for having to manuever the stitches over the joins. When I do fair isle it will probably be on 2 circs though (although now I can’t think of a good reason why…).

Thanks for all the interesting info this month!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:58:59 +0000

I think I do get a pair done faster, usually in a week, if only because I don’t suffer from SSS ;D