Hi – I am Sheron Goldin and I learned
to knit when I was about 6. My grandmother taught me as a way to amuse
me when I was sick one summer. I have knit off and on since then and
got into sock knitting about a year ago. While knitting socks I have
suffered the agonies of such things as:
- Having the needles (from one
to all) fall out of the sock I was working on
- Pulling the wrong needle out
of the stitches thinking it was the empty needle I was going to work
on
- Loosing track of where I was
- Making changes in a pattern
and not writing them down, then trying to figure out what I did when
I tried to work on the second sock (so it matched)
- Second Sock Syndrome (but I
did that – why do I have to do it again?)
- Making the socks different
lengths
- Putting the sock down after
finishing the first one and having to figure out which size needles
I used for that pair (as I usually took them to work on something
else)
- And many other problems each
and every one of you has been through (and some you may not have)
Then Cat Bordi published her book
“Socks Soar on Two Circulars”. I got the book, got circular needles
and followed her directions. This solved many of the problems I had
working with double point needles but left the problems related to making
the second sock and making it match the first sock. So I fiddled and
tried various methods (including many hints others posted to the Socknitters
list) to get the second sock on the same needles as the first and work
them at the same time. What I am teaching here is what works for me.
Feel free to do things differently if these suggestions don’t work for
you. If you find something easier let the both the Socknitters list
and 2Circs Sock list know so we can all grow together.
This is a not a basic sock knitting
class – it is a class on how to work two socks at a time on two circular
needles. Want to just work one sock at a time – do so. Follow the directions
for the first sock and ignore the second sock. Feel free to use any
pattern you like. I will give directions for a child’s sock in worsted
weight yarn but you can substitute your favorite pattern and yarn for
the specific directions I give as long as it has a heel flap and gussett.
I prefer this type of heel and so will be covering it. I will also be
covering a toe that is decreased on the sides of the foot and grafted
closed, as that is what I usually use. Again feel free to use a different
heel and toe if your pattern calls for it or if you prefer if. I find
it easier to see what I am doing when working on thicker yarn and larger
needles so that is what I am suggesting you work with here. Feel free
to work with thinner yarn and needles if you choose. Want to work the
socks as written to learn but don’t know any children to wear them?
Make them of yarn that is at least 75% wool and donate them to CIC,
a charity Socknitters supports. You will find information about CIC
elsewhere on the Socknitters site. Or use a different pattern and make
them for yourself.