Video Knitting Course: Mastering Magic Loop Socks
Knitting socks is easy and fun when you use Magic Loop. You can even knit them two-at-a-time! You’ll be amazed at how easy it is.
Learn Magic Loop, Toe-Up Two-at-a-Time Socks, and Top-Down Two-at-a-Time socks in this bundle class that includes 8 different sock patterns for all yarn weights.
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Video Knitting Course: Toe-Up, Two-at-a-Time Socks
Knitters who want to knit their first pair of socks have so many options that they get overwhelmed and don't know where to start.
We eliminate that confusion with a no-fail method for perfect-fitting beginner socks and help you discover that confident knitter inside you who is ready to take on new challenges at every turn.
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Frequently Asked Question: What Is The Difference Between Your Toe-Up Sock Patterns?
We have a basic toe-up sock pattern with a Fleegle Heel which we recommend for absolute beginners. Our Faux-Heel-Flap toe-up socks are perfect for those who want to add a contrasting-color or textured heel or have high insteps. Our generic Fleegle Heel pattern works when your yarn or foot size differs from the basic patterns we offer.
Live Knitalong: Toe-Up, Two-at-a-Time Socks - FREE
Starts: June 1, 2020 Ends: September 25, 2020 Signups Open: NO
Our first KnitFreedom knitalong. We will be knitting a pair of worsted-weight toe-up socks, two-at-a-time on Magic Loop. One lucky knitter will get live Zoom sessions with me to answer all their questions. Six lucky knitters will get to participate in the live weekly Q&A. Learn more here.
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Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO) for Two-at-a-Time Knitting
Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO) for Two-at-a-Time Knitting
Two-at-a-time toe-up socks are one of my favorite uses of Judy’s Magic Cast-On. Combine JMCO with Magic Loop to cast on for two-at-a-time socks.
Judy’s Magic Cast-On – Basic
Judy’s Magic Cast-On – Basic
Turn a Heel on Toe-Up Socks: The Fleegle Heel
Turn a Heel on Toe-Up Socks: The Fleegle Heel
The Fleegle Heel is an easy, beginner toe-up heel with no holes at the sides. You will have great success with the Fleegle Heel if this is your first time doing toe-up socks. Bonus: No wrap-and-turn needed!
Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
This integrated “faux” heel flap for toe-up socks is useful when you want to add a heel-stitch pattern, make the heel in contrasting color, or adjust for high insteps. There is no picking up stitches, no seams, and no holes.
Blog Post: Everything You Need To Know About The Fleegle Heel
By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks / August 24, 2012 / 108 CommentsIn December of 2006, a blogger known as Fleegle changed the knitting world when she published a no-holes toe-up heel formula on her blog. Since I discovered the Fleegle Heel, I’ve been making videos showing how to do it, writing patterns that use it, and helping the whole world learn to knit it.
Read Post »Blog Post: Heel Flaps Are BACK – The New “Faux-Heel-Flap” Toe-Up Sock
By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks, World Travels / July 20, 2012 / 95 CommentsWait – heel flaps are BACK? Yes, and better than ever. This integrated “faux” heel flap for toe-up socks lets you adjust for high insteps and more.
Read Post »Blog Post: What To Do When You Have A High Instep – Tips for Using KnitFreedom’s Faux Heel Flap Toe-Up Sock Pattern
By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks / June 20, 2017 / 43 CommentsThis tip is for sock-knitters who are following my high-instep toe-up sock pattern. It explains how to easily use my pattern for Toe-Up Faux-Heel-Flap Socks to make a bigger instep than you normally can with basic Fleegle-heel or other toe-up sock patterns.
Read Post »Blog Post: FREE Toe-Up Sock Knitalong – June 2020
By Liat Gat – Founder / Knitalongs, Toe-Up Socks, Two-at-a-Time Knitting / May 20, 2020 / 27 CommentsOur first KnitFreedom knitalong. We will be knitting a pair of worsted-weight toe-up socks, two-at-a-time on Magic Loop. One lucky knitter will get live Zoom sessions with me to answer all their questions. Learn more and join here.
Read Post »Blog Post: The Best Stretchy Bind-Off for Toe-Up Socks: Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO)
By Liat Gat – Founder / Bind-Offs, Liat Interviews Others, Socks, Stretchy/Ribbed Bind-Offs, Toe-Up Socks / May 19, 2019 / 16 CommentsI recommend Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO) for binding off on toe-up socks. It is easy to memorize, easy to do, stretchy, and fast. JSSBO works with any rib pattern (1×1, 2×2, etc.). Includes an interview with JSSBO inventor Jeny Staiman.
Read Post »Blog Post: How to Knit Toe-Up Socks
By Liat Gat – Founder / Toe-Up Socks / September 9, 2010 / 12 CommentsRead Post »
Blog Post: How To Avoid Tangling Yarn On 2@aTime Socks
By Liat Gat – Founder / Socks, Toe-Up Socks, Top-Down Socks, Two-at-a-Time Knitting / September 14, 2010 / 7 CommentsPrevent your yarn from EVER tangling again when knitting two-at-a-time socks. Make sure you place your balls of yarn on either side of you. The key moment for keeping the yarns from tangling is during “the switch.”
Read Post »Blog Post: When To Start Your Fleegle Heel Increases (Where is the “Front of Your Ankle?”)
By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks / April 29, 2011 / 5 CommentsA big issue for first-time knitters of toe-up socks is knowing when to start increasing for the Fleegle heel. Where exactly is “the front of your ankle?” Here’s how to tell.
Read Post »Blog Post: When You Forget Increases On Your Fleegle Heel
By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Toe-Up Socks / February 22, 2011 / 2 CommentsMany people forget to increase on the left side of their knitting when doing the gusset for the Fleegle Heel. All of a sudden you’ve got 19 stitches on one toe-up Fleegle heel and 20 on the other.
It usually happens right when you start saying,”Yeah, I think I’ve got the hang of it!” You start getting in the groove, and you forget to increase. Here’s how to recognize it, and how to fix it.
Blog Post: NEW: Free Super-Bulky Sock Pattern for Magic Loop, Toe-Up or Top-Down
By Liat Gat – Founder / New Patterns, Socks, Toe-Up Socks, Top-Down Socks / December 23, 2011 / 2 CommentsIn case you are madly trying to finish Christmas gifts, here is the gift that I fall back on year after year: super-bulky slipper-socks. Knit with one skein of super-bulky yarn, these toe-up socks can be made in about 5 hours.
Read Post »Free Pattern: Any-Size Toe-Up Socks with a Fleegle Heel
A free basic beginner generic sock pattern for toe-up socks, one– or two-at-a-time, using Magic Loop and the Fleegle Heel. Following Fleegle’s famous sock formula, written out in my own words. Design your own toe-up socks in any size, for any weight or gauge of yarn.
Free Pattern: Basic Fingering-Weight Toe-Up Sock Pattern
Here is a free basic beginner pattern for fingering weight socks, toe-up socks, one– or two-at a time, using Magic Loop and the Fleegle heel. It’s the one I use in all my classes, and my students always get great results.
Free Pattern: Fingering Weight Faux-Heel-Flap Socks
This “Faux Heel Flap” Toe-Up Sock pattern is an easy intermediate sock pattern written for Magic Loop. It has a fake heel “flap” that is knit in one piece with the rest of the toe-up sock. It also includes adjustments for high insteps or arches.
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Stop Losing Cast-On Stitches – 1st Round of Toe-Up Socks
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The trick to not losing your JMCO (Judy’s Magic Cast-On) stitches on toe-up socks is to twist the tail and working yarn of the second sock together a few times so that the stitches don’t fall off.
Binding Off on Two at a Time Socks – JSSBO
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To bind off on two-at-a-time socks, you’ll need to save the very last stitch of the first half of the first sock. Reserve it on the needle. Then bind off the second sock. Then resume binding off the first sock.
Forgot Increases on Fleegle Heel Gusset
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Forgot Increases on Fleegle Heel Gusset
Many people forget to increase on the left side of their knitting when doing the gusset for the Fleegle Heel. All of a sudden you’ve got 19 stitches on one toe-up Fleegle heel and 20 on the other.
To fix it, drop your stitch down and re-add the M1. You can do it!
Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO) for Two-at-a-Time Knitting
Free VideoJudy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO) for Two-at-a-Time Knitting
Two-at-a-time toe-up socks are one of my favorite uses of Judy’s Magic Cast-On. Combine JMCO with Magic Loop to cast on for two-at-a-time socks.
Walk-Through of Toe-Up Sock Pattern
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Judy’s Magic Cast-On – Basic
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Keep Yarn from Tangling on Two-at-a-Time Socks
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You’ve just learned the awesome technique of knitting two-at-a-time. Congratulations! This video shows you how you can avoid your yarn EVER tangling again.
How to Fix a Loose Toe-Up Cast-On
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Avoiding Gaps in Two-at-a-Time Socks and Magic Loop
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Avoiding Gaps in Two-at-a-Time Socks and Magic Loop
Cast On For Both Socks and Knit 1st Round
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Socks Not Joined On One Side
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When To Start Increasing For the Fleegle Heel (Gusset)
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A big issue for first-time knitters of toe-up socks is knowing when to start increasing for the Fleegle heel. Where exactly is “the front of your ankle?” Here’s how to tell.
Knitting into Judy’s Magic Cast-On (JMCO) – Bottom Needle/Back Needle
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The instructions for Judy’s Magic Cast-On have you using the bottom needle, not the back needle, to pull and knit with. On the first round, rotate your needles so that the bottom needle becomes the back needle.
Turn a Heel on Toe-Up Socks: The Fleegle Heel
Free VideoTurn a Heel on Toe-Up Socks: The Fleegle Heel
The Fleegle Heel is an easy, beginner toe-up heel with no holes at the sides. You will have great success with the Fleegle Heel if this is your first time doing toe-up socks. Bonus: No wrap-and-turn needed!
Knit or Purl Backwards
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Knit or Purl Backwards
To knit backwards, insert the left-hand needle from front to back through the first stitch on your right-hand needle. Wrap the yarn around the left-hand needle counter-clockwise (towards you), and then pull the stitch on the right-hand needle over the wrap and off the needle.
Final Decreases on Fleegle Heel
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Invisible Ribbed Bind-Off for 1×1 Rib – Toe-Up Socks
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How to Weave in Ends on Toe-Up Socks
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Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
Free VideoFaux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
This integrated “faux” heel flap for toe-up socks is useful when you want to add a heel-stitch pattern, make the heel in contrasting color, or adjust for high insteps. There is no picking up stitches, no seams, and no holes.
Slip-Stitch Heel Pattern
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Slip-Stitch Heel Pattern
Adding a textured heel flap is an easy way to make the socks more interesting AND to make the heel more durable at the same time.
The slip-stitch heel is super-easy, and it is also nice and stretchy – great if you’re not sure how big the sock-recipient’s ankle is.
How Increases Work on Toe-Up Socks
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Eye-of-the-Partridge Heel Pattern
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Eye-of-the-Partridge Heel Pattern
The Eye-of-the-Partridge heel pattern adds durability and a lovely textured look to your sock’s heel flap. Knit using a combination of slipped and knit stitches, you can knit this on top-down or toe-up socks.
1st Increase Round: M1L and M1R Increases
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KFB Instead of M1R on Toe Up Socks – Easier Toe-Up Sock Increases
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How to do easier increases on your toe-up socks: KFB (Knit Front-and-Back) instead of M1 (Make One)
Read Your Work for Increases on Toe-Up Socks
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Recommended Circular Needles: Addi Turbo by Skacel
My favorite circular needles for knitting FAST. The blunt tips don’t hurt your fingertips, and the joins are smooth as silk.
My recommended needle lengths are:
– 47″ for two-at-a-time knitting
– 40″ for anything else on Magic Loop
– 30-47″ for Moebius knitting
Recommended Fabric Care: Soak by Soak Wash
My favorite no-rinse wool wash for blocking your knit garments. Comes in lovely scents and also unscented. Just squirt some in cold water and add your garment (or gauge swatch) and let soak for 15-20 minutes. Squeeze to remove water and lay flat to dry or block.
Recommended Fabric Care: Sock Blockers by Knitter's Pride
Sock blockers are the perfect way to make your finished socks look their best. Whether you are going to keep them for yourself or give the socks as a gift, the last step before you wear your knit socks is always to block them. The even and smooth shape persists even after machine washing and drying.
Recommended Book: The Magic Loop by Bev Galeskas
This amazing book is what started it all for me. In it, Beverly Galeskas clearly explains how to use Sarah Hauschka’s ingenious technique of knitting in the round on one long circular needle.
“Socks and more” is right! Anything you can knit in the round, you can knit on Magic Loop, with no laddering, quickly, easily, and without using DPNs. Hooray! Thanks, Bev and Sarah!
Testimonial: You’ve Saved Me So Many Times I’ve Lost Count
In regards to: Toe-Up SocksThank you! You've saved me so many times I've lost count. I have never encountered a problem you haven't had an explanation for. I have made about 8 billion pairs of your toe-up socks for family and friends.
– Priscilla R.
Testimonial: Such Complete and Understandable Instructions
Thank you for such complete and understandable instructions. I’ve done two-at-a-time toe-up socks before, but the instructions were really hard to understand – these are fantastic and so easy. Thanks again.
– Cheryl
Testimonial: I Loved the KAL!
Yes! I loved the KAL! My next project is to make more socks!! Thanks to Liat and her wonderful teaching skills!
– Jill C.