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Top-Down Socks

Knitting two perfectly-fitting top-down socks at once is easy with our video lesson. This project is perfect for improving your skills and turning you into an advanced knitter.

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Knitting two perfectly-fitting top-down socks at once is easy with our video lesson. This project is perfect for improving your skills and turning you into an advanced knitter.

Video Knitting Course: Mastering Magic Loop Socks

Most sock patterns are very hard for beginners, especially if they are written for double-pointed needles. Our classes teach you the simplest techniques so you get great results.


Video Knitting Course: Top-Down Socks, Two-at-a-Time

Top-down socks have several complex parts. Learn top-down sock knitting with the simplest pattern so you can knit even advanced socks without getting confused.


Featured Videos

Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)

Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)
Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)

If you are comfortable with knitting in the round on Magic Loop, you can start your next Magic Loop project two-at-a-time: all you need to learn is a special way of casting on.



Blog Post: Liat’s Limitless Cast-On… for Two-at-a-Time ANYTHING

Liat's Limitless Cast-On Photo 7By Liat Gat – Founder / Cast-Ons, Top-Down Socks, Two-at-a-Time Cast-Ons, Two-at-a-Time Knitting / January 11, 2011 / 74 Comments

To knit two-at-a-time top-down (think socks, mittens, or sweater sleeves), you’ll need to set up your stitches correctly. This cast-on sets you up for knitting two tubes at once on one long circular needle. Invented by Yours Truly.

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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 / 13 Comments

Prevent 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.”

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Blog Post: NEW: Free Super-Bulky Sock Pattern for Magic Loop, Toe-Up or Top-Down

Super-Bulky Magic Loop Socks - Malabrigo RastaBy Liat Gat – Founder / New Patterns, Socks, Toe-Up Socks, Top-Down Socks / December 23, 2011 / 7 Comments

In 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.

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Guest Blog Post: Workshop With Cookie A: Adding Stitch-Patterns to Socks

Cabled socks by Cookie A square cropBy Alex Capshaw-Taylor / Cables, Designing Patterns, Guest Posts, Lace, Socks, Top-Down Socks / April 1, 2011 / 4 Comments

Three professional tips for adding cables, lace, or other stitch-patterns to your socks, including combining multiple stitch patterns, checking to see if the socks will come out too big or too small, and heel-flap design tips.

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Free Pattern: Top-Down Socks – Beginner Magic Loop – Bulky Weight

Bulky beginner socks for magic loop

Here is a free basic beginner pattern for top-down bulky weight socks, one– or two-at a time, using Magic Loop. Make a pair of socks in a day!


Free Pattern: Top-Down Socks – Beginner Magic Loop – Fingering Weight

Top-down fingering-weight socks for beginners, written for one or two-at-a-time on Magic Loop.


Free Pattern: Top-Down Socks – Beginner Magic Loop – Super-Bulky Weight

Super-Bulky Magic Loop Socks

Here is a free basic beginner super bulky sock pattern for top-down socks, one– or two-at a time, using Magic Loop. You can seriously knit these socks in one day, and one skein of Malabrigo Rasta will just be enough!


Free Pattern: Top-Down Socks – Beginner Magic Loop – Worsted

Araucania Worsted-Weight Sock

Worsted-weight top-down socks for beginners. Written for one- or two-at-a-time on Magic Loop.



Free and Paid Videos

Eye-of-the-Partridge Heel Pattern

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Eye-of-the-Partridge Heel Pattern
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.


Pattern Walk-Through: Top-Down Socks

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Included in: Knitting Superstar, Magic Loop Socks, Top-Down Socks or membership to KnitFreedom Premium (starting at $12.99/month)


Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)

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Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)
Liat’s Limitless Cast-On for Two-at-a-Time Anything (Blog)

If you are comfortable with knitting in the round on Magic Loop, you can start your next Magic Loop project two-at-a-time: all you need to learn is a special way of casting on.


Top-Down Socks – Knit 1st Round

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Optional Lace Pattern for Top-Down Socks

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Add this simple faggotting stitch (the combination of yarnover and knit-two-together) down the front of your socks to create interest and an extra challenge as you knit.

Included in: Knitting Superstar, Magic Loop Socks, Top-Down Socks or membership to KnitFreedom Premium (starting at $12.99/month)


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.

Included in: Knitting Superstar, Magic Loop Socks, Toe-Up Socks, Top-Down Socks or membership to KnitFreedom Premium (starting at $12.99/month)


Avoiding Gaps and Ladders in Two-at-a-Time Socks on Magic Loop

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Avoiding Gaps and Ladders in Two-at-a-Time Socks on Magic Loop
Avoiding Gaps and Ladders in Two-at-a-Time Socks on Magic Loop


Socks Not Joined On One Side

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Heel Flap – Top-Down Socks

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Turn Heel – Top-Down Socks

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Picking Up Stitches Along Heel Flap

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Purl Backwards

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Purl Backwards
Purl Backwards

To purl 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.


Shape Gusset

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Kitchener Stitch

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How to seam up your knitting with Kitchener Stitch.

Included in: Free Dictionary, Knitting Superstar, Magic Loop Socks, Reference Library, Top-Down Socks or membership to KnitFreedom Premium (starting at $12.99/month)


Weave in Ends on Socks – Ribbing

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Recommended Fabric Care: Soak by Soak Wash

Soak Wool Wash Celebration Scent square sm

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.

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Recommended Fabric Care: Sock Blockers by Knitter's Pride

Aqua Sock Blockers Medium Knitters Pride square

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.

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Recommended Book: The Magic Loop by Bev Galeskas

The Magic Loop Booklet by Bev Galeskas cover

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!

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