This chapter is part of our Magic Loop Socks, Toe-Up Socks Video Class. Click here to learn more.
Choose Your Materials
Yarn: You'll need two skeins of heavy worsted-weight wool for these socks - about 180 yards total. I recommend that you choose a machine-washable yarn. Here are a few choices to pick for this project:
Ask the yarn shop employee to wind the yarn into two separate balls (usually not a problem as you will probably by buying two skeins anyway).
Needles: The gauge for this project is 4.5 sts/in in St st (knitted in the round). Choose a 47-to-60-inch-long circular needle with pointy tips, such as Addi Lace, in a size that will cause you to achieve the right gauge.
Start with a size 8 and check to make sure you are getting the right gauge.
Just make a round tube, like we did for the Magic Loop tutorial, block it, and then check your gauge. You could skip this step and just start, if you are careful to check a couple inches into your sock and are okay with starting over. Up to you.
Next, choose which size you are going to make. This pattern comes in two sizes:
- Small-Medium fits a foot that measures 7 inches around the ball of the foot;
- Medium-Large fits a foot measuring 8 inches around.
If your (or the sock recipient's) foot measures less than 7 or more than 8 inches around, grab a copy of our Any-Size Toe-Up Sock Pattern to make the socks a perfect fit.
