I love to knit socks. But it takes sooo long to make a pair. I am trying several methods to see if I can turn them out quicker.
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| Hobby Lobby Walk About Yarn |
1. Double pointed needles. Juggling 3-4 needles. Slow.
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| Nina's Hand-dyed Yarn |
2. Two circular needles. Faster. Still dealing with 4 ends.
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| Regia Design Line |
3. 9" circular. Working in the round. Seems to go quicker but sort of awkward using such a short circular needle.
4. Magic Loop. One long circular needle. When I tried using it in the past, I had a hard time keeping my place in the pattern. Also, it was hard to keep ladders from forming.
Now to finish the socks without starting another pair!!
What is your favorite method for knitting socks???
4 comments:
I use a 9" circular. Once you get used to the awkward part, it is SO easy! LOVE it!
Haa! My vote goes to good old classic ancient style,needles 5x DP, 1,5 mm Prym steel needles 20 cm long. ;)
Personally, I'm a 4 dpn gal. I'm currently doing socks with 5 needles, and that extra needle is just driving me crazy!
Magic Loop but only on wood or bamboo circulars with 100cm lengths. Metal ones are too slick and slippery and haven't found any long plastic ones yet. I do 2 at a time But it's taken me a while to get to this point. I'm not that fast either and have been trying to find a fast method myself for years. I envy the people that can just zip their socks out in no time.
Vickey in SC
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