Magic Loop

Dear Natalie,

I’m sorry that I’ve let you down by not posting more often. I’m thrilled to find out that you actually read my ramblings and that you enjoy them enough to look for more. Due to my current creative dry-spell, I’m reaching into the archives of my brain (and iPhoto library) to find something worthy of your time.

Here’s what I’ve got:

Quite possibly my most favorite socks I’ve ever knit. Notice the perfection of the stripes starting at the top of the leg and working all the way down to the – oh, never mind. Anyway, I’m kind of predictable about sock patterns. For me, the beauty is in the yarn. Usually I go for hand dyed tone-on-tone stuff, but there is something about this fun bright self-patterning-yarn that spoke to me.

When I had the yarn shop (that is a story for another day) one of the most frequent requests I had was to teach people how to knit socks without using double pointed needles. For some reason folks seemed scared of those tiny pointed things. Now, I could go on about how they aren’t really scary but truth is, my preferred method of making socks is one (32" Addi Turbo, and yes, it matters) circular needle. This method is often called the ‘Magic Loop’ because of the shape of the needle once you have joined your round. So, without further adieu, please click here if you would like the tutorial for making the switch from ‘dpn’s’ to circular.