Thursday, January 31, 2008

Polling the Knitters

What's your favorite cast-on method for toe up socks? Thanks to Heather for the advice, i'm looking to find one that makes sense to me so I can get practicing and knit my next pair of socks from the toe up. Especially now that I have a new colorway of yarn i'm just dying to try out.

Mother Nature

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  1. s bThursday, January 31, 2008 at 9:26:00 PM EST

    Judy's magic cast-on from Knitty is my favorite--hands down. I recently discovered knitting toe-up, 2-at-a-time, magic loop using Silver's Sock Class (http://www.cometosilver.com/socks/2mlsocks_start.htm) The socks go slower, but when I'm done I'll have 2 instead of one. I have a lot of single socks in my drawer....

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  2. BetharoopieThursday, January 31, 2008 at 10:12:00 PM EST

    I second Judy's magic cast-on. I'd tried the magic loop/crazy 8/whatever it's called, and it just wasn't working for me - too much tightening on dpns after-the-fact. But Judy's is THE BEST, the instructions are brilliant, and it's pretty much no-fail (after some practice, for me at least)...

    http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATmagiccaston.html

    Have fun!

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  3. LorenaFriday, February 1, 2008 at 10:33:00 PM EST

    I may be alone in saying, but mine is the figure-8 cast on, about half-way down this page:
    http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter02/FEATtiptoptoes.html

    Whatever you choose, good luck! Keep us posted on progress!

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  4. PrincessFroglipsSaturday, February 2, 2008 at 5:47:00 PM EST

    I love the magic cast on, too. I used to do Turkish cast on before I learned the magic.
    Here's a link to a YouTube video of Cat Bordhi demonstrating Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On:
    http://tinyurl.com/ypfqpf

    And, if you are interested in the Turkish cast on, here's a link to that:
    http://tinyurl.com/8axh2

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