Ever since i read about the knitting of one sock in the other ,, i have had this question When i used to knit with seams i used to knit 2 sleeves side by side to keep increases and decreases at same rows ,, now that i knit seamless , i make 1 sleeve at a time , now Could i knit one sleeve in the other , and by this avoid loads of recounting? How do i kniw which stich goes to which sock/sleeve , do i knit one inside out and one on the outside and by this know all p are 1 sleeve all knit are second sleeve ? do i have on my needles 1 stich from 1 and 2nd stich from 2nd ??? i feel it is worth my while exploring these ??? any advice from the sock in sock makers ? mirjam
It's probably simplest if you purl the outside sleeve and knit the inside sleeve, carrying the outside yarn in one hand and the inside yarn in the other hand. Otherwise you have to be really alert to be sure you don't cross the yarns and tie the two sleeves together.
When people are first learning, sometimes they knit one in one color and the other in a different color to make it easy to tell which yarn is which. (Do it twice and have two pairs of socks.)
I've played with it a little, but I haven't made socks. Using it for sleeves sounds like a very good idea - no heels to worry about, and the shoulder shaping is at the end, not in the middle like a heel.
Thank you Tamar actually i have no shoulder bit , this time this are the end parts of a shrug,,,, i am still worries since i made some lacy pattern and it might get mixs when i have to to the k2 tog, or the sl over k thing ,,,, ,, but i am determined to TRY it ,,, since i always knit sleeves downwards ,, there would be no shoulder problem, but also no 2 color bit ,,,,, but i feel i might like it since i like knitting
I saw this post but I am not familiar with this method of knitting two socks at once. I have knitted two socks next to each other on the one needle, but never one inside the other. Is there a link where I could see what this looks like?
I think if you Google for "parlour trick socks" you ought to find one. There's a Yahoo group for "double knitting" that is about this kind of work, and I think that's what one member called it on her website.
I was hoping to see a site with the method that uses two yarns at once. But the methods I use now are easy enough to require little or no concentration so I think I will stick with them.
Well, you might have had a little more luck if I'd spelled it the other way, "parlor trick socks".
There are some photographs at
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there are some instructions in the archives at
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you have to check December for the first hints and January for the"part two" instructions. I can't find anything actually labeled "part one".The double-knitting group is at
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group files have the instructions for the four different ways to work the basic kind of double-knitting, but the instructions for the sock gussets and so on (with photographs) are on the weblogs. Note: the photographs of two socks joined at the tops are just a way to demonstrate that there really are two socks there; you actually knit them one inside the other. (It's also how you check to be sure you haven't accidentally connected them.)
There was mention made of a Magic DoubleKnit Socks KAL but it wasn't a real link; I think they were just referring to the Yahoogroup.
Thanks so much for all the references. I did check them all but I can't honestly say I understand the method any better than before. And as the most quoted book referenced is VERY expensive (if you can find one) I don't think I will ever get to see a it (one copy was listed at US$1800+!!).
I have done double knitting before but I cannot find an explanation of how to work the heels so I seem doomed to remain "in the dark" - LOL.
As I said - I have more than enough projects to keep me busy so this will just have to remain a "one day" plan. But I do thank you for your efforts to enlighten my ignorance.
Yikes! That's crazy! Every so often I see a book on abebooks.com that I'm pretty sure is just priced so the owner never really has to sell it... If Beverly Royce's book is actually selling that high, I'd better rent a safety deposit box for my knitting books.
You do the heels exactly as you do regular heels, but with the double- knitting method. The trickiest part is when you have to decrease, because you take the 4 stitches involved off the needle, rearrange them, and put them back on with stitches on the same sock next to each other (instead of every-other-one), then do the decrease (so then you're back to every-other-one).
Mind you, I haven't tried it yet either. I had enough trouble trying a simple tube, though I did manage to knit a toy octopus.
B.Royce did a whole lot of taking the stitches entirely off the needles and rearranging them to make it easy to do the shaping.
If anyone's interested, I found it:
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the basic knit-slip or slip-purl technique is in Mary Thomas'sKnitting Book, though her instructions add an unnecessary extra yoand an unnecessary garter stitch edge. If you put an even number ofstitches on the double-pointed needle and work one yarn by alternatelyknitting the stitch in back and slipping the stitch in front purlwise,you'll get a simple tube. Then all you have to do is set up two tubes,one inside the other, on four (or five) dpns, with stitches alternating,and remember to always use the one yarn for knitting the inside sock and the other for purling the outside sock. It takes practice and perseverance (and pickiness) and checking every so often to be sureyou didn't accidentally cross the yarns, but there are several peopleon the yahoo-group who are working their way through a pair of socks.The "easy" way is to use light yarn for one and dark for the other,so you have to do it twice to get two complete pairs.
It wasn't there today, at least not where I looked. The other day I saw something absurdly overpriced and it was gone the next day. I'm pretty sure that somebody has been forgetting to put in the decimal point, and then taking down the mistaken listing the next day.
But it's still expensive - today it was listed at US$136.00-$146.00 or so.
Actually, SchoolHouse press has talked of printing another book on double knitting in the near future and I suspect it will even top what the B. Royce book offered. Now that I wouldn't LOVE to have Notes on DoubleKnitting. Elaine aka CCRfuzzy
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