ok, this is my problem at the moment.

I have made two socks from the toe up at the same time on one circular needle. No problem. Now I want to knit two socks from the top down at the same time on a circular needle. I can't seem to get the cast on right.

I am using a long-tail cast on and I've surfed the net for inspiration. Some people tell you to cast on half of the first sock then all of the second sock, slip these onto the cable and create the loop; then cast on the rest of the first sock. This is where I am hitting the hurdle. When I try to cast on the rest of the first sock the stitches are on the bottom needle and I need them on the top to have the tail and working yarn in the right place. I have tried slipping the stitches purlwise on the the top needle but then the tail and working yarn are the wrong way round from the second sock. They both have to be facing the same way to do magic loop.

I have also tried closing the loops as in this (http://www.knitaddicted.com/files/MagicLoop.pdf) link but to no avail.

Has anybody accomplished this before? If so can you tell me how? Perhaps I need to use another cast on method but can't find one that would give me a loose cast on for the top of socks.


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this is the link (http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/3830/b/2on1n.html) I thought might help but I can't work out how you cast on the second half of the stitches Any ideas?

I'm afraid I have no idea off the top of my head. I will have a search around the net to see if I can find any other useful links, though it looks like you've already done that.

I'll have a go too at working through the method in your second link, to see if that's any help. I'll report back later :) .

Whilst I was walking this morning I thought I might adapt the starting method I used in the toe up socks whereby you make a start on the first one maybe to the end of the ribbing; transfer it onto holding needles, then do the same for the second sock and move it to the cable then transfer the first sock from the holding needles back onto the points of the circular.

I did manage to get some cast on last night but there was too big a strand between the two needles. Such a perfectionist:hihi: I will be pleased to know how you get on. My sympathies go to LisaH with her elfines, she sounds as frustrated as I am!

I did manage to get some cast on last night but there was too big a strand between the two needles. Such a perfectionist:hihi: I will be pleased to know how you get on. My sympathies go to LisaH with her elfines, she sounds as frustrated as I am!

This 2 socks on one kneedle business sounds very difficult:( I think I would have a go at starting one, transferring to a stitch holder then starting the other and transferring number 1 back again - does that make sense?

Elfines - Ive done a repeat and a half - no visible mistakes - yet! Tried on what I had done so far to see whether it would go on - that was novel (a toe warmer) :hihi:

LisaH xxx

gave up on the double cast on and knit the two ribs seperately yesterday. I've now done 2 rounds of patttern so not much to see just yet. I will post pics when I can.
Glad your elfines are coming on well now LisaH.

gave up on the double cast on and knit the two ribs seperately yesterday. I've now done 2 rounds of patttern so not much to see just yet. I will post pics when I can.
Glad your elfines are coming on well now LisaH.
When I first started knitting socks, I thought that the DPN method was the only way to go about it. I'm staggered by the number of different methods that have come to light over the last few months.

I was having a look at this technique last night: Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles (http://www.knittersreview.com/article_book.asp?article=/review/reading/020321_a.asp), which is apparently a very speedy method of knitting socks.

I've stalled on the second Jaywalker, by the way, as I really want to get the little pink cardi finished. I'll post a few pictures later today.