#magic loop

[plebeiangoth]

Entirely to toot my own horn, but I think I knit well

I just like how neat these stitches look and I think the friend I'm making these socks for is gonna love them

[mothnmushroom]

Knitting a sock with my little "helper." This is my first sock and I'm very much enjoying it.

[textilefile]

guys not to brag but I’ve become friends with a guy whose grandma invented Magic Loop knitting. She is the inventor of Magic Loop. he wants me to meet her, please let me know if anyone has questions for the queen herself, the inventor of Magic Loop and my friend Patrick’s grandma

[lesbian-fig]

Switching to magic loop for my second pair of socks. For my first pair, I used DPNs, and I thought that would be my go-to method. But I figured I'd give magic loop a try anyways. And holy cow, it is flying off the needles. I think between the fact that I've gotten more comfortable since my first pair of socks, combined with the fact that there's a bit less needle management with magic loop in comparison to DPNs, this sock has just been knitting up so fast. I started it yesterday and I'm already on the gusset this morning? Magic loop might be my new go to!

[thalialunacy]

I do love it when my nails go with my knitting. XB

It's not knitlock, dang it; it's still socks, but it's a present for a cat sitter. Which means she won't mind the inevitable specialty fiber I mean cat hair like the one in this picture.

[the-fiction-will-knit-the-real]

OK, so I've been knitting since 2010, and I just learned 2 things.

[1] Magic loop was invented around 2002

[2] Circular needles were invented in the 1910s

That means that, if you were knitting as recently as just over 100 years ago, you either were knitting with straight needles or with double points

??????????????

I fucking hate straight needles, and I fucking despise double points [personally, I know not everyone does]

I like to imagine knitting as this craft that goes back hundreds of years and connects me to history and all that. And in some ways it is

But then I find out that I've been ALIVE longer than the magic loop method? If my grandmother had been able to teach me to knit [she died around the time I was born but was apparently a very experienced knitter], she wouldn't have even known what magic loop was???????

I also wonder if I would have even liked knitting at all If I was stuck with straight needles and double points

Idk my mind is blown over this and I guess I just need to remember that my knitting is a modern craft that is only in some ways related to historical knitting

[yarnoveralison]

Day 2 of my second pair of socks ever

The progress pic was a little difficult to get today lol I tried real hard to get a good angle. But the heel flap stitches are chefs kisssss!!!!

I’m absolutely loving the way this sock is looking. I was a little nervous because this is my first time doing a pair of short socks. Also I wasn’t too sure if this yarn was a little too thick. It is a fingering / sock weight but it felt a little thicker than my other sock weight yarn.

I’m also happy to say I got a lot more done today than I thought I would 😎 I finished the heel flap, heel turn, and gusset *deep sigh* now just a shit ton of knit rows then the toes!

[kneading-stitches]

Second sock syndrome? Sorry, don't know her 💅🏻

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