this is a fantastic video. So good that you're going through the different beginner's strategies, so people don't make the same mistakes as each other. You're literally saving the world thousands of hours of headaches. Well done!
I hate using DPNs. The magic loop works better for me but still leaves unsightly “ladders”. This technique of making a second loop is absolutely fantastic! I thought it would be troublesome making the second loop but it’s not and any trouble would be well worth it to achieve the great results! Thank you, thank you thank you!
this video saved my knitting!! I was having SUCH a hard time with tension right at the gap and was considering just switching back to dpns (even though I wanted to learn magic loop). Your method completely fixed my problems and I find it so much easier to knit now. THANK YOU so much!!!
OMG. Thank you! This is how I’ve been doing Magic Loop on my own. Then I watched probably 15 videos of “How to Do Magic Loop” all doing it the first way you showed. I wondered if I was doing something wrong or creating some problem even though my sleeves look great. Now I’ll continue to do it the second way you showed. It is the only way that make sense to me.
Oh this is a joy to watch. I've wanted to do magic loop for years. My efforts have been futile. I end up with the working yarn in the center, taking everything apart and been in near tears, swearing I'll never try again. I love the 4 stitch move over method. Thank you so very much.
Total game changer. Thank you so much for sharing this as have struggled so much in the past with ladders or loose or tight stitches in my projects. Will be using this method all the time now 🙏😊
I've been knitting for years but tried magic loop for the first time today.I didn't like the laddering but I must admit yours is the best I've seen so I'll give it another try.Thank you
I've been struggling with ladders using magic loop and cotton yarn. I have just used this method on a beanie in wool with a repeat lace pattern and it works brilliantly. It was a 8 stitch repeat so I left 8 stitches on the needle instead of 4. Thanks for sharing.
I'm making infant tube socks, and just learned magic loop, was very frustrated with uneven tension with joining stitch. Thank you so very much ❤ for removing the frustratiin. Your a great teacher.
Just adding to the chorus of thank yous. I have watched several Magic Loop videos where I could not figure out at all what they were doing. In the first few minutes of this you gave a far better demonstration of the basic technique than any others I have seen, even before considering your improvement on it. Now I can finish my hat, hopefully without frogging the whole crown for the third time.
Am just learning magic loop. Lucky for me to have come across this video before I actually begin to knit with wonderful method for knitting in the round! ❤️🙏🏼❤️
This is the MOST PERFECT TUTORIAL about magic loop. Love this and now I know how to knit my sleeves without that awful and annoying gap.😅 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for you Mr. Frank.
Came across this video accidentally. I hadn't tried the Magic Loop yet, but was about to, so I can finish the sleeves on my first sweater. Kept reading about "ladders" and was hesitant to try it. Not anymore, this shows the perfect way to avoid them! Thank you!
Jane, when using a marker to mark the beginning of each row, would you move it four stitches each time, or would you slip marker and then do your four stitches? Thanks.
@@shelleyn.8503 I attach a removable marker to the right leg of the first stitch so it’s never actually slid across needles. After 5 or 6 rows I move it up closer to the needle so I can see it better. You can then manipulate the stitches on your needle and never lose your marker.
Thank you. I took a loooong Hitus from knitting and need to learn everything all over again including ML. Am so inspired. Don’t remember doing this technique, but now I have something new I my arsenal of knitting technique. Thank you.
Thank you very much for explaining this improved knitting technique so meticulously for us! :) Your skillful teaching makes the problems we are facing easier to understand, which is a hallmark of a great teacher.
There is a kit made by ChiaoGoo in a blue pouch and these are interchangeable circulars which are shorter tips than their regular needles which these full kits are available as 5” and 4”. The Blue kit has needles which are 3” and 2”. The kit comes with cables of 5”, 6” and 8”. One can also get 2” additional cords so one can make the equivalent of FlexiFlips. The screw threads are the same as for the small cables of the full kit and there are double ended adapters which allow one to virtually then make whatever size cable would be necessary. If one gets into an in between spot, making up 3 needles with the 2” joins in between can make the awkward parts easier to do. So long as you have your leading needles you are knitting with at gauge, the trailing needles can be any size smaller. If doing 3 needles, there are then two which are 3” and one which is 2” but since they are the same diameter join as the full kit, I have 4” needles as my hands are smaller than a man’s hands and I can work with 4”, then down to 3” then down to 2” to be able to make the sleeve taper. ChiaoGoo’s kit isn’t cheap but if you are only knitting with a certain size needle, you can get that size in a kit with 2 tips at 3” length and 2 tips at the 2” length. These come with one 5” cable and one 6” cable. If you are working two circulars, it is all you need really. If you need the 8” cable, the one from the larger full kit works too. This allows ones total flexibility and good quality knitting. I have grand children and it works on their hats and sock and have the Red Lace kit in the red pouch for doing socks. I just love them. I like knitting in the small tube better when I can as there it makes an absolutely smooth knitted tube. If one is doing ribbing or cables, the two circular needle method or making up the equivalent of Flexi-Flips can be done if you gets the additional 2” adapters which come in a bad of 3 for both the Red lace mini join or the small in the blue cable. These days to knit, yes, takes some investment, but I’d rather buy the tools I need and buy on sale yarn than sit in a psychiatrists office. Knitting is splendid mental therapy for finding that place of peace in heart. Thank you for your splendid video.
Brilliant! i was just having that problem - with the 2 last stitches being too tight. I kept trying to redistribute the tension on every turn. Can't wait to try this. Thank you, Phrancko! And your instructions are so clear!
Brilliant! That was the one thing that continued to bug me when using the magic loop technique. Like all ideas so simple you wonder why you hadn't thought of it before. Many thanks for sharing.
Just attempted the magic loop method and watched a couple of vids. I love your solution for the tension problem and I will be using the 4 stitch solution. So glad I found this from the start. Looking forward to watching more of your TH-cam videos. Thank you so much 😊
This is so helpful! So often I needed to switch from a knit to a purl and struggled trying to make sure my yarn was correctly positioned. Now there’s no guessing. Thank you!!
Thanks! I like this idea very much. I knit alot of socks and I count my rows to keep them the same size. How would you be able to count rows if you're constantly moving the "start"of the row?
I was wondering this too. I placed a marker before the first stitch and moved it as I went. It marks the end of the round no matter how the stitches are divided.
This has changed my life!! Thank you so much Frank, I no longer dread knitting sleeves!! By any chance do you have a special technique you use when alternating skeins with hand dyed yarn? Would love to hear which method you use!
Yes, I do use a special technique for that. It's called Helix or Helical knitting. Here's an excellent video on the technique by Suzanne Bryan: th-cam.com/video/RIi2WVprRXE/w-d-xo.html
This is brilliant! Thanks. I am new to magic loop, so took quite a bit of practice to get to grips with that, and this at the same time. But now I have, it's awesome. A knitting superpower 😃
Thank you for this! I gave up on magic loop because I could not find a video that addressed that issue at all and I was at my wit’s end with having those two tight stitches preventing me from being able to easily slide the stitches on to the new needle. You are a life saver and I can’t wait to give your method a try!
Yes, once you get used to doing it, it takes no extra time at all. Like most things, it only seems awkward until you do it enough to become a natural part of changing to the otherside.
Thank you for this tutorial. I have adopted your technique. I would be interested to see how exactly you tension your yarn, english style, flicking, but keeping your pointer finger close to the needle. It's also very efficient. Another video ? 😊
Pure genius! I'm learning your technique right while I'm in the middle of knitting a baby hat, in the round of course. Thank you so much for this, Frank!
AWESOME! I have been using magic loop for years but always have been super careful when moving from one needle to the other. This is perfect! Thank you 😊
Phrancko, all I can say is... mind blown and you made magic loop work for me. I was determined to try it again as my previous attempts were full of ladders and look crappy. So I had resigned myself to dp needles. I watched and rewatched TH-cam videos, and the I found yours and ... Hooray! Love it and thanks so much! You've got a new subscriber!
All I can suggest is to watch the video more closely. If you are not already familiar with the Magic Loop technique, perhaps that is why you are confused. If that's the problem, here's Roxanne Richardson's video on how to work the Magic Loop for knitting in the round: th-cam.com/video/6gtIaM6H7H4/w-d-xo.html
This is so helpful! Have you found the constant folding and pushing through of the needle where it attaches to the cable causes any sort of fatigue or wear at the join? I use Chiaogoo needles so the cable is pretty flexible. The original method of Magic Loop seems to put less strain on the joins but the trade-off of the stitches being pulled too loose or too tight is not ideal!
Genius! After years of knitting I only learned magic loop today from TH-cam. It seemed so time consuming and I was really struggling to push those stitches up the needle when switching sides. Your method is so easy and seemed to just fly in comparison to regular method. I even timed myself and on a 37 stitch row it was 30 seconds quicker. That really adds up. Thank you!!
These suggestions are brilliant. I've watched countless magic loop videos, but was never able to find a solution to the tight, sloppy or laddered columns. Thank you!!!
This is brilliant. I use Chiagoo Shorites with a 30" cable for hat crowns and am always pulling out loops as needed. This puts a method to it. Thank you
i don't usually comment, but i gotta say this is the only video that provided a clear solution for fixing my tension issues. other videos were like "your tension is too loose or too tight". thank you for posting this and helping me improve my knitting!
We all have our preferences, don't we? Whatever works best for you is how you should do it. However, let me at least point out, that method has the same tension issue knitting across the gap that the usual magic loop method has. That tension issue is what I am addressing for magic loop. But unfortunately it doesn't lend itself to be applied to the 2 circulars method.
Thank you SO much for this! I was dreading tackling the sleeves on my first top-down sweater as my practice Magic Loop was hideous but this has really worked for me.
Wow, I hit like on this video, then went ahead and tried it. Had to come back and comment.. I've tried magic loop before and always got ladders, this method is perfect. Thank you!!
I am new to knitting and love this technique however when the instructions say at the beginning of round 2 …with this method I am not back at my marker. I am confused.
I assume you are referring to the Beginning Of Round marker (BOR). If you are not back at the marker then you have not completed round 1. So just keep working round 1 until you get to it. The gap moves as you work the round as I suggest, but the marker continues to mark the BOR which controls your pattern.
Great idea Frank! I thought about switching to all DPN's because of the sloppy stitches when I use magic loops but this looks like it will solve my tension problem! Thanks!
A wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much! I finally feel as if I "have it" now, after having attempted magic loop several times in the past. I still need to improve the first row following cast on. Do you have a tutorial for that? I cannot seem to eliminate a gap.
I love this! I’m fairly new to magic loop so I’m so glad I found your channel. I do have a question: how do we keep track of the beginning of the round? My split ring stitch markers fall off my work a lot when I tried to you them for example
I highly suggest using O-ring markers. Search for "Colorful Iron O-Rings Markers" on Amazon and you'll find plenty to choose from. You can get hundreds for well under $10 USD. They never fall off because they are not removable markers. I'm glad you are enjoying my channel. Thanks for letting me know.
I could just hug you to pieces! I was struggling so much with the magic loop! I couldn't hold all the stuff I needed to at the start of each half and the ladders drove me insane! This way is PERFECT!!!! It's more natural to hold, work, and NO LADDERS WHATSOEVER!!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you! I've been sliding the last 2 stitches to the next needle BEFORE knitting them, it's improved the ladders but I'm excited to try your way as it seems superior! Question: is there a way to adapt your technique for two at a time socks/sleeves/etc?? I just finished my first two at a time socks and could not for the life of me figure out a way to continually slide stitches around Thank you!
The problem is when you for example knit two socks on the same loop. On one side you can do it, but on the other side, you need some sort of stich holder, because you have the other sock in the way. It can be done though.
I knit done with my mother as a child, but had forgotten everything but the basics. I figured cuff down magic loop socks would be a great place to start. Ughh! I’ve started, torn out and started a dozen times. Your tutorial for the four stitch loop clicked with me and I’m almost done with the cuff now. Thank you 🙏🏻 so much, Frank !! I’m now subscribed to your channel.
Oh, this is a brilliant idea. I love it. I'm very new have only done a few tests on circular needles (with magic loop) and a whopping one on double-pointed, and I actually much prefered the double-pointed but wanted to see if I could use the circular ones without hating life. I think this will really help.
Brilliant! As a beginner to the magic loop you will never know how much I appreciate this technique, thank you!
this is a fantastic video. So good that you're going through the different beginner's strategies, so people don't make the same mistakes as each other. You're literally saving the world thousands of hours of headaches. Well done!
I hate using DPNs. The magic loop works better for me but still leaves unsightly “ladders”. This technique of making a second loop is absolutely fantastic! I thought it would be troublesome making the second loop but it’s not and any trouble would be well worth it to achieve the great results! Thank you, thank you thank you!
this video saved my knitting!! I was having SUCH a hard time with tension right at the gap and was considering just switching back to dpns (even though I wanted to learn magic loop). Your method completely fixed my problems and I find it so much easier to knit now. THANK YOU so much!!!
You are so welcome!
OMG. Thank you! This is how I’ve been doing Magic Loop on my own. Then I watched probably 15 videos of “How to Do Magic Loop” all doing it the first way you showed. I wondered if I was doing something wrong or creating some problem even though my sleeves look great. Now I’ll continue to do it the second way you showed. It is the only way that make sense to me.
Oh this is a joy to watch. I've wanted to do magic loop for years. My efforts have been futile. I end up with the working yarn in the center, taking everything apart and been in near tears, swearing I'll never try again. I love the 4 stitch move over method. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for this. You perfected what the magic loop was "meant" to be- seamless.
Total game changer. Thank you so much for sharing this as have struggled so much in the past with ladders or loose or tight stitches in my projects. Will be using this method all the time now 🙏😊
I've been knitting for years but tried magic loop for the first time today.I didn't like the laddering but I must admit yours is the best I've seen so I'll give it another try.Thank you
I've been struggling with ladders using magic loop and cotton yarn. I have just used this method on a beanie in wool with a repeat lace pattern and it works brilliantly. It was a 8 stitch repeat so I left 8 stitches on the needle instead of 4. Thanks for sharing.
I'm making infant tube socks, and just learned magic loop, was very frustrated with uneven tension with joining stitch.
Thank you so very much ❤ for removing the frustratiin.
Your a great teacher.
Glad it was helpful!
Just adding to the chorus of thank yous. I have watched several Magic Loop videos where I could not figure out at all what they were doing. In the first few minutes of this you gave a far better demonstration of the basic technique than any others I have seen, even before considering your improvement on it. Now I can finish my hat, hopefully without frogging the whole crown for the third time.
I'm so glad it helped you.
Am just learning magic loop. Lucky for me to have come across this video before I actually begin to knit with wonderful method for knitting in the round! ❤️🙏🏼❤️
Glad it was helpful!
This is the MOST PERFECT TUTORIAL about magic loop.
Love this and now I know how to knit my sleeves without that awful and annoying gap.😅
10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for you Mr. Frank.
You are so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.
This is a great idea. I've tried it with two, but agree 4 would be best.
Thank you for this video. Very informative!
You are so welcome!
Came across this video accidentally. I hadn't tried the Magic Loop yet, but was about to, so I can finish the sleeves on my first sweater. Kept reading about "ladders" and was hesitant to try it. Not anymore, this shows the perfect way to avoid them! Thank you!
Glad I could help!
Have used this method on 3 sets of sleeves, never doing it any other way 💜 thank you!
Thank you. I just knitted a sleeve on a sweater and it has that crease I think I'm going to frog it and do it your way. THANKS AGAIN.
I will try this for sure, thank you for the detailed video!
You’re welcome 😊
This is brilliant, I'm knitting a hat for the first time and im getting some SERIOUS laddering. Can't wait to try this! Thank you!
Wow so glad I came across your video! I have been having a nightmare with ladders - will do it this way from now on. Thank you Frank!
Brilliant! Makes such a difference. Thanks. 🇬🇧
I just love you! Thank you for this tutorial!
This is genius! It’s just what I needed because my gaps always became sinkholes!!!!!!
I do it this way all the time. It never made sense to me the “traditional” way. Good for you to show others!
Jane, when using a marker to mark the beginning of each row, would you move it four stitches each time, or would you slip marker and then do your four stitches? Thanks.
@@shelleyn.8503 I attach a removable marker to the right leg of the first stitch so it’s never actually slid across needles. After 5 or 6 rows I move it up closer to the needle so I can see it better. You can then manipulate the stitches on your needle and never lose your marker.
@@jsorensens2 thank you. I have a tendency to pull my stitches too tight and then have trouble sliding them onto my needle. I will try your tip.
Just the tutorial I needed and explained perfectly. Magic magic knitting. Brilliant, thank you
You are so welcome!
Thank you great suggestions makes foe much more seamless approach
Thank you. I took a loooong Hitus from knitting and need to learn everything all over again including ML. Am so inspired. Don’t remember doing this technique, but now I have something new I my arsenal of knitting technique. Thank you.
Thank you very much for explaining this improved knitting technique so meticulously for us! :) Your skillful teaching makes the problems we are facing easier to understand, which is a hallmark of a great teacher.
You are so welcome! You are so kind to say that.
Fairly new to knitting, newer still to magic loop. Struggled with this for a few days, but today it’s working out.. Many thanks
There is a kit made by ChiaoGoo in a blue pouch and these are interchangeable circulars which are shorter tips than their regular needles which these full kits are available as 5” and 4”. The Blue kit has needles which are 3” and 2”. The kit comes with cables of 5”, 6” and 8”. One can also get 2” additional cords so one can make the equivalent of FlexiFlips. The screw threads are the same as for the small cables of the full kit and there are double ended adapters which allow one to virtually then make whatever size cable would be necessary. If one gets into an in between spot, making up 3 needles with the 2” joins in between can make the awkward parts easier to do. So long as you have your leading needles you are knitting with at gauge, the trailing needles can be any size smaller. If doing 3 needles, there are then two which are 3” and one which is 2” but since they are the same diameter join as the full kit, I have 4” needles as my hands are smaller than a man’s hands and I can work with 4”, then down to 3” then down to 2” to be able to make the sleeve taper.
ChiaoGoo’s kit isn’t cheap but if you are only knitting with a certain size needle, you can get that size in a kit with 2 tips at 3” length and 2 tips at the 2” length. These come with one 5” cable and one 6” cable. If you are working two circulars, it is all you need really. If you need the 8” cable, the one from the larger full kit works too.
This allows ones total flexibility and good quality knitting. I have grand children and it works on their hats and sock and have the Red Lace kit in the red pouch for doing socks. I just love them.
I like knitting in the small tube better when I can as there it makes an absolutely smooth knitted tube. If one is doing ribbing or cables, the two circular needle method or making up the equivalent of Flexi-Flips can be done if you gets the additional 2” adapters which come in a bad of 3 for both the Red lace mini join or the small in the blue cable.
These days to knit, yes, takes some investment, but I’d rather buy the tools I need and buy on sale yarn than sit in a psychiatrists office. Knitting is splendid mental therapy for finding that place of peace in heart.
Thank you for your splendid video.
I have knitted socks on DPNs and I want to try magic loop method. This video is very helpful, thank you.
This is something I want to do. I’ll try magic loop. It’s always been a nemesis to me. Now I think I can.
Just came across your tutorial this evening and definately much better. My sample magic loop knitting using your technique looks much better!
Brilliant! i was just having that problem - with the 2 last stitches being too tight. I kept trying to redistribute the tension on every turn. Can't wait to try this. Thank you, Phrancko! And your instructions are so clear!
Great suggestions. Love it. Thanks
Brilliant! That was the one thing that continued to bug me when using the magic loop technique. Like all ideas so simple you wonder why you hadn't thought of it before. Many thanks for sharing.
Fantastic! I’ll be using this. Thank you so much for teaching us to level up our knitting
Oh wonderful I struggled with magic loop learned something new at my old age thank !!!
Frantastic. Thank you for sharing this strategy with me. I plan to use it now for all magic loop knitting. Happy knitting!
Thank you, this works well for me.
Great video to solve a definite problem!
My first time to use magic loop! You’ve made it so easy for me. Thank you!
Just attempted the magic loop method and watched a couple of vids. I love your solution for the tension problem and I will be using the 4 stitch solution. So glad I found this from the start. Looking forward to watching more of your TH-cam videos. Thank you so much 😊
WOW!! I'll be saving this video. Brilliant.
Thanks!
Brilliant solution! I've done this with DPNs and two circulars, but hadn't thought to do it in magic loop! Thank you for this!
This is so helpful! So often I needed to switch from a knit to a purl and struggled trying to make sure my yarn was correctly positioned. Now there’s no guessing. Thank you!!
Skip to 8:29 for the main point. (First part is valuable...but I had to return a couple of times for review! 😝Great tip...thank you! 👍🏼)
Wow!!! So much better ❤🎉
It's such a relief from struggling to get the tension right on that first stitch across the gap. I was so happy when I worked this out myself.
Thanks! I like this idea very much. I knit alot of socks and I count my rows to keep them the same size. How would you be able to count rows if you're constantly moving the "start"of the row?
I was wondering this too. I placed a marker before the first stitch and moved it as I went. It marks the end of the round no matter how the stitches are divided.
Stitch markers are your best friends :]
That was my question! Thanks.
This has changed my life!! Thank you so much Frank, I no longer dread knitting sleeves!! By any chance do you have a special technique you use when alternating skeins with hand dyed yarn? Would love to hear which method you use!
Yes, I do use a special technique for that. It's called Helix or Helical knitting. Here's an excellent video on the technique by Suzanne Bryan: th-cam.com/video/RIi2WVprRXE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this most helpful tutorial! I love it!
Amazing!! Thank you!
Brilliant. Thank you!
I am so excited to see your technique! I've been struggling learning, so will try this tonight. Thank you!
Thank you!
This is brilliant! Thanks. I am new to magic loop, so took quite a bit of practice to get to grips with that, and this at the same time. But now I have, it's awesome. A knitting superpower 😃
GENIUS!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS
Thank you!
Thank you for this! I gave up on magic loop because I could not find a video that addressed that issue at all and I was at my wit’s end with having those two tight stitches preventing me from being able to easily slide the stitches on to the new needle. You are a life saver and I can’t wait to give your method a try!
That's exactly what I have been doing (I thought I was the only one). Came up with it as that last ditch really bothers me!
I’m going to try this. It can’t be any more time consuming than constantly checking back to make sure my tension is ok.
Yes, once you get used to doing it, it takes no extra time at all. Like most things, it only seems awkward until you do it enough to become a natural part of changing to the otherside.
Thank you so very much 💓
You are so welcome
Brilliant!
Thank you for this tutorial. I have adopted your technique. I would be interested to see how exactly you tension your yarn, english style, flicking, but keeping your pointer finger close to the needle. It's also very efficient. Another video ? 😊
Great idea! Thanks, I'll see if I can do that.
I figured out how to do this a while back. I just keep adjusting the loop. Very easy
Terrific solution. Thanks!
I can't wait to try this.
Pure genius! I'm learning your technique right while I'm in the middle of knitting a baby hat, in the round of course. Thank you so much for this, Frank!
First time I’ve used magic loop - so easy to follow. Thank you!
AWESOME! I have been using magic loop for years but always have been super careful when moving from one needle to the other. This is perfect! Thank you 😊
Best advice ever!! This technique rapidly improved my knitting results. Many many thanks!
Absolutely amazing! Thank you.
Thanks dude!
Phrancko, all I can say is... mind blown and you made magic loop work for me. I was determined to try it again as my previous attempts were full of ladders and look crappy. So I had resigned myself to dp needles. I watched and rewatched TH-cam videos, and the I found yours and ... Hooray! Love it and thanks so much! You've got a new subscriber!
I really don't understand what your doing. which needle do the 4 stitches get put on and how you knit them?
All I can suggest is to watch the video more closely. If you are not already familiar with the Magic Loop technique, perhaps that is why you are confused. If that's the problem, here's Roxanne Richardson's video on how to work the Magic Loop for knitting in the round: th-cam.com/video/6gtIaM6H7H4/w-d-xo.html
This is so helpful! Have you found the constant folding and pushing through of the needle where it attaches to the cable causes any sort of fatigue or wear at the join? I use Chiaogoo needles so the cable is pretty flexible. The original method of Magic Loop seems to put less strain on the joins but the trade-off of the stitches being pulled too loose or too tight is not ideal!
I have done it perhaps hundreds of times with my Chiaogoo needles and there is no sign of any deterioration of the cable join.
BRILLIANT
Fantastic! Thank you so much!
Genius! After years of knitting I only learned magic loop today from TH-cam. It seemed so time consuming and I was really struggling to push those stitches up the needle when switching sides. Your method is so easy and seemed to just fly in comparison to regular method. I even timed myself and on a 37 stitch row it was 30 seconds quicker. That really adds up. Thank you!!
These suggestions are brilliant. I've watched countless magic loop videos, but was never able to find a solution to the tight, sloppy or laddered columns. Thank you!!!
Great to hear!
This is brilliant. I use Chiagoo Shorites with a 30" cable for hat crowns and am always pulling out loops as needed. This puts a method to it. Thank you
i don't usually comment, but i gotta say this is the only video that provided a clear solution for fixing my tension issues. other videos were like "your tension is too loose or too tight". thank you for posting this and helping me improve my knitting!
I use the 2 circulars method rather than magic loop. Much less fiddly and much quicker.
We all have our preferences, don't we? Whatever works best for you is how you should do it. However, let me at least point out, that method has the same tension issue knitting across the gap that the usual magic loop method has. That tension issue is what I am addressing for magic loop. But unfortunately it doesn't lend itself to be applied to the 2 circulars method.
Thank you SO much for this! I was dreading tackling the sleeves on my first top-down sweater as my practice Magic Loop was hideous but this has really worked for me.
Wow, I hit like on this video, then went ahead and tried it. Had to come back and comment.. I've tried magic loop before and always got ladders, this method is perfect. Thank you!!
I am new to knitting and love this technique however when the instructions say at the beginning of round 2 …with this method I am not back at my marker. I am confused.
I assume you are referring to the Beginning Of Round marker (BOR). If you are not back at the marker then you have not completed round 1. So just keep working round 1 until you get to it. The gap moves as you work the round as I suggest, but the marker continues to mark the BOR which controls your pattern.
So simple and SO effective. Thank you!!
Great idea Frank! I thought about switching to all DPN's because of the sloppy stitches when I use magic loops but this looks like it will solve my tension problem! Thanks!
A wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much! I finally feel as if I "have it" now, after having attempted magic loop several times in the past. I still need to improve the first row following cast on. Do you have a tutorial for that? I cannot seem to eliminate a gap.
So simple and completely obvious after the fact. Thank you! 😊 Just start the turn with 4 stitches on the needle rather than empty.
Yep, it's as simple as that! I'm glad you found this helpful.
That’s brilliant too!
I love this!
I’m fairly new to magic loop so I’m so glad I found your channel.
I do have a question: how do we keep track of the beginning of the round? My split ring stitch markers fall off my work a lot when I tried to you them for example
I highly suggest using O-ring markers. Search for "Colorful Iron O-Rings Markers" on Amazon and you'll find plenty to choose from. You can get hundreds for well under $10 USD. They never fall off because they are not removable markers. I'm glad you are enjoying my channel. Thanks for letting me know.
I could just hug you to pieces! I was struggling so much with the magic loop! I couldn't hold all the stuff I needed to at the start of each half and the ladders drove me insane!
This way is PERFECT!!!! It's more natural to hold, work, and NO LADDERS WHATSOEVER!!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you! I've been sliding the last 2 stitches to the next needle BEFORE knitting them, it's improved the ladders but I'm excited to try your way as it seems superior!
Question: is there a way to adapt your technique for two at a time socks/sleeves/etc?? I just finished my first two at a time socks and could not for the life of me figure out a way to continually slide stitches around
Thank you!
Unfortunately my technique also does not work for two at a time sock (or sleeves).
@KnittingbyPhrancko darn! I figured but was hoping! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply!
Extremely helpful. A true "aha" moment for me, and what a difference it has made in my knitting! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Frank, That looks so nice. Going to have to try it. I have struggled with being too tight on the edges and this would solve that problem. Thanks.
The problem is when you for example knit two socks on the same loop. On one side you can do it, but on the other side, you need some sort of stich holder, because you have the other sock in the way. It can be done though.
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I knit done with my mother as a child, but had forgotten everything but the basics.
I figured cuff down magic loop socks would be a great place to start. Ughh!
I’ve started, torn out and started a dozen times. Your tutorial for the four stitch loop clicked with me and I’m almost done with the cuff now. Thank you 🙏🏻 so much, Frank !! I’m now subscribed to your channel.
Oh, this is a brilliant idea. I love it. I'm very new have only done a few tests on circular needles (with magic loop) and a whopping one on double-pointed, and I actually much prefered the double-pointed but wanted to see if I could use the circular ones without hating life. I think this will really help.