Learn to Knit Socks Live Video Tutorial Series

Published February 15, 2018 | By Deborah Raymond

Update: You can find the entire Learn to Knit Socks series here on YouTube.

Have you wanted to knit socks but never got around to it? Maybe you’re intimidated by knitting the heel. Or maybe you’re just overwhelmed by the sheer number of options out there. Queen Deborah and Queen Emily want to help you get started! While we don’t claim to know everything about knitting socks, we’d love to share our experience and ideas to make getting started easier. This live video series will begin on February 28th and instruct you in using either DPNs (double pointed needles) or magic loop. For more details, please read below and check out the videos on YouTube.

NOTE: this series assumes you already have a basic knowledge of knitting. You should know how to knit and purl and do a long tail cast on.

We will be referring to the How I Make My Socks pattern, by Susan B. Anderson. It is a free pattern.

Video #1: Beginning your sock. Sock fitting, cast on, join in the round, knit the cuff and instructions to knit the leg.

Video #2: How to knit a slip stitch heel flap

Video #3: How to turn the heel, pick up stitches along the heel flap, and knit the gusset decreases.

Video #4: How to determine foot length, and knit a wedge toe.

Video #5: The dreaded, but fun, Kitchener stitcher, weaving in ends, and blocking, vs. not blocking.

What to do before the live video series begins.

Get your fingering weight sock yarn, and needles, and print your pattern. Knit a swatch, making sure your gauge is 8 stitches per inch, before blocking. If you are unsure where to begin, both Emily and Deborah use a 2.25mm needle for their socks, try that first and see if your gauge matches. Then take take your foot measurements according to the chart below.

This is the formula we talk about in our first class to help you determine your cast on number for your socks. You can use this formula for any gauge to knit socks in any weight of yarn.

Here is a chart to help you remember the basic steps of the Kitchener Stitch.

Share your finished socks on Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #MYFIRSTSOCKSKAL, and head over to our Ravelry group to post your finished pair of socks in our finished objects thread to enter our giveaway.