How to Knit Two Socks at the Same Time

Knitting socks is a lot of fun. Or, should I say, knitting A sock is a lot of fun; the second one, not so much.

There’s even a term for it: second sock syndrome, which describes the difficulty of knitting a second sock after having had all the fun of the first.

Clever knitters have figured out a way around this by knitting two socks at the same time. It’s actually pretty easy to do. Vickie Howell has a great video introduction to knitting two socks at a time from her Ask Me Monday Facebook series.

There’s also a written tutorial if you’re into that kind of thing. it covers casting on, joining the rounds and knitting the legs. Part two of the tutorial talks about how to work an afterthought heel, which definitely takes the hard part out of knitting two socks at a time.

Have you ever knit socks two at a time? I’d love to hear your tricks.

[Photo: Vickie Howell.]

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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