How to Knit Socks

Author: Lois Wade / Source: wikiHow

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Knitting socks can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! You can knit socks on a loom even if you have never knit before.

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If you are a little more experienced, then you can try knitting socks on a pair of straight needles. Or, if you have even more experience and want to create socks in the round, then use a pair of circular knitting needles!

1 Attach a slipknot to the anchor peg on your loom. This is the small peg on the side of your loom. Loop the yarn around your index and middle finger 2 times to form a slipknot. Then, pull the first loop over the second loop and tug the tail of the yarn to tighten it. Place this loop onto the anchor peg.^[1]
- Do this 1 time to begin the sock.
- Choose a chunky or super bulky weight yarn for knitting on a loom.
Make sure that you purchase a loom that is meant for making socks. Knitting looms come in many different sizes, but there are special size looms for making socks, gloves, and mittens. A 24 peg loom works best!
2 Wrap the yarn around each peg in the loom 1 time and repeat. Next, begin your cast on rows by wrapping the yarn around each 1 of the pegs 1 time. Wrap in the shape of a lowercase letter “e.” Go around each peg from inside the loom first, then around the peg towards the outside of the loom, back into the center, and towards the next peg.^[2]
- Repeat this for each peg on the loom.
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4 Lift the bottom yarn loop up and over the top loop and repeat. Insert the end of the hook into the bottom loop on the first peg in your loom (next to the anchor peg) and lift this yarn up and over the top loop and off the peg. This will leave 1 loop on the peg.^[4]
- Repeat this for every peg in the round.
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6 Place the stitches from the first row onto the pegs. To create a cuff for the sock, bring the bottom edge of the knit piece up through the center of the loom. Then, use your fingers and the loom hook to open up a stitch from the first round and place it onto a peg. Continue placing 1 stitch onto each of the pegs until you have a total of 2 stitches on each peg.^[6]
- Make sure that the stitches you are putting onto the pegs are the same ones that you knit with those pegs. Check the rows to ensure that they are even.
7 Lift the bottom loop over the top loop and repeat. Use the hook to lift the bottom loop on the first peg up and over the top loop. Repeat this for the whole round. This will secure the cuff of the sock.^[7]
8 Loop the yarn around each of the pegs 1 time and repeat. Then, lift the bottom loops over the new loops you have created. Knit the rounds by wrapping the yarn around each peg 1 time and then lifting it up and over the top of the peg.^[8]
- Repeat this for 5 rows.
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10 Decrease and repeat for the next 6 rows. To decrease on the loom, start…