Step 1: Casting on Socks on Two Circulars

Before Christmas some members of our little knit group in London (Nadine, Maria, Kanna, Kat, Shelaine, Barb, Lynn and I) decided we'd like to learn how to knit socks on two circulars. We thought this would be a really cool January/February project. Kat had already mastered the technique, and so was nominated our "sock guru".

We looked and drooled through various sock books; namely "Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles", "The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook", "Knitting Circles around Socks", "More Sensational Knitted Socks", and "New Pathways for Sock Knitters".

As it happened, at the end of January, our LYS had a 25% off sale! So we gathered at the fray, ooooh-ed and aaaaah-ed, touched and squeezed yarns and pulled out our trusty credit cards for a sock yarn shopping spree!

The following week we began! We learned how to do a long tail cast on first. There's an excellent video of the technique here. Next we had to learn the circular knitting technique. There's an excellent video of the technique by Cat Bordhi here.

And here's the start of my socks on two circs project:

Stay tuned for Step 2 - The Leg!