Judy's Magic Cast On (Starting Toe Up Socks) 

I just started a knitting class on making socks and our instructor is teaching this method. She directed us to this video. We spent 2 hours in class trying to get this right and I've only had to watch the video twice to get it. Once you learn the technique it is fantastic! Thank you for posting this video!

You give one of the best "no wasted time", clear instructions on Judy's Magic Cast On. Thank you, very much!

I just want to say thank you! I am on my 3rd pair of toe up socks and I've used your video each time to cast on. You are a life saver!

Absolutely the best, most fool-proof tutorial for this technique! I tried several other videos and many written descriptions and I just couldn't figure it out until I saw yours! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much. I could never have done this cast on without your tutorial. I am very excited to make my first pair of toe up socks.

Great tutorial. Thanks so much. I'm a novice knitter working on a cover for my kindle. Your instructions were so very clear for Judy's Magic Cast-On. Also, not having worked in the round before, I appreciated that you took the tutorial through 2 full rounds. I'll be back for more lessons!

Absolutely fantastic tutorial. Thank you! I am an experienced knitter who needed to add this to her bag of tricks and your video was perfectly paced and so clear.

Wicked awesome! I have been a bit shy of trying toe ups, as I didn't understand the written instructions for this cast on, and had no one near to ask. Hooray, I GET IT!!! THANK YOU!!!

This is the clearest example I've seen for Judy's Magic Cast On!! Thank you so very much!! you explained it clearly, slowly, and with no glare on the needles!!

I am about to attempt my first pair of toe up socks using magic loop. I only know one way to cast on and this video is very clear on what to do. I can't wait to try a new way to cast on and to do two socks at a time!

Love this vid-explained well, and slow enough for a beginner knitter to understand. I wish they would all put that extra effort into it. Thanks a million.

happiness is a visual explanation of what I read and re read --TYTYTY I also had not used circs to do socks as of yet. so it was interesting to see the beginning and how it worked.

Wow, what a wonderful tutorial, I am looking forward to knitting socks as my next project, I practiced another technique but this makes more sense, no seam, this also does the magic loop in the direction I'm used to. Thank you!

This is an awesome tutorial! Thank you so much for posting it. I kept dropping a stitch, somewhere, when following the written instructions... This made it so simple! You are a great teacher.

I am doing my first socks and KAL. I am very excited! Thanks for the wonderful videos on everything you do. It is so helpful.

Thanks for your clear and concise instructions for Judy's Magic Cast On and a wedge toe! I was pulling my hair out trying to understand my pattern directions. Luckily I found your video (and subscribed to your channel) and it looks like I may be able to finally start knitting my first pair of socks!!!

I love your videos - you make even the most complicated of techniques look easy. Thanks for the help and please keep it coming!

really helpful video. The camera did a nice job of close ups and the knitter did the stitches nice and slow with an excellent verbal explanation. I will definitely watch the other videos as well, after I have practiced the above...Well done!

This is easily the most frustrating and agonizing thing I have ever done in knitting. Your video is amazing, however. Casting on the stitches, with your mantra in mind, becomes simple and fun. Knitting the first needle, however...there are not enough obscenities in the world to describe it. I must be casting on too tightly, because I often lose the stitches trying to knit them, leading me to just start over and over and over again until it's right. Thank you for the video, however, as it DOES help!!

this is by far the best demonstration I have found for this cast on. thank you

Best video, best close up, best instruction. I'm able to do a Magic Cast On now!

You are ssn excellent teacher. I've listened to other videos on this mco, but yours is so very clear. Thank you for taking the time to post your teaching videos.

Thank you for this great video. It is nice and clear and goes at the right pace for a beginner to pick up this technique. Five Stars!

Your's is easily the best Magic Cast On video on RU-vid! Thank you very much.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have a step by step written tutorial, but seeing it just makes it a whole lot easier for me.

Thank you for taking time to explain this so well. I have a book on toe up socks 2 at a time with good illustrations, but seeing the cast on in video makes all the difference. Thanks again *:)

This was the first video I watched and it was so helpful that I did not need to search for a video, which is rare for me. :)

Thank you for your video. It is the best one I have seen explaining Judy Technique. Note I have just knitted my first ever sock on magic loop.;)

i agree with the other commenters - this is the best tutorial on judy's technique i've seen! thanks so much :)

Thank you!!! This is the simplest/best video on this subject that I have watched!!

I have a bit of trouble at 3:25. I twist my yarn but as I begin to work the other row, this end piece doesn't want to stay. I try to work around it, but that side has a long loopy gap I can't seem to close. Other than that trouble I'm having this is an EXCELLENT video!! Thank you for your kind help and easy explanations! :)

Thank you, thank you, thank you for going slow enough that I can work my own cast on and be able to keep an eye on both without pausing! Yay!

That really is an awesome video. The little twist tie was so helpful to orient the needles. thanks

Small holes are created with a kfb. If you find that yours are too large, try a make one in its place after the first stitch and before the last stitch on each needle.

Thank you for this video very good for me to re-learn my skill as I wanted an seamless bottom up for something other than sock this was great many thanks

Wonderful video, concise and to the point. Got it in one try - thank you!

Thank you so VERY much for your wonderfully clear easy video! You have made my day :)

i use this exclusively!!!! love, love, love, love!!!! i do two at a time toeup magic loop!

@dankimforde You could absolutely use this method for two hats. For European (continental style) knitting, the only difference is that you will hold your working yarn in your left hand - everything else is the same.

@dedel43 Absolutely. The easiest way to do this is to knit a portion of one toe and then place it on a holder. Start the 2nd toe to the same point and then put both socks on the one needle.

@dwink1993 Try tightening the stitch after the kfb - it is this stitch that tightens up the kfb. You could use a make one instead of the kfb. Try my Make One video. Hope this helps!

Not familiar with the closed toe cast on but this one works like a charm. Good luck with the socks!

this is the best tutorial I've seen - I finally managed to do it! Now I am knitting the baby pea pod.

Thank you so much! I totally suck at grafting so this suits me so much better :)

@pinkpianogal1 You can absolutely do 2 at a time. I will be filming a video on this soon. I knit all my socks using the magic loop technique with one long circular needle.

I watched a lot of tutorials. This is the best.

THANK YOU INDEED FOR THIS AND OTHER VIDEOS TOO!!!! ITS AWESOME BEING ABLE TO WATCH IT OVER & OVER AGAIN TILL ONE GETS IT (plus no need to bother ANYONE!!! :-))

Superb video, in fact, probably the best I've seen. Well done! Thanks!

Thank you for this cast on method......so easy and so tight....Awesome!!

You've done a very good job of explaining this - thanks!

Thanks for a concise explanation of how to do Judy's Magic Cast On! Mind if I link to this from my blog?

@dankimforde -for eastern european knitting, (different from continental western knitting) it would be the opposite- CO as directed, then knit the first stitches through the front loop. Then when you get to the 2nd half of the round (where the narrrator says to knit through the back loop to prevent twisted stitches) you will just knit as you are (and I) are used to, SImply always knit into the 'open leg' of the stitch and you will be fine. ANd so on, only the first rnd will be like that.

@vtknitboy I'm happy to be of help. I also have a casting on for toe up, two at a time video.

@sicplano I'm glad to help. Send me a pic of the finished socks! Happy knitting, Michelle

Very good video. I was able to catch on much faster than Judy's video. Is this video similar to a closed toe cast on? I'm trying to knit my first pair of socks, toe up. I have never made a pair of cuff down either.

I have been wanting to learn how to do this...Yea!!!!

Very clear tutorial, thank you.

Wow ! I never thought I was going to get it until now! Thanks I might be able to knit some socks after all, ok well I'm going to give it a try! Do you have any sock making videos?

Fantastic tutorial!! This helped me so much. Thank you :)

Thanks, you made my day!

You must twist the last cast on stitch and the tail to prevent it from running away. Let me know how you make out!

@swal593868 Congrats on finishing your first sock and welcome to sock addiction! I love the magic loop!

this is my favorite cast on for hexipuffs! thanks for the video!

Thanks! Very helpful video!

@mhenken I would be flattered to have you link my video!

So just to be clear: if using this technique to cast on for toe-up socks, you're doing a sort of "backwards" version of magic loop for the entire sock (pulling the front needle long instead of the back needle)?

Great explanation. Thank you.

I love all your videos! Do you have or think you'd be willing to do a tutorial on dpns? :D I have a project I'm working on and then I want to start my first pair of toe up, but I prefer knitting socks on dpns. :)

I begin to anderstand this tutorial t'was quite not easy at first for me. But I did, yeah!

This video will get you started. Find a simple pattern and use my videos as a guide. After the foot, watch my Short Row Heel video. After completing the leg, watch Sewn Bind Off video to finish the sock. Happy knitting!

Your nails look nice, too!

briiliant video - thanks for your help!

Is this cast on also called the figure 8 cast on? Very nice video.....

great video!!! thanks!!

Help. I love this video and it is very helpful. I have started successfully many times. However, my sides are very "holey" I cannot figure out why. I knit continental and I am tightening up as I go. Is it possible I am mixing up something and just cannot see it? I am fairly new knitter. Thank you for your video.

@birdbeaty My video shows knitting with one long circular needle called the magic loop. You are knitting in the round and it is the slickest technique ever! Follow along with the video and trust in the method - it really works magic! Please let me know if you need any help!

It makes a tube. Have faith!

@birdbeaty This video shows a cast on for toe up socks and is a bit different from the usual knitting in the round. It sounds as if you have been doing it correctly. You can watch my "Join in the Round" video to double check yourself. I definitely think it is time for you to try your hand at socks!

Casting on with yarn on left hand seems backwards to me.

Needles are facing 9:00 for the cast on and at 3:00 for the knitting. Are y ou using the magic loop?

I have a silly question; when you start knitting that first stitch, at 4:12 after putting 5 stitches on each needle, is the yarn pulled around & through to make the stitch the working yarn or the tail yarn... ? :)

very helpful!!!! Thank you!!!!!

me too! i cast on and then knit one row and then i cannot make the needles face the correct way to knit the second row. i've watched a variety of videos and cannot pinpoint what i'm screwing up

This might be enough to make be try it again . . . looks like even I can do it.

Are there patterns for knooking. What advantages does it have over knitting?

Thanks so much!

Great video, i am sharing it with a friend as well!

Very helpful! Thanks!

Using this method, can I knit 2 socks (w/ 2 balls of yarn) on 1 long " 47"circular needles? I like to have both on the same CN.

Hi. Thanks for the great tutorial. Do you ever have problems getting holes when using knit front back? Is M1 possible to use here on first and last stitches? Thanks

Very nice! Thank you :-)

How does this turn into a circular tube (sock)? I feel like I am missing something... It looks like a square that is being knitted on both ends...

awesome

@PonyTailGirl3D What can I do to help?

@mhenken Enjoy toe up socks! You will have so much fun with this method. Send me a pic of the new socks!! Michelle

i've tried it five times and it still isn't working.

@TheKnitcat I love toe up socks! Check out my website knitpurlhunter for info on my new knit along. It features toe up socks and more. Skacel is sponsoring the KAL with fab prizes and it is FREE!

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This was the first video I watched and it was so helpful that I did not need to search for another video, which is rare for me. :)