My First Toe Up Knit Socks with Marly Bird part 1 of 3 || Magic Loop - 2 Circulars and 9 inch circs 

I am so happy I get to teach you a new way to do socks. After the success of the 2018 Sock Knit-along, I just knew I had to do toe up. Now you can decide what you like best... *DPN's, 2 Circulars, Magic Loop or 9" needles!* Get all the sockalong details and pattern here: marlybird.com/toe-up-knit-socks-toe-up-crochet-socks-2020-sock-along/

Your reminder for new sock knitters to be gentle with themselves is lovely! I could have learned this much earlier in life. No matter. I have it NOW!!! Blessings!🥰

Finally someone teaching lifted increases, I hate holes!

Omg Marly, you are soooo kind with us ! And your explanations are very clear. And you have to know I'm a french woman !! Bravo 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 really, you are very supportive and it's a real pleasure. Thank you !

Dunno who could possibly dislike this, but finally got past the cast on quickly! Thank you!!!

Love, love, love the extra info you always give! Teaching how to recognize stitches helps build confidence in knitters. The more confident the knitter the more enjoyment they get from knitting. Even finding it cathartic, which is a great health benefit. 😉

Deep breath....okay...I’m ready. You are going to teach this old dog a new trick. As someone who loves dpns and is perfectly happy knitting socks with them, I am ready for a new technique and I’m so glad you are teaching this one. Thanks for giving me permission to go easy on myself. Here we go!!!

I made my first and only socks with your and your tutorials with DPN’s, Chic Sheep yarn and size 5 needles. Now I’m ready to knit these! You are such a wonderful teacher! You make everything eat to follow and give the confidence needed to succeed! Thank your for all your do Marly!!

I've started using the ruler too, so helpful!

Dear Marly, Thank you for your patience to teach us and encouraging us to learn a new Technique. I have many repeats and frogging but your Tutorial and encouraging words motivates me not to give up.❤

You are the best teacher ever ! Like EVER !

marly bird i love you so , so much ..i am so new to knitting ..you are the best teacher ..i am so , jelous of you ..ty ty from the bottom of my heart and soul .. I wish i can give u a BIG BIG HUG ..

Loved how you explained the increases! I think I can actually remember that!

Marley your tutorial is brilliant however I’ve been working on this with you Stacey Perry and K I think your name is for at least two years and I haven’t gotten past the instep yet and I’m struggling right now getting from the toebox to the foot part but I watch your video over and over and over. I struggle with my arthritis and my skinny slippery needles and I haven’t given up just to let you know and I really appreciate your videos so much. Roz in North Hollywood, California 76 years old soon or maybe 77 soon I can’t remember but I’m still at it. Thanks so much.

I use a version of magic loop using two 9” circular needles to start and switch to one once I have enough increases.

I love how you explain the increases I think I will remember that

lol, blessed be these 9” needles take a bit of getting use to, keep me in prayer🤪

You’re a very good teacher! Thank you for doing such an in depth video on socks! I so desperately want to be a sock knitter! Here we go!! 🧶🥢

Love, love, love your videos.... you are my favorite go to for new ideas!

I just love the way you instruct the cast on. Thank you 😊

Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put in this KAL it is highly appreciated

You are a SUPERB instructor...thank you!!

HI MARLEY THANK YOU SO MUCH TEACHING THIS SOCK TURTORIAL .... ITS VERY HELPFUL. YOUR A GOOD TEACH INSTRUCTOR.......YOUR VERY PATIENT THANKS . LOVELY SOCK PATT.........HAPPY KNITTING

Thank you for putting so much time in this , it is a great 👍

I think Marley Bird is the best knitting teacher and then after that would be Liat Gatt.

wooo whoo, i’m so ready for this, love your KAL’s Marly

Yey!!!!! Great! I‘ve been soooo looking forward to this!!!

Thank you so much for spending so much time on giving us detailed instructions. Enjoyed watching your videos. 👍

Thanks for your comment to be kind to ourself. Much appreciated! Once I block my swatch and wait for it to dry I’m going to practice on larger needles with worsted weight yarn. Great advice!🤗

Best sock tutorial ever!

Love this , first time doing toe up socks . Thank you for this great video Marley , good explanation and lots of extra info ❤️

I know this is from July 2020 but I have been watching sock videos and was so happy to find this. I have ordered the chiaogoo needles and am anxious to try the socks if my 75 year old brain and fingers will allow me to. This will be my first time for making socks but I love learning new things. Thank you for posting this in which you have done an excellent job teaching! Looking fwd to catching up on more of your videos. Thank you again.

I am about to embark on my first pair of socks. I have been watching videos all day, trying to decide which creator to go with. Looks like you win the prize. I have been fighting not to ever have to use magic loop, but trying to knit socks in the round with those shortie Chiaogoo needles (although I love my Chiaogoo sets!) and that dinky cable, well, just watching the videos for those makes my hands cramp. And the less said about 3-4 DPNs the better. I'm an older person who just picked up knitting again last year, after having learned just the basics in grade school (50 years ago).Thanks for the plain sock videos and the pattern! I figured if I could knit clogs, I could tough out a sock. My next milestone was going to be a sweater, but my sweater yarn seems to have gotten lost in the mail, and my sock yarn is here. My neighbor got me back into knitting, and now my house looks like a yarn factory exploded in it. LOL!

I'm new to knit socks and I'm learning a lot from you.

Oooh, great video. Have just bought your ad free pdf on Revelry and am itching to start, but I'm going to make myself watch all the videos first !! So grateful for your tutorial x x

I love your teaching technique, I feel I will be more successful with learning these new techniques. Thank You

Thank you! 💞 Very helpful.

Marly, I had watched every video you had posted during covid. I strayed from your channel for a few months to find new content. I have been struggling with toe up socks, never finding a tutorial that worked for me. Today I come across this video and I was reminded why I was obsessed with your channel. The details, the patience, organization, the break down from beginning to end, the video quality, and your passion that is always on 100% truly makes you the G.O.A.T. Thank you, you saved my sanity during this pandemic. I hope you never stop teaching.

Hello Mary, I have not knit for at least 10/12 years 😁 & I also learnt to knit the old English Style. I tried Continental Knitting but I cannot seam to grasp it 😋 even though I am a right handed crocheter 😋 continental knitting is just too difficult for me 😋 Anyway, I am currently knitting my first Shawl & think it's my 3rd week 😁 I am enjoying it even though it's a slow process for me 💕 & I do want to try knitting socks, so hopefully I can start with these Socks 😁 with your thorough instructions I will hopefully be able to follow you 💜 thank you 😁 Erica x

THANK YOU! I have tried toe-up so many times and could never understand the cast on! I am confident I can do this now!

Thanks so much for this series on toe up socks. I knit socks cuff down but I want to try toe up. I knit socks with 2 size 16” circular needles.

You posted this on my B-day🥰

First time making toe up socks and German short rows. I think I still prefer top down.

Marly, thank you for explaining how to make these socks and being so patient. I was wondering where you got or made the stitch marker. I have made others from your site, but really like these. Soooo enjoy your tutorials.

Madly, soooo love this video....love the way you teach and videos are soooo very clear...I am sharing this video with other knitting friends...I am unable to find a pdf pattern that I can download....thank you again and soooo looking forward to your next video of toe up socks... Please keep the videos coming!! Thank you🧶

This is so helpful. I started a pair of toe-up socks about 10 years ago, but as an inexperienced knitter, struggled with understanding some of the instructions, especially the heel. I gave up. Last week I found a video for a cuff down sock, and decided to try it, but I got extremely frustrated. I think I’m going to try your method... sorry that I missed your knit along.

This tutorial is great, lots of info and clear explanation. Measurement is diameter not circumference, am I right?

Just recently found your videos and you are awesome! You explain things so clearly!! Could you do a tutorial on how to do a baby raglan top down sweater with a motif added along one of the cardigan front sides? I can't really wrap my head around how you go about adding in a motife such as a sheep in the Bebe Chocolate pattern on Ravelry. Thanks!

Hello. I’m not sure if I want to make Sox,but if I look at this video it might change my mind !!

Can you demonstrate how to connect those knitting needles you have in that pouch? I saw those in Michael's store but I don't know enough about them. They look nice.

I love all the info you're providing! I'm a self taught knitter so sometimes I feel a bit like I'm doggy paddling in a huge ocean 😂 I do have a question, would I be able to follow this pattern on a medium weight yarn? I was hoping to work from my stash of yarn and I don't have any sock yarn

Hi Marly, so I just finished knitting my first pair of socks watching a different video. The socks fit until I binded off...groan. So I’m going to take them down and start the ribbing another time. I knitted on a 2.5mm circular and I knit quite tight. I think my biggest problem is with the formula and not really getting it. Funny, I actually used the same KROY sock yarn you had in the video, CLOVER. I found the yarn quite heavy, but I’m going to give it another go after Ive watched this video. Thank you.

I don’t see the links for the sock ruler or the light bulb stitch markers from amazon .

When I do the increase and go into the grandmother it looks like there is another bit of yarn underneath that stitch. I'm assuming I pick up the single thread of yarn only.

My family only uses socks that go to the ankles. Can you show where to start adding cuffs for ankle socks?

OH also, I put markers one each sock, blue, green, pink and yellow. I put them in alpha order. I am never confused where I need to start or what I did last.

Can we add texture to the foot? Like, alternate every few rows between garter and stockinette stitch.

I've been trying to knit socks for a few years. Slipping sts and picking them up is a nightmare. I've tried using a smaller needle and knitting on the tips of the needles, I'm knitting a pair toe up at the moment. I've just finished increasing for the gusset. The sts are nice and snug, so I knit across the first row of the heel turn, I reach the ssk and my sts start stretching and I have no idea why. I have undone so many socks and I'm about to undo another one resolving wraps is a huge headache for me too. I've watched so many videos I'm confused now.

Hello, thank you for this beautiful tutorial... I just have a quick question, where can I get the PDF pattern? I saw the free one but I would like to purchase the PDF. Thank you.

Is the marker put on the first roe of straight stockinette or the last round right before?

I like to do two at a time, I have a huge long pair, what is a better length. the ones I have are quite stiff, the loops are always a battle, what is a good suggestion?

the length of my foot is 8.5 inches. so do i need to make the sock before the heel 6.5 inches? i'm not sure how to tell which number in the (parenthesis) in the pattern goes to which foot length measurement. Everything has been easy to understand so far! i'm 4.5 inches into my first sock ever, thank you for the instructions :)

Hi Marlybird from Washington DC

i have a question on the 9 inch circular. if my sock size is 8 or 8.5 in circumference, but the circular is 9 inches..does it stretch the stitch gauge since you mentioned we should have a tight gauge for socks. I bought one to try it out just knitted in the round. My stitches are much looser compared to the swatch i knitted using regular circular needles..

I wish you provided a link to the pattern. Gave up trying to find it

I have been following you for a pretty long time. I learn to do Judy’s magic cast on. I’ve learned to do German short rows I knit very very very big and my sock is coming out to look like it’s going to fit Godzilla I don’t swatch because I don’t know how to well I know how to. I just don’t know how to read it and to figure out what I’m supposed to do with it once I’m thing finished with it, howeverI’m already using a size 2 needle how much further down a needle can I go in order to make a better fitting sock or do I use less cast on stitches? I’m so flabbergasted right now I’m not sure what to do first.

I’m using speckled yarn and like the colors on needle 2/sole stitches better. I haven’t done any shaping yet, so is it possible to change needle 1 to be sole stitches and needle 2 to be instep stitches? If I just knit 1 full round to change needle positions & move the start of round marker, it should be fine right??? Or is there a reason why needle 1 *has* to be for instep/needle 2 *has* to be for sole?? Sorry for the long question. I tried google first but just kept getting sock patterns. And this is my first sock/shaped garment (besides triangle shawls) as a self taught knitter, so I’m not 100% sure what I’m actually doing until I’ve already done it. ~.~

Hey Marly, was dealing with vertigo recently so I’m finally getting better and want to get started with the sock-a-long. Can you convert to double points once you start on the foot, etc?

Once established knitting this toe up sock is it possible to do this 2@a time? Increase we don't have tow seperate circular needles?

Question…I’ve never done sucks but really wanting to do this pattern. I’ve heard you should do both socks at the same time. Do you think this pattern would be a good one to do both socks with?

Good Morning

Do you have a toe up vanilla pattern for dk weight yarn?

with the circular needles size you don't say what mm? 2,5mm 3mm ? what is a size 2 in UK terms?

I’m sorry Marley but your website trying to find your sock pattern was almost impossible and I still haven’t found it yet your website is too confusing but I love watching you

Hi Marly having a problem I'm left handed. I really want to give another go. Where to go?

How much should I cast on for medium size for toe u socks

Will I have a hard time to follow if I hold my working yarn on the other hand

I finally got the courage to try this project. So proud because I mastered the cast on. I’m going slow so I can understand the process. The question I have is I’m at the part in the pattern where it says repeat ends 1 and 2 until you get (68) stitches. Is that 68 on needle 1 and 2 or is it 34 on one needle and 34 on the other?

I went to your web site but can't find the free pattern!

How about a pattern/video combo explaining flexible pointed needles?

Question to Marly, I’ve been knitting for a couple years now, so forgive the question if obvious to some. Am I to understand that circulars are the 9” - 12” inch needles and the needles that are longer and connected are called magic loop and are not what knitters refer to circulars? I’m a big fan of Dpn’s, a fan tried and true, it’s what I learned on by following all of your KAL’s, socks, sweater, cheery slippers. Blessings to you and yours.

I’m so happy to join in this kal. Just wondering when casting on, the number given in the pattern is that for each needle or is it the total stitches to be cast on?

Great tutorial! But how do I avoid gaps/ladders between the needles when knitting magic loop? I try to pull my first stitch tight so that the gap is closed but there is always a longer bar between the first and last stitch 😕

I have never done German shirt rows can i sub the fishlips kiss heal?

Marly, is your Chic Sheep merino wool being discontinued? I am having a difficult time finding the Colorway “Poolside”.

I'm just do confused :) when she first started, she was pulling the front needle to start the row not the back needle, and when she's showing us an example on the green sock she's pulling the back needle to start not the front one. So it means that on the blue sock the beginning of the row is on the back needle, and on the green sock the beginning is on the front needle :× what is going on guys someone please explain

I am a little confused. When I watched a video on Magic Loop, the top needle was pulled out to start knitting the top. You pulled out the bottom needle. Does it matter? Also you showed the small cables attached to the needle, can you use the short cable to knit socks?

I am confused? Do I have to buy 3 patterns??

Can anyone help me find the free toe up sock pattern?

This will be my first sock. How do I make these socks in worsted weight, is there a way to translate this pattern for worsted weight yarn?

Marly: I need your help. I'm new to magic loop and new to Judy's Magic Cast-on and maybe trying to get a handle on both at the same time is a mistake. I'm usually a pretty savvy knitter, but this is confusing the heck out of me. Here is my issue. In Magic Loop, once you have cast on the stitches and split them onto the two needles, you start by pulling out the Top (back) needle, and then work across the stitches on the Bottom (front) needle, basically resulting in working around the stitches in a clockwise direction (which is the same that would happen is you were knitting in the round as you normally would.) But once you've cast on using JMCO, to work the first round you pull out the Bottom (front) needle and then work across the stitches on the Top (back) needle, basically working in a counterclockwise direction. I've watched a bunch of videos and no one seems to ever point that out. As I was watching this video I saw that you continued to work in the counterclockwise directions when you started the lifted increases. However, when you switched to the green sample to better show the increases, you were back to working in the traditional clockwise direction, pulling out the Top (back) needle to work the stitches on the Bottom (front) needle. Is there some point where that switch just naturally happens? I can't wrap my head around it. Thanks so much.

I have not been able to find your pattern

how to get your pattern. you are very good . i learned a lot with you

At around 20:25, the stitches being put on the cord are the stitches closest to us and the knitter, but around 31:54 the stitches that are being put on the cord are the one furthest from us and the knitter. Does this change the right side and wrong side of the work?

Will there be a Ravelry page to post projects or just the hashtag you listed?

In the written instructions, there is no description of the cast on? or have I missed it?

Does anyone know if Cloudborn Alpaca Worsted Weight yarn is good for socks? I can't seem to find anything about it. Thank you :)

I throughly appreciate magic loop, and the beautiful socks that are made using the technique, it just isn’t my jam.

As left handed knitter I get confused with the M!'s Since I am working the opposite way I am assuming I would deal with the Grandmother first? I guess I could just do it and see. but It would be nice to be just able to follow the directions of the pattern. PS I can do the magic loop. Nancy

I did JMCO inside out first lol. Looks halfway decent know. Practising on worsted weight yarn rn