Why learn two-at-a-time socks top-down, especially if you can already knit them toe-up? Because the top-down method has many important techniques that you must master if you are going to be a Knitting Superstar.

Course content:

Introduction

• Why Top-Down Socks?
• Two-at-a-Time… For the First Time?
• How To Use This Course

Project - Top-Down Socks, Two-at-a-Time

• Top-Down Sock Pattern
• Choose Your Materials
• Following The Pattern Easily
• Pattern Walk-Through

Cast On for Socks and Knit Cuff

• Two-at-a-Time Cast-On
• Ribbed Cuff
• Optional Lace Pattern
• Knit the Cuff

Troubleshooting While You Knit

• Keep Balls Of Yarn From Tangling
• Avoiding Gaps at the Sides
• Socks Not Joined On One Side
• Removing Socks to Unravel

Heel and Gusset

• Heel Flap
• Turn Heel
• Pick Up And Knit For The Gusset
• Repeat On Second Sock
• How to Purl Backwards
• Finish Picking Up All Stitches
• Shape Gusset

Foot, Toe, and Finishing

• Knit Foot
• Decrease For Toe
• Bind Off In Kitchener Stitch
• Weave In Ends
• Blocking

Advanced Top-Down Socks

• Top-Down Socks in Other Weights
• Adding Designs to Top-Down Socks
• Heel-Flap Pattern Stitches

Appendix

• Top-Down Socks Pattern
• Two-at-a-Time Illustration
• Kitchener Stitch Illustration