Magic loop

knitted beanie

Pam is knitting a beanie for a friend and stash busting at the same time. We liked the colours because the dove grey tones down the riot of colour coming above the band. It looks good.  What was even better was the fact Pam was using the magic loop for knitting this on round needles. It means she won’t have to change to double pointed needles for the top as you get to the decreasing part for the head. What a bonus! You stay on one set of needles right until the end and you don’t risk losing stitches off the dpns.

A lot of people know about the magic loop for starting a crochet motif but the magic loop for knitting is one which has escaped some of us. So easy and so convenient. VeryPinkKnits explains it well in the video: