The magic loop is a method of knitting something that is small in the round on a large circular needle. This is VERY helpful when you want to make a hat or a sock, but all of the cables on your circular needles are just too large for your project.
To begin, you will need a circular needle about 20" long or so.
Cast on a number of stitches that is divisible by two. I did twenty.
Carefully slide all of the cast on stitches to the middle of your cable.
Divide your stitches into two halves. You can place a marker in between the two stitches in the middle, if you like.
Grab the cable and pull it through the gap between both halves where you placed the stitch marker.
Slide the stitches you cast on first onto your left-hand needle, leaving the other stitches on the cable.
Knit all of the stitches on the left-hand needle.
It should look like this.
Slide the stitches that are on the cable onto the left-hand needle.
Now slide all of the stitches from the right-hand needle onto the cable.
Knit all of the stitches off of the left-hand needle and you have finished one round! After several rounds, your work should look like this.
Watch this video for clarification: Knitting in the Round - Magic Loop - YouTube
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