How do you knit a pair of socks with 2 size 10 (US) needles ?

Question

When giving me an awnswer please note that:
It must be for (US) size 4 or 5 feet.
It must be done with 2 size 10 (US) needles
It must be beginer's level or intermediate's level.

Answer 1

The other 2 answerers are right that socks generally should be knit in the round--using DPNs or 1 or 2 circular needles. (I myself love magic loop, but 2 circs also works well).

However, there are some patterns for knitting socks on 2 straight needles--they do require you to sew the sock up, so there will be some seam. The best one I know is: http://www.lindascraftique.com/free/tnsocks.htm.

Size 10 needles are quite large for socks, and there are not many sock patterns written for this size. You will likely have to adapt any pattern you are using to take into account your large needles, and you also will want to use a very thick yarn. Generally socks are knit on smaller needles than a yarn calls for on the ball band because you want to create a dense fabric that will be comfortable and hard wearing. Converting your pattern will require you to do a swatch with your yarn and needles to calculate the stitches per inch, and then do some math on the pattern to adjust the number of stitches needed.

Sorry it's so complex....but if you really want to knit socks, you should look into getting some small needles and sock yarn. It really is great fun and a very addictive habit!

Answer 2

Knitting Baby Socks Two Needles

Answer 3

I don't like to correct other people's answers, but in this case Crafty Diversions answer may be misleading. There are two ways to knit socks on circular needles. One is to knit on two circlulars and two socks can be knitted at a time this way. The other way is the magic loop method that was named. This is where a really long circular needle is used and pulled through the sock to make a smaller circumference. If you really are dedicated to making socks on straight needles I believe that there are a couple of patterns online for ones that are made flat and sewn up. Size 10 needles are not a good idea, though. Socks should be knit really tightly and I would recommend that US 3 is about the biggest size needle that should be used.

Answer 4

I'm assuming you mean 2 straight knitting needles. Unless you knit them as two separate pieces and then sewed them together to form a sock, I do not believe that you can knit a sock with 2 straight knitting needles. The downside of doing it this way is that you will undoubtedly have an uncomfortable ridge along the bottom and heel of the sock. I am not aware of sock knitting patterns that are constructed that way for an adult.

The closest would be baby booties and baby socks. The sewn ridge does not matter for babies, because they do not walk. You can try to adapt a baby bootie pattern for your own feet if you choose to knit a sock this way. There are many books and alson online resources for knitting baby booties.

Socks are normally knit on double pointed needles. You can knit a sock using two circular needles. This is called the magic loop method. This is a nice tutorial on knitting with the magic loop method: http://www.knitaddicted.com/files/MagicLoop.pdf
This is a video demo on using the magic loop: http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/advanced_techniques/

EDIT NOTE: I did an internet search for you. Maybe I just didn't enter the right combination of keywords, but after several searches, I could not find an adult sock pattern knitted up on 2 needles.

The largest needle sized sock knitting pattern I found is for a US #6 needle. I have knitted socks and baby booties using US 6 needles and worsted weight yarn. Here are a few sock patterns (free!) suitable for beginners and using thicker weight yarn:
http://www.socknitters.com/PATTERNS/basicsox.htm
http://straw.com/cpy/patterns/bunnyhop-socks.html
http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/joanssocks.txt

noneinnyet is correct about knitting 2 socks at a time on circulars. I didn't mention it because it's a technique that's recommended for a more advanced knitter. Here's some info on it though: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/FEATextreme2in1.html

Answer 5

There is not even a half inch difference between the size 4 {2.75 mm} and 10 needle {6mm} I just put the 2 of them together. No big hole would be involved. So go ahead and I am sure your blanket will be fine. What will happen is the blanket will be a bit larger than the specs say it would be on a size 4. It does not matter what size the needle is that you use, the baby's fingers and toes can snag on anything, but if the mother keeps the nails trimmed even this should not happen