How to knit
2 Gloves At The Same Time
How to knit two at once in the round: Learn to cast on two matching knits at once
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hello today I want to show you how to
make two knitted items at once on the
same set of knitting needles you can do
this for mittens and gloves or even for
hats any small item that you want to
turn out to be the same size this is
also great for knitting sweater sleeves
and similar items the first thing you'll
need to know is what kind of knitting
needles to use you'll need a set of
circular needles with a long cord you'll
need at least a 29 inch cord I like to
use a 36 inch cord because I feel like
it gives me just a little bit more room
to work the second thing you need to
know is that you should split your yarn
into two balls one for each separate
item I'm going to be using two different
colors of yarn today so you can see
where the stitches change just a little
bit more easily but you may want to use
the same color of yarn so that your two
items match the first thing you do to
get started is to choose your first ball
of yarn
we'll use the blue as our color one and
we'll do a normal longtail cast on for
the item that we're going to make so
pull out your tail I'm going to make a
little tiny baby hat and it calls for 40
stitches cast on so go ahead and make
your slip knot take that slip knot and
place it on one of the needle ends and
simply cast on this difference here when
you're going to make two separate items
on one set of needles is you're going to
cast on half the stitches that your
pattern calls for so since my pattern
calls for 40 stitches I will be casting
on 20 stitches to get started with the
color one and then we stop
and you just do your normal cast on I
like the long tail because it makes a
stretchy little end let's count how many
stitches we have here we want to make
sure we get to 20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17
18 19 20 so that is your step 1 when
you're going to cast on 2 different
items you want to cast on half the
stitches that your pattern calls for in
color number 1 or with yarn ball number
1 now for step number 2 when you're
casting on 2 items at once you slide
those first 20 stitches or the first set
of stitches depending on what your
pattern is called for down to the end of
the first needle and move color number 1
or ball number 1 aside then you take
color number 2 and you're going to do
another cast on for your second item so
this will be our second hat and since
our pattern calls for 40 stitches we'll
cast on 40 stitches with color number 2
or yarn ball number 2 the second set of
stitches you cast on all of the stitches
that your pattern calls for so we'll go
ahead and cast on 40 stitches here first
step number 2
that should be 40 but you always want to
double-check at this point because once
you've moved on to the next step you
can't go back so once you have all your
stitches cast on you double check so
we've got 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 and 40 stitches
so as you can see on step 2
you're going to have your first set of
stitches will be half of what the
pattern has called for and your second
set of stitches is all of the cast on
stitches that the pattern calls for now
for step 3 you are going to pick up both
needles at this point and you're going
to take the first set of stitches the
color one stitches and slide them around
to the second needle so just slide them
back being careful not to twist them
keep them straight so that the bottom of
your item will be nice and neat and
slide those all the way to the tip of
the other needle of the empty needle of
your circular needles just like that
then take
the color one stitches or the excuse me
the color two stitches the purple
stitches in this case and you're going
to split those in half so you're going
to count half the stitches for me that's
20 stitches so we've got 2 4 6 8 10 12
14 16 18 20 and at this point you're
going to slide it you're going to take
that little cable cord and you're going
to very gently pull it through be
careful not to twist your stitches while
you're doing this one way to double
check that your stitches are not twisted
is on the back needle you'll see sort of
a purl side see the little bumps the
purl side those will need to face you on
the back needle and on the front needle
you'll see it's a little neater it's
more of a knit side so the purl side
stitches will face you on the back
needle and the knit side stitches will
face you on the front needle and that's
how you know that you're not all twisted
up is you want all the little pearl
sides to face you and all the little
knit sides to face you on the front
needle all right now the very next step
you take is to cast on the second half
of your stitches with your first color
your color one or your ball one and
you'll do that in the same way that you
cast on any other long tail stitches
make sure that the tail of the yarn will
be draped over your thumb and the
working yarn draped over your pointer
finger your first finger and there'll be
a little X here at the bottom and you're
going to cast on to the first needle and
you cast on half the stitches your
pattern calls for so that you'll have
all of the stitches that you need to
cast on
the needles when you're done so we'll be
casting on 20 stitches to finish out our
pattern
and 20 and again always double-check
here and make sure you've cast on the
right amount of stitches so that you
match your pattern 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
18 20 all right so we have all of the
stitches we need cast on to make two
separate items following my baby hat
pattern and when you're done casting on
go through and untangle a little bit if
you keep untangling as you go you'll
have a lot less problem when you turn
and you make your first row so as you
can see I've made my long tails quite a
bit too long so right now is a really
good time to go ahead and clip them off
at about 10 to 12 inches I wouldn't do
any longer than that or you can get
tangled but don't go too much shorter
either you're going to have a hard time
leaving them in all right so now you've
cast on all the stitches and you're
ready to move forward to making your
first row when you're knitting two items
at once on the same set of needles all
right now that we've cast on all of our
stitches how do you start to knit your
first row well first thing you'll do is
you'll take the cast on stitches that
have been in your right hand and you're
going to turn the entire piece over so
all of the working stitches all the live
stitches are going to be in your left
hand now and it'll be sitting just like
this next you take your back needle and
you gently without twisting your
stitches be very careful not to twist
your stitches gently slide that needle
through and you're going to turn it
around and you'll be working with your
right
and pulling the live stitches from your
left hand as you work so you start with
your ball number one or your color
number one again make sure you don't
twist your stitches you want to see sort
of the knit side of the cast on facing
you on the front needle and the purl
side of the cast on facing you on the
back needle that helps you not get all
twisted on this first row now you'll get
your first color of yarn or your first
ball of yarn and you're going to work
from that now sometimes these two balls
get tangled and you just untwist them as
you go so don't get too worried about
that as long as you don't start getting
knots little twists here and there okay
you can untwist it as you work so my
pattern wants me to knit purl the first
row so you simply knit into the first
stitch and follow your pattern knit and
purl for my entire first row
you'll be working half of the stitches
that the pattern has called for just as
you cast on half of the stitches that
the pattern called for with your color
number one and then you'll be switching
on to color number two once you've
reached the end
and her
okay now at this point you've completed
half of your first row of your first
piece take the first color of yarn and
just set it down I'm starting to get a
little tangled so let's untwist here
we're going to move to color number two
for our first step of color number two
stitches that are on our needles as you
can see you want to make sure you match
up the yarn from the working ball with
the stitches that are on your needles if
you kept working with number one you'd
end up having your two items tied
together so make sure at the end of that
first set of stitches you drop color or
ball number one and pick up color or
ball number two and then you follow the
pattern the same way again it wants me
to knit purl so we go ahead and we knit
with color number two and purl with
color number two all the way to the
middle of that first row so you're only
doing half the stitches of the pattern
on each side of the needle so we'll have
20 on this side before we turn our
needles
and just gently slide them again make
sure you don't twist your stitches up so
that your brim or bottom of your work is
going to stay nice and clean and even
all right now at this point you don't
need to drop color number two you can
just keep hanging on to it but you'll
pull very gently this cable through so
that your needle is hooked through the
other stitches on the backside
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turn your work
straighten your stitches if you want to
drop the color number two you can but
you don't have to at this point because
you're going to continue to work with
color number two on the second half of
that piece so now that we've got our
stitches a little bit straight on the
front needle we pull the back needle
through make sure you leave a little
loop here so it doesn't lose your
stitches and you continue to work the
pattern in color number two so we've got
our knit purl for another 20 stitches
nits and one last Pearl with color
number two and as you can see that was
the first completed row after the cast
on for your color number one now go
ahead and drop color number one set it
aside or excuse me drop color number two
set that aside and go back to color
number one the blue or ball number one
if you're using the same color get your
stitches in that color onto your needle
and ready to work and slide them down to
the tip pick up the color and work the
second half of the stitches for Row one
and your color number one so as you can
see color number one is always split and
you do the first half of the stitches
you drop that pick up color number two
work the entire row of stitches even
though you're turning it in the middle
you're working it all the way through on
a color number two then you go back to
color number one and finish out the
second half of the stitches and that's
how you'll do every single row in the
same way you always work half of color
number one all of color number two and
then the second half of color number one
we've got our last knit and purl and we
finished both row one for both little
items we have here this works the same
way with mittens or anything else you
always work half of color number one
move to color number two do all of color
number two and then finish the second
half of color number one let me show you
just one more time how you slip it so
when you're done with your first row you
do the same kind of flip you can either
pull your needle through now and then
flip or you can flip and pull your
needle through it depends on what you
feel is easier I like to flip and pull
my needle through line both those
needles up
and you're going to pull that back
needle out again so that it's empty and
you can go back to working with color
number one again when they get tangled
don't worry just untangle them carefully
and continue to work your pattern in the
same way all the way around until you're
finished
