This is the best video on casting on, getting started and knitting using magic loop. Like the previous person's comment, I can't tell you how many other magic loop videos I have watched but never got to have success with using this method. Today I ACHIEVED SUCCESS and am thrilled. Something that made the difference for me was the 'rules' you gave for different things, e.g. 1. always have your working yarn over the back/never hanging in the middle, 2. you explained which point of the needle to pull out to start knitting the next part of the row - importantly, you kept saying things like, "I can't emphasise enough that you need to do X". The way you clearly demonstrated, and clearly explained and then reiterated important points totally gelled with me. I am thrilled that I can now knit in magic loop. This video is the best magic loop one ever. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills.

I like how you used inexpensive needles to show the difficulties you will run into. This was so encouraging. Thanks you.

Oh my goodness can I hit the like button 1000 times? I have watched so many videos and always end up thinking wth. Seriously you have no idea how much this helped me. Every little shred of this video! Ah thank you thank you. I’ll be showing this to my mother as well!!

Thank you so much for this video. I’m taking a virtual mitten class and the instructor’s first video is the magic loop, but she doesn’t demonstrate how to cast on! I now know how to do the magic loop technique thanks to you! Happy knitting!

I'm glad you emphasize bringing your working yarn on top and to the back

Thanks so much! I was almost in tears with the other videos. We are in lock down in South Africa and this has turned a miserable day into a great one! I hope the other teachers watch this too. I kept on undoing my "mess" until you helped. You are the magic in the magic loop!

Ohh, my dear, you are blessed with the Teacher Gene! The repetition really helps, and I deeply appreciate your insistence that some aspects are just plain fidgety and my troubles don't mean I'm doing something wrong. Over-and-out!!

Omg 😲 FINALLY! I’ve found a video that shows from beginning how to do this! Almost EVERY video shows WIP without showing how it all begins. Made me lost interest completely. I’ve not knitted in decades and decided to start again. I can knit in the round but wanted to complete hats w/o dpns Thank You so much and Thank You for keeping it “real”. The long cable would REALLY piss me off and I’d just put it away or pull it back. I’ll use this video in slo-mo so I don’t miss a thing❣️ Again, I Thank You Kindly♥️🌹❣️

Thank you so very much for this tutorial! I watched three others before finding this one and was starting to think I was an idiot for not being able to follow along. But you made it so easy to learn ☺️ Much appreciated.

Thanks for repeating the instructions several times so that I don't have to keep backing up the video. Very helpful!!! You did a great job of explaining.

TOTALLY AMAZING and HELPFUL tutorial!!!! THANK you for showing the "ugly side" of the process!!! I've watched a LOT of tutorials to learn how to use these needles and just to KNIT in general but THIS is the most helpful and EASIEST to follow and most pleasant also. Some of the people that do tutorials do NOT have any personality and some have way too much, YOU were easy to listen to and follow. THANK YOU!!!

Oh my gosh!! Thank you SOOOO MUCH!!! I FINALLY understand how to do it!! I LOVE the way you teach(!!!) and are upfront and real about the difficulties and how to overcome them!! I also love that you call yourself the nervous knitter! 😅 ( Because I am too, even though I've been knitting on and off for years!!) You're definitely a Godsend!! Thanks you again, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I've discovered another reason to be grateful...YOU!! ❤💕❤

Like Karen said. Thank you so very much for repeating, demonstrating and encouraging us over and over. That's what we raw beginners need.

Honestly, I have tried Magic Loop before, but gave up when my knitting looked exactly like yours does at the start!! Now I know it's SUPPOSED to look that way! Thank you SO much for taking this technique right from the start, when it looks messy and disorganized. I really needed this!

This tutorial was hugely helpful and encouraging. Thank you so much for your „real life“ take. You made it much less intimidating!

Definitely the best magic loop tutorial I've come across! Because of you, I'm on a roll!

This is fabulous. Thank you for taking your time to do this! Appreciate your honesty and helping newbies to understand it’s not always perfect.

This is by far the best tutorial for magic loop. Dear me yes I love that you emphasised about keeping the working in the back, when I first started a couple of months ago I kept putting the working yarn in the front and it drove me mad trying to work out what I was doing wrong as the pattern just didnt work out right.

This video is definitely a LIFESAVER!!! I've been searching for several tutorials on how to start knitting in the round. I've seen several in my own language which is Dutch. But not one of them make any sense to me. Then I started looking for english tutorials and at last I found yours. This is the "most" ;-) well explained video on how to cast on stitches and start knitting. The tips about the working yarn and always pull the needle with the working yarn are the best tips ever!!! I've been knitting since I was a little child and now I'm 53 and I finally decided to learn magic loop knitting. Thank you so much for this great tutorial. I gave it a thumbs up, and I saved it in my favorite list.

You’re absolutely correct, other vids don’t teach how you just did. I appreciate the details. Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial!

Working yarn in the back! Thank you!!

finally a magic loop tutorial that actually shows you how to do magic loop!!! you are amazing thank you.

Hello lovely. I can honestly tell you that I have done heaps of research on magic loop, and watched tutorials only to struggle to understand. I’m in my fifties and a reasonably experienced knitter. I found your tutorial to be excellent in every way. You reassured us that there will be struggles and you encouraged us to keep going, and guess what? You just taught me and so many others a new technique I waited all my life to learn. Scroll past any negativity on here and rest assured I myself and many others will be following you and supporting you because you’re very good at what you do. A huge hug and thank you from me, from down under, Australia 🇦🇺. Well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏

You my dear are my ANGEL in disguise!!!! Thank you!! I can do it now!!!! I will be able to knit socks, I tried and tried a thousand times on DPN's, lost half of every set of needles I bought or broke them haha tried 2 circulars, ladders, this is IT!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Amazing tutorial! I love the repetition and your positive comments. I like that you started from the beginning and helped us through the first few rows. I will definitely try this out. Always looking to learn something new.

Finally, someone who actually shows you everything. Thank you so much!! I really can’t Thank You enough. Hugs, Heather

Thank you!!! I’ve tried to start a magic loop project a couple times, but it looked awful and wrong, so I pulled it all off... apparently I MIGHT have been ok if I’d kept going! This is the best tutorial for it I’ve found, and it’s given me the confidence to actually try again!

I'm a long time knitter and the magic loop has been my nemesis. Thanks for the video showing how to start it. You make it look very easy!

At last, with your cheerful and clear demonstration made me a master of the magic loop.😊Thank you for your very clear explanation and encouraging demo.

Thanks so much for starting from scratch!! As a beginner knitter with magic loop .... this was SO helpful! You kept repeating the do's and don'ts which was so helpful to get it to stick in your head. Best intro to magic loop video that I have seen!

Wow. Thanks so much. I have been afraid to do this because every time I tried, it looked awful. But now I know it really didn’t look that bad. And I was having all those problems with the cord and the gaps, etc. you are completely awesome for doing this video. I am going to be doing this method quite often, I believe.

Best video I have seen on how to start the magic loop method.

Many thanks for your help, Charlotte. I love your "back to basics" way of demonstrating techniques. It's really helpful.

Thank you for the tutorial and the pep talk! I have crocheted for years and now want to learn to knit. My magic loop hat looked like a mess but I listened to you and kept going and it is turning out great.

This is so helpful! Nobody shows the struggles. And the fact that you specifically show where you put the working yarn solved my problem of creating a mobius loop instead of a cillinder.

I'm a crocheter, new to knitting, and I'm attempting to make the copycat C.C. beanie; the circular needles I got, though, are too long, so this will hopefully help me a bunch until I can afford a shorter set! You were right, other videos I've watched never really outline the struggles people face when doing something like this, so, thank you so much for being so detailed! It really helps.

"Always the needle with the working yarn" BEST advice I've seen on doing magic loop. "front, back, left, right, up down" can all change if you are holding the needles incorrectly but the yarn on the working needle is a constant "landmark" you can count on 👍😍

Ditto to what everyone else has said. This video FINALLY has me knitting magic loop!!! Thank you a million times over. I could never remember when I would put my knitting down where to pick back up. the working yarn is always on the top. Thank you for explaining this.

this was such a good help! i had been running into troubles trying to knit a hat using circular needles for the first time, instead of on straight ones. I'm finally able to finish up my project! thanks a bunch.

Brilliant video! I've been struggling with this and tried other tutorials but couldn't get my head around it let alone my needles and stitches. I now have a lovely circle of knitting. SO pleased. Thank you!

I am so glad I found you!! I have tried to do the magic loop so many times and given up! I watched two video's before I found this one, but could not figure out what to do with the working yarn to start. I was just reaching for my double points when I decided to try one more. I'm so thankful I found this one! Now I want to use magic loop for every project!!

Praise to ⭐️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️nervous knitter: Sorry but I just had to read off Kelly Tyler, but I was about to praise you for exactly what she had criticized you for! I love the fact you are multitalented and have lovely working hands to prove it. After about a full minute of watching you knit, I realized that I was able to watch you better, more clearly than other demonstrators on YT. Your fingernails are naturally normal. I really appreciate that: thank you! ⭐️⭐️I was not at all distracted by flashy glued on shards of plastic in my face! Omg, what a difference! Between the lack of phony flash and your patient repeat of important steps of each round, I do believe I am capable of using this technique! OMG! I can do this, this greatly helps!❤ I have been mystified by Magic loop my whole time of learning to knit. At least 5-6 years and after see this video and by follow it step by step, I know it’s possible for me too. Thank you for sharing your talent! I look forward to investigating more of your channel and hope you have or plan to add more technical advice for those of us still learning. I haven’t tried Fair Isle or brioche or much lace yet. I hope you cover them like you did this ML tutorial. I am just thrilled, I can’t thank you enough for this lesson!💐🌺🌝🧶🥢🍾🥂😆♥️⭐️🎉👱🏼‍♀️🎊🎁

I’ve been watching magic loop videos over and over but I didn’t quite get it until your video. You’ve made it so easy to understand.

I REALLY appreciate you showing us from the very beginning! This is exactly the instruction I needed! Thank you so much!

OMG thank you so much! I have never been able to get the hang of magic loop so I've been a DPNr for years, it was tedious and moderately frustrating. now that I know how to magic loop it's drastically going to change my knitting. thank you so very much!

I just want to thank you for this tutorial. I have felt like I was trying to pull an elephant through the eye of a needle whenever I try to use this method ...but your honesty about 'real life problems that REALLY HAPPEN' helped me to see that in fact, my struggles were just normal! I DID learn what I was doing wrong (using the wrong needle to begin my row with) and that has helped immensely! I am so glad you followed your heart and took the time to demonstrate this method! I SO APPRECIATE you!!!

Thanks for sharing your video. I have been knitting for just under sixty years and always stayed clear of anything that required double pointed needles. I didn't know this method existed until I went searching for a way to convert a pattern for my grandson. You made it easy for me to follow and now I can knit his hat for him.. !

The BEST video I've watched on Magic Loop! Loved how you voiced everything I was thinking; "this isn't going to work", "this looks weird", "this cord gets in the way" and you talked me through it! Thanks for this!!

This video finally made Magic Loop make sense. I need to see how the "sausage is made" and this video did that for me. The tips were spot on. Thank you!!

Finally I think I understand the magic loop. I have watched numerous videos and never could keep track of which needle to pull. Simply empathizing pulling the needle with the working yarn was a lightbulb moment. Awesome, easy to understand, clear movements with your hands, video centered, you nailed it. I have gotten dizzy watching people reset continuously their yarn and move the needles out of viewing range, and talk so much that I couldn’t keep track of what to knit next. Thank you

I’m here for a tutorial.......and you definitely did not disappoint. Others were sooooooooo confusing. Yours was soooooooo easy to follow. I have to say the commenter here that was really rude.........so hurtful...........unwarranted and hateful. I’m here to learn from a you tuber that actually took the time to make the video and upload it🥰 not a nail fashion show😳 Thank you so much for sharing. Definitely a new subscriber🥰

Thank you .Been struggling. No one has explained this as well as you have !

I’ve been knitting for years and I’ve never be brave enough to try to knit using the magic loop system until today. After watching your very clear instructions I now know how to knit using this method . I can’t thank you enough for your very clear instructions . Happy knitting everybody.

THANK YOU for starting at the beginning and being so thorough with your demonstration and explanation!!! I was successful the first time!🥳

Love that you started at the beginning!

Thank you so much for this! I was struggling with getting started with magic loop and I was not sure I was doing it right! Thank you for validating the struggles too! I was having trouble getting the stitches back on the needle and thought I was doing it wrong.

I'm a little bit late to this video, but I just wanted to say thank you SO much. I've spent most of the day fiddling around with magic loop and kept getting lost with it, but your video has helped so much. Thank you, you're an angel! Stay safe out there and look after yourself, thank you again xxx

Thank You! Thank You! and Thank You!! I've tried to do this so many times and just ended up with tangled yarn and twisted needles! Right from the beginning you told it like it is and I did my first magic loop knitting and NO Tangles!! Great video, Great Teacher! :)))))

Thank you Charlotte~!! Don't even apologize for being "slow" .....to me,as a beginner,,you knit FAST~!! Besides,,it's easier to learn watching someone do it slowly. Being totally clueless about cables,,magic loop,,and knitting in general,,my first attempt at knitting on circulars I bought needles with a cable way too long for a hat,,lol,,I didn't know ! So I decided to wing it and made up my own version of what I NOW know is magic loop :))) but it was more difficult and stretched out my stitches. This is SO much easier,,thank you,,your videos have basically taught me how to knit~!! It's been about 5 months and I have 4 different projects going,,knitted hats,blankets,scarves and yoga socks for my whole family for Christmas•!! I'm addicted😂🥢🤣🥢

I've ripped my thing like 7 times till now. It's sooooo starting to make sense! FINALLY! THANK YOU!

I appreciate the start from the beginning format, thank you

I was giving this a try for the first time today, and that helped tremendously. The book I had was confusing and missed a lot of points that you mentioned. Thank you.

I know this video is 4 years up here but I’ve just come across it after watching 6 others and couldn’t get my head around it till this video!! Thank you for this so easy to understand, hopefully have a happy toddler in a few days when I get this darn hat done 😅

Thank you so much! I have tried magic loop so many times, and watched several video tutorials, with no success, just got in a mess. Your tutorial has made all the difference! I can do it! Thank you again!

I tried this once last year and I kept thinking I was doing it wrong. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction with this. I am going to try it again. Now, I am going to watch it again while I move forward in this endeavor. Many thanks 😊

New knitter, just finding your video and you couldn’t be more right about finding videos that gave instruction, but not how to start. Thank you, this was extremely helpful.

THANK YOU! Finally someone makes a video for those of us that are struggling. Much appreciated. You're the best!

I just finished a project that used double pointed needles for some fingerless gloves for my granddaughter and I vowed I would never do another one. So annoying and frustrating. What a joy to see this tutorial on the magic loop, which was recommended by a friend when I told her about my struggle. I own an entire set of magic loop needles for which the metal tips in different sizes simply screw onto the cords. I have used them for large baby blankets in the past but never tried knitting in the round. Thought it was impossible. I have had them over 30 years now. I have every size I could ever dream of having. So now I'm ready to attempt another project in the round using the magic loop knitting method. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you a million times over. I can finally do this without going mad! Simple tricks that I wish everyone knew. You did it!

This is the easiest tutorial I’ve learned from you, had difficulties with the others, love learning from you, keep them coming and thank you, thank you!

thank you so much! yours is the best tutorial on magic loop. been struggling with it for a while and with your help i was able to knit my first inch on the magic loop. and the ladders do work themselves out! thank you

FINALLY! I’ve been trying to learn magic loop knitting for a long time, and this video was exactly what I needed. Thanks!

You are absolutely right - most videos already show work in progress, so they don't show you how to do the first join. Thank you VERY much for a clear, concise demonstration - I am LOVING this method!!!

Absolutely the best video on how to start magic loop! OMgoodness! Thank you!

Thank you for making videos 🖤 you are one of the few people who's videos I actually understand. Thanks to you I have mastered brioche and now hopefully magic loop. 😘

Thank you so MUCH, I have l've looked at several videos that show Magic Loop and yours was the BEST! I do appreciate that you used circular needles that look like mine. I don't have a nice set so this was helpful. God Bless

Awesome... really easy to follow for a reminder!!! Good tip about the working yarn - UP AND OUT! :D Thank you.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I watched a ton of other videos on how to do this and you're 100% right, they don't show the ugly hard stuff. This was amazing and I got it first try. Thank you so, so, so much!!

I have watched at least 10 videos explaining the magic loop. Yours was the most comprehensive. You anticipated and answered all my questions and concerns. Thank you so much!

Best help ever. Understands frustrations of starting in the round knitting. Encouraged me to pick up my needles and yarn when I’d thrown them across the room having failed a number of times in succession. Not all the irritating preamble either, this young lady understands that we neither want nor need half an hour’s video for five minutes of actual instruction! Thank you.

I've hated the magic loop as long as I've been knitting. So much that I haven't even tried it. This video has given me the oomph to actually want to give it a go! Thank you!

This is the first video that shows all the steps for knitting magic loop. The others make assumptions that you can follow their instructions without demonstrating all the details. What a great teacher. I’m looking forward to learning more skills from these videos.

OMG THANK YOU I LOVE YOU. I was so confused on the magic loop thing I been trying to figure it out and how I was going to do it but you've answered all my questions thank you so much 😍

When you explained how to keep your working yarn to the back and not “hanging” it solved a huge problem I was having. Thank you for such a thorough tutorial!

I've been struggling with my long tail cast on for a while now. Thank you for this video, it really helped me get it right!

Thank you , thank you, thank you. You are absolutely right about no one showing you the messy part. I followed someone who said to start the first stitch on the back needle and purl by using the front needle to work with to join the round. Could not figure that out! I was working the inside of the round NOT the outside. The working yarn was always on the front needle. Several rows later, I had to switch my sts from magic loop to dpns, then turn the work so I would be knitting on the outside, then put the sts back on the circular needles and dropped some sts in the meantime, had to catch them up, and FINALLY started knitting properly. YOU SOLVED THAT DILEMMA FOREVER.

I am a "self-taught" new knitter and I have watched MANY KZfaq videos, but never felt compelled to leave a comment until now. THANK YOU SO MUCH for showing all the 'fiddly" parts of Magic Loop. I have tried NUMEROUS times to make hats and sweaters using Magic Loop, but could NEVER get past the first few rounds without thinking that I was doing it wrong and "just couldn't get it". Frustrated, I abandoned each project and resigned myself to simply making shawls and scarves. Your videos are MUCH NEEDED in the knitting community if "new knitters" like myself are going to be able to improve their knitting skills. Bless You!!

Your the best !!! I’m going to give this ago again, I had given up but you’ve helped to to give it another shot with how clear you are thank you !!!😍🙀

I can't even put into words how helpful this video is!!! I've been trying to teach myself how to knit in the round but i could never get it. You've got me up and running in the round! Im so excited!! Thank you so so much!!!

Thank you so much for this truthful video. Yes, it is fidgety but you explain everything completely and give us great tips. Keep up the great work!!😃

After knitting for 60 years I finally learned how to knit magic loop❤

Thank you so much for posting this! Getting started has not been easy for me, but you’ve given me tips that I believe will help give it another go.

I totally agree with the other comments -- this is the best video I have watched on magic loop. I had just about given up on magic loop and knitting in general because I kept getting ladders and couldn't figure out why. The tip about making sure the working yarn is NOT in between the needles is a life changer! THANK YOU!

I just discovered your video on magic loop and I'm thrilled. I'm wanting to learn how to knit socks using magic loop. Other videos make it look so complicated but your video is so simple. I'm anxious to cast on. Thank you!!!

HOLY CRAP! i have been avoiding magic loop for so long, and then when i finally wanted to try all the tutorials were in the middle of a project! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are a natural teacher! After many tries with other videos, I have finally found success! Thank you so much, don’t stop your videos, I’ll be waiting for more!

Thank you so much.. you have made it so easy.. love how you explain every detail.. you didn't leave anything out.. better understanding for me.. thanks so much.. you are my favorite knitter.. now I need to know how to do the purl on how magic loop.. lol..

I've never tried magic loop before, watched your video once, then picked up my needles and yarn and watched it again, following along with what you were doing. And I was able to do all the steps and now I can do magic loop! Thanks for the tutorial, especially with the twisty cable circular needles, because that's exactly how mine looked while I was doing the steps so I knew what to expect.

Thank you so so much for this. I'm picking up knitting again after years away and this saved me from huge frustration. I'll come back to this every time I need to refresh magic loop.

The best knitting tutorial I have ever come across. Thank you.