The simple first step to start knitting in the round.
When you work in the round, most patterns will have you cast on, then “join yarn.”
If that’s left you scratching your head in the past, it means simply this: to position your needles in such a way that you’ll connect the end of the cast-on round to the beginning of the next one with the next stitch.
Learn the step-by-step process below!
Basic Principle:
You’ll be working from the end of your first round to the beginning of the next while inserting a round marker.
When it comes down to it, joining yarn in the round is as simple as this:
These three double-pointed needles are looking at the work from the top, but with the cast-on edge pulling to the inside. A loop of yarn has been inserted as a stitch marker after the cast-on round, and one stitch of the next round has been worked.
Make sure you keep everything straight. Twister is a fun party game, but doesn’t work well on your needles.
Hi! I’m Talena Winters (a.k.a. the Yarn Mermaid).
I started My Secret Wish Knitting in 2010 to empower and delight knitting heroes like you who want to elevate your knitting and make magic with yarn. When I’m not concocting new yarn potion recipes, I’m creating story magic as a fantasy and romance author and fiction editor (at talenawinters.com). I live with my family and pets in the Peace Country of northern Alberta, Canada, where sweater weather lasts at least nine months a year and my closest neighbours are bears and wood nymphs.
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