How to Knit on Circular Needles

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Gather your circular knitting needles and some yarn.

   Do which ever cast on method you like.
   
   It's recommended that you do not use the backwards loop method, as the loops can twist around and come undone. , Make sure all of your stitches are straight on the needles and facing the same direction. , What this means is you need to join the knitting yarn to the work so it is one continuous circle.
   
   Hold the needle where the cast on began in your left hand and hold the other needle in your right hand.
   
   Begin knitting with the working yarn, making sure you are connecting the yarn to the beginning and creating a circle. , Otherwise you may have a ladder form where you joined the yarn, and you don't want that to happen. , (If you don't have a stitch marker you can use a paper clip.) This is not completely necessary, as you can see where the round starts with the tail yarn, but it's very helpful if you're knitting a complex pattern. , A tube like structure should begin to form. ,,
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   Step 2: Make a slipknot and slide it onto the needle.

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   Step 3: Cast on.

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   Step 4: Scrunch all the stitches over to the left needle

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   Step 5: or where you began casting on.

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   Step 6: Join the stitches.

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   Step 7: Pull the joining stitches and the first few afterwards tight.

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   Step 8: Put a stitch marker on the right needle to mark the beginning of the round.

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   Step 9: Continue knitting in the round.

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    Step 10: Cast off as your normally would.

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    Step 11: Finished.

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