Join knitting in the round without a gap

Working in circles in knitting can be a little tricky for beginners, but don't be intimidated by it, face it as another challenge that you will sail through. If you want to make pieces without seams or with few seam areas, you need to learn to work in a circle.

You can work with double pointed needles if you feel comfortable, or you can use circular needles which are two needles joined by a flexible cord. To make socks, sleeves, gloves, hats or any seamless tubular garment, you must work in a circle.

Here I will teach you one of the many ways to close the circle without leaving a hole. It is a very simple technique that can be used with both double pointed and circular needles.

In this tutorial I'm going to use circular needles and I'll take the opportunity to show you how the magic loop technique works with these needles.

Step by step:

I will work with a 1×1 rib, that is, K1 x P1.

Check out the video where I show this step-by-step.

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