Circular knitting, also called knitting in the round, looks a lot trickier than it actually is. In fact, there are some knitters who only use circular needles because they don’t like to purl. It’s an important skill for a knitter because there are some projects where circular knitting is necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is circular knitting? It’s a style of knitting done with one long needle. Circular needles have wooden, or metal ends to actually do the knitting with and are connected by a plastic cord. They’re often used in projects like hats or mittens. When you knit in the round, you end up with a project that’s already circular, so there’s no need to sew up any seams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to try using a circular needle, you can simply cast on your stitches and begin knitting. You’ll see that once you finish knitting your first row, you won’t have to change hands as you do with two needle knitting. All you have to do is slide your knitting along the plastic cord from the right needle to the edge of the left needle and begin again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n