joining knitting in the round without a gap how to join stitches in the round

JOIN IN THE ROUND When joining in the round take care not to twist the knitting. Take a moment to make sure your cast on row is not twisted. You can lay your knitting down and make sure your edge is to the inside. Arrange your knitting needles so that the last stitch you cast on is on the right. Place a marker to mark the end of the row if you use the following methods to avoid a gap wait to place marker until after. To prevent a gap when you join the ends cast on an additional stitch. Being careful not to twist the stitches knit the 1st stitch on the cast on stitches then pass over the extra stitch on the right needle over the stitch just knitted from the left needle and pull tight. You can also slip the first stitch from the left needle to the right. Take the extra stitch and pass this stitch over the stitch just slipped. Slip the first stitch on the right needle back over to the left. Pull the yarn and yarn tail to tighten up and begin to knit in the round. If you have a small number of stitches that you need to join you can cast on and work the first rows as an I-cord. Once you worked the rows you can transfer the stitches to DPNs.