More knitters than ever are using circular needles & enjoying the convenience ease & efficiency of knitting in the round Circular Knitting Workshop teaches every aspect of circular knitting & it empowers knitters of all levels to discover the satisfaction of knitting in the round Circular knitting has many benefits including making it easier to follow charts (with the right-side of the work always facing the knitter) & eliminating the need for seams Margaret Radcliffe author of The Knitting Answer Book is a master teacher She presents Fair Isle twined helix tubular & other classic techniques in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences Thirty-five demonstration projects let readers try out each new technique on a mini-version of a sock hat bag mitten sweater or vest before applying it to a larger project Radcliffe also shows readers how to convert patterns written for straight needles to circular