When knitting in the round, you’re always knitting on the front of the work. You never “turn” the needle to knit on the wrong side. Not needing to turn the work means knitting in the round is much faster than knitting flat. Knitting in the round produces a seamless tube-like fabric.
What Does it Mean to Join Knitting in the Round? To join knitting in the round is to connect the first and last cast on stitches together. This joining of stitches is what makes circular knitting possible