Can you help me understand what I did wrong with this 1x1 rib knit in the round?
This is my very first knitting project, it’s meant to eventually be a beanie. I’m so excited to be learning something new but feeling a bit silly right now!
Pertinent info?: I picked up an $8 knitting kit from Aldi that came with 8mm, 16inch circular needles, shown here. The yarn is only described as “12-ply wool.”
I’ve cast on 48 stitches and have been working rows alternating each stitch as knit, then purl and so on. I think this is row 6 (I’m having trouble identifying my rows in rib; I understand stitch markers now!) and each row to this point has ended with one of two scenarios: 1. The working yarn is on one needle and the tail is on the other needle or 2. Both the working & tail end have ended up on the same needle. In either case, there has been no yarn connecting the two needles until now. I’m just realizing that I think these were meant to be connected from the get go (kind of the point of knitting in the round, no?) but I have no idea how I messed that up? The booklet that came in my kit didn’t explain how to join the ends other than simply stating “knit into the first cast-on stitch” which I thought I did.
Can anyone help me understand or point to a resource for what I may have done wrong and if I can fix without frogging the whole thing?
I’ve attached a few photos:
- The connection, no tension
- The connection, pulled taught
- An example of how the previous row turned out & how both ends of yarn ended on the right.
Thank you so much for any feedback!!