How to knit small circumferences with two circular - How to knit small circumferences with two circulars How it works The concept is amazingly simple. You knit half the stitches on one circular and then knit the other half of the stitches using the second circular. The right-hand purple needle has been pushed through the first stitch on the left-hand purple needle. I am wrapping the yarn around the right-hand purple needle, just about to form the first stitch of the first round. Nothing tricky, this is exactly how you normally knit.