technique: importance of joining circle/oval on row 3

I’m finding a number of Swirls knitters are running into trouble because they are ignoring the instruction to join the circle/oval at the end of row 3.  Knitting pattern instructions are written based on assumptions of which direction the knitter will be working on in any given row. &nb ...
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technique: no twist join

Joining numerous stitches in the round requires that you carefully align the stitches on the needle in order to avoid twisting the cast-on edge around the needle.

Here is the way I go about it:

technique: create a Swirl "Super Swatch" Cowl

Really want to knit a Swirl, but feeling a bit too daunted by the prospect to start? Don’t want to knit that all-important swatch because, phooey, all you end up with is a dumb square?

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