How to keep magic and traveling loop from creating ladders at the join

 Trick I use for magic and traveling loop to keep cables tight at the join. 

- Slip small ring all the way to the stitches before making the loop..

- Loop your cable and insert working needle through the same ring. 

- Continue knitting.

I always do my hats on traveling loop. I hate DPN's!

This will put a ring around the cable at the join preventing them from spreading to far apart and stressing the join, which can cause ladders.

Remember I'm a mirror knitter so this may seem backwards. I knit my new stitches onto my left needle.