knitting my own garters?

[piperdbh]

This is the coolest thing I'll learn today! That's just brilliant! I'll definitely use that 'trick' on my next stockinette-in-the-round scarf. Thank you!

Thanks for the vote of confidence. It's the same techniques used in making toe-up socks, except with the socks you have to increase at each end.
This 'trick' will give you a nice chain-looking edge, too. Plus, if you want to add fringe on the ends, you don't have to try to get your yarn needle through a seam, 'cause they ain't one.