Help with Picking up stitches

[needhelpknitting]

I understand how to pick up stitches, My problem is I have knitted a really nice cabled hat band and have it stiched togethor now I have to pick up stitches on to circular needles. Ok knitting cirular is not problem.....

The question: How do I start the yarn I mean the skeen is not attached to the cable band. So now what??

[Ingrid]

Just start pulling the stitches through. You can weave in the tail later.