Knitty: Morgan (Hat)

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I am really a visual learner, so I'm having a hard time trying to picture in my head how the Morgan pattern from Knitty is being done. It's asking for 2 circular needles, 24 inches or longer. And it's casting on 8 stitches...... I have no idea how you use 2 circulars at the same time, or how one stretches 8 stitches across such a long circular. I ended up just using DPNs of the same size and just knitting in the round the normal way. How does the 2nd circular come in? I assume it has something to do with the short rows, which I've never tried before.
Any help on clearing up my mental picture on how this is knitted?
Thanks