I did it!!!
Finally, I got it. After watching your video like 10 times (and cleaning my glasses and getting better lighting – duh) I figured out what I was doing wrong 🙂
In the video when you come to the dropped stitch you say something like ” and here there’s 2 stitches and then across the street there is this 1 long one”. So when I would cross the street back again, I was trying to find another long stitch. Turns out that I was adding an extra stitch from the row below every time I got to the dropped stitch. That would explain why I kept going off track and losing my alignment. It turned out so well, I can’t even tell where I stitched my scarf together now. I’m so excited; it feels like a great accomplishment!! I have a picture, but I don’t know how to post it here.

You totally ROCK!!!!
That’s going above and beyond. The video is super. Now I have to run off and block that scarf so I can stitch along with your video.
(Happy dance!) Thank you 🙂

I am trying to figure out how to attach a picture to this reply, but if I can’t get it, go back to the blog post and I will put it there. So, since you knit the tube in a spiral, the join row is going to be one row over. So, I suggest that you cheat (unlike the picture I am trying to show you) to make it line up. It should only be by one stitch. I am going to go down and try this out right now!

So, check out the blog for my findings…my idea worked and I even made a you tube video of how to Kitchener the scarf closed. You can see the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w1sTdvqDKc

Thanks Jamie, I’m good that far – I’ve got the ends lined up straight and am trying to kitchener from the outside. I’m an ok-but-not-perfect kitchener stitcher but I seem to be having trouble as I do the stitch around. Maybe it is because of the dropped stitches; somehow by about 20-25 stitches in my rows are no longer lined up. So I’m worried that if I keep going there are stitches that have not been caught. Any guesses what might be messing me up?

There is a picture of the scarf in a big ring on the pattern. that is the way you have to hold it. You will need to kitchener it from the outside! Good luck!!

Thank you Jamie!!