I have absolutely no doubt that someone else has come up with this before but I just arrived at it independently so I’d like to share it
I used to use single magic rings whenever starting a piece in the round, but they have the disadvantage that the piece can’t fully be pulled tight. I found out about double magic rings recently but they’re tedious because they leave an even longer tail than single magic rings. But then I started on a pattern that says to use the ch1 method, I thought I’d try it just for the novelty, and I had a brainwave.
Here’s a picture tutorial for the pseudo-double-ring method I’ve started using
Only disadvantage is that the turning chain stitch and the slip knot exist but neither have been very noticeable and I actually kind of like it better than the magic circle because with this method the tail ends up solidly on the wrong side with no effort required