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[resqgrl50]

HELPPPPPPPPP! My project is twisted on my circular needles and I don't know what to do. Is there a way I can get them untangled? I am still able to knit, I just have it kind of tangled. Heres a picture for better reference.

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[violentlykarin]

You know where it says "cast on X number of stitches and join, being careful not to twist"?

That's a twist, alright. I really don't know that there's anything you can do about it, other than rip it out and start again. When I'm kntting in the round, I like to knit a couple of rows and then join it, so that I make sure I'm not twisting. There's a tiny little seam but it's worth it for me not to have to rip back.

[comeonbringit]

I do this too. It is definitely worth it, not to have to rip back. Seam, schmeam :)

[pink_tigercub]

wait..... i need to understand this
the same just happened to me *THREE TIMES* when i tried the Razor Shell Lace tank top someone (i really can't for the life of me remember whom) posted in Craftgrrl about 2 weeks ago.... so i decided to knit it flat and have one side seam... but you're saying i can join it now (about 6 rows in)? is that possible?

[tersa]

What you have there is a mobius.

The only way to fix it is to rip it all back to the cast-on row, unjoin, and then make sure all the stitches are lined up properly before re-joining.

It sucks, but, been there, done that. :/

[redmelde]

A Moebius only has a 180 degree twist. Twisting a cast-on before joining creates a 360 degree twist, and will not make the one-surface Moebius strip.

[kathrynt]

You owe me a Coke.

[redmelde]

Shouldn't you be cutting out caffeine? How about a fortified water?

[fleur]

No, you can't untwist it at this point; you'll need to rip out and start over. Sorry.

Looks like you got quite a ways before you noticed .. I usually check really carefully about three or four rows in to be absolutely sure it's not twisted. Then if there's a mistake I don't have so much to rip out! ;)

[kathrynt]

My 2nd project in the round evar had this problem, and I didn't notice until I bound off. Boy was that embarassing.

[fleur]

DOH!!!

[kathrynt]

I still have it, too! My husband uses it as a neck or earwarmer for skiing, he claims the twist tucks under his ponytail and stays out of the way. I think he's, er, very sweet to say so.

[hedgemom]

When I've cast on something in the round that is bound and determined to bunch up so I can't see the twisting, I teach it a lesson. I take contrasting yarn and run it through the bottom of the cast on (before joining) and then I can SEE that it's behaving. Often I'll draw the thread up, creating a gather. That is very good for recalcitrant yarn and is usually assertive enough to keep it obedient.

[sugarmommaless]

This is a very smart idea! I'm going to add this to my (albeit small) bag of tricks!

[awfief]

I am so very surprised that everyone's saying the ONLY thing you can do is rip out. Another thing you can do is stop, and cut through your knitting. This happened to a purse I was making and I foolishly thought it would straighten out when I bound off. Guess what? It didn't. :) So I started cutting, and tied the ends together. It made an ugly seam, but then I sewed an icord handle into it, so you couldn't tell at the end.

The worst part was that I'd made a few things in the round on circs and didn't pay attention, and they were fine!

But yeah, rip or cut. Very sad to have to do. In the future, after you knit the first round and are about to join it, make sure all the stitches are pointing down. (I'm very glad I learned this before using dpn's!)

[crayolaab]

So, I'm trying to picture doing this and failing miserably. You cut in a line straight down the piece, and then tie each stitch end together? Do you have to unravel a bunch of stitches to have enough yarn to tie securely? Am I missing something? Thanks!

[awfief]

I may have unraveled a stitch or 2 -- this was a purse, so it didn't really matter. I forget if my stitches were just big (I was using worsted weight cotton yarn with size 11 needles, I think) or I unraveled. And I tied 2 on the same side together, so I ended up with a seam that I then seamed up. It's a lot of work, but after about 64 rows of knitting spending an hour tying knots was less work than ripping the whole thing out.

[crayolaab]

I guess I'm still not really getting it, but maybe that's just because I hate seaming so I'd rather rip and re-knit ;)