Knitting in the round, it went all twisted! Help!

[LittleSarah]

Hey

I was knitting a bag in the round and after a while (I was knitting with three different balls of wool) noticed it seemed all twisted, and it was! Totally buggered! ARGH.

Have knitted a hat in the round before without this problem so no idea what I did wrong this time.

I want to try again. Any advice?

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This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I think it just happens if you don't make sure that your cast on edge stays facing the same way when you knit the first round (IYSWIM). There is nothing you can do except unpick it and start again. Sorry!

Oh god, poor you. You just have to make absolutely certain that it's not twisted when you join up the stitches after you've cast on- if it's not right then, there's no way of correcting it. I don't know of any ways of being sure other than to check over and over again before you start knitting I'm afraid.

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Blimey, a flood of knitters

Hee hee, 3 knitting replies, all within 30 seconds! We just can't resist.

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I have a klaxon, like the air-raid warnings.

it can be difficult to see whether your stitches are all straight just from the cast-on row, esp if it's something huge on circs. if you're not doing something that absolutely has to be circular from the beginning you can knit the first few rows flat so it hangs straight and' it's easier to ne sure, then join up and weave the tail through to join the rows.

when i join a knit circ i always swap the first and last stitches of the round to keep the join nice and smooth.

Dunner dunner dunner dunner, dunner dunner dunner dunner, MUMSKNIT

You have to sing it .

Ooh, hadn't thought of swapping the first and last stitches, good idea.

My tip: don't use a really simple loop cast-on (yes, it is perfect for a roll brim, or lace), as that makes it nearly impossible to tell if your stitches are twisted.

pd - brilliant tip!

Thanks guys! I will start again.

PD - when you say you swap for the first and last stitches, how exactly do you mean? Just knit the first stitch of the round before the last?

I think it didn't help that it was quite big and the plastic stringy bit of the needles were twisted during the knit.

Re the simple cast on, how else to do it?

it's described in the comments on this post scroll down to

Posted by: Margot at February 24, 2006 09:29 AM

long tail gives you the most substantial cast on i think:

video here

Thanks PD!

oh, my klaxons going again....

oh no, looks like its all under control.

this thread makes my head hurt

Lol, yes. I have started again, done a few rows and seems all straight but still keep checking worriedly!