twisted sister

Ellen S@2 wrote

on Jul 27, 2009 2:35 PM

I ripped out all my stitching and started the project (a hat) over because the knitting was twisted on the needle.  I casted on 200 stitches and statred over.  Now I have about 4 rows done and the knitting is twisted again!!! What am I doing wrong that this keeps happening, so that I can prevent it?

ElizaH wrote

on Jul 27, 2009 10:49 PM

I've done the same thing, except it was the cuff of a sweater - it felt bad enough! I have read in several patterns for knitting with circular needles, "make sure the cast-on row is not twisted ,,," so you've got more company.

I know nothing else than checking very carefully that the bottom edge of the knitting is DOWNWARDS for all the 200 (!) stitches. I was just thinking that if you cast on to straight needles, and then knit the first row over to the circular, that will give you more material so you can see what is the lower edge. And you would only have one row to stitch together afterwards.

Try it out on fewer stitches and see what you think !

ElizaH

Ellen S@2 wrote

on Jul 28, 2009 8:05 AM

Thank you so much for your reply.  I go to my knitting group this morning and I am going to show this boo-boo to them and see if anyone has any ideas.  Then I will give your ideas a try.  I have made 2 of these hats before and didn't have this problem, but now it has happened twice on this particular hat.  I won't give up though!  Thanks again!

Ellen

ElizaH wrote

on Aug 1, 2009 12:04 AM

Hi Ellen,

Glad to know that you  can see some possibility in my sugggestion. How about your group? Did they have a lot of smart ideas? I'd like to know too.

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