Why is my knitting twisting

How-to Questions. ArtLady August 23, , pm 4. ArtLady August 23, , pm 7. You have to untwist the yarn every 20 stitches? That seems like a lot! Am I making sense? MrsWildchild August 23, , pm About Me. Privacy Policy. Affiliate Disclosure. Contact Me. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.

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Click on the HTML link code below. Have you ever looked at your stockinette stitch and thought it looked a little off? Do you routinely use more yarn than the pattern calls for? If you answered yes to these questions, you may have twisted stitches. Twisted stitches are a common problem among knitters.

They occur when the stitches from the previous row get twisted as the new row is worked. Below is an example of twisted stockinette stitch on the left compared with regular stockinette stitch on the right. The photos show that twisted stitches can add a lot of unintended texture.

If you zoom in on the fabric, you can see the twist mistake in the stitch structure. The most common reason stitches become twisted is due to wrapping your yarn the wrong way when purling.

If your stockinette stitch in the round is perfectly smooth, but it becomes bumpy when you work back and forth in rows, this may be your problem! When purling, be sure to wrap your yarn over the needle, not under. This results in the yarn sitting correctly on the needle for the next row. How can you tell if the yarn is sitting correctly on the needle? Look at how the stitch is sitting on the needle. If the right leg of the stitch is in the front, the stitch is sitting correctly; knit into this stitch normally, and your knitting will look fine.

If the right leg of the stitch is in the back, the stitch is sitting backwards.