Circular needles

by kateeisel
(Paynesville, Mn USA)

I've trying to knit a babies jumper and with the circular needle the pattern says to join when starting the first row. I've tried three different times and each time somehow it gets twisted. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Please could you help me?

YOUR ANSWER

It happens sometimes and can be very frustrating, especially when you have a large number of stitches!

One thing I often do is to knit the first two rows as I normally would with single pointed needles (i.e knit the first row and then turn the work and purl the second row). Then I do the join on the 3rd row.

This gives you a bit more depth to work with and makes it easier to 'untwist' the stitches on your circular needle. All you need to do when you have finished knitting is to close up the gap at the bottom. If you use the invisible seam method, you will not be able to tell that you have sewn up the first two rows unless you look really closely.