Knitting in circles

I have been working on the famous Vogue knitting circular shrug that the Swedish knitting-list "Sticklistan" has been buzzing about the last weeks. I am making it in the smallest size, for my niece, in different shades from my box of odd-balls. The yarn is supposed to twist, but my oh my, it twists something wicked! One tip from someone who has finished the thing was to cut the yarn after each round. This makes things easier, but it robs you of the satisfying experience to un-twist all the floats in the next round. I have an idea for a fix, but I will not say more before I have tried it.

I am thinking of a shrug like this from my lovely alpaca, for the parties to come this winter. Maybe some clear lime coloued beads as well? I was wondering how much I would need to re-calculate the pattern when it struck me that as long as I keep the requested diameter, the circumference, including armholes, will always be right. There is one place in the pattern where you are supposed to count rows, but it is easy to calculate the measurements in inches or centimeters from the gauge given in the pattern.

Speaking of patterns, my Magknits thing is close to being sent of to be edited. My husband took some photos of me modeling it this Saturday, and I am clearly not cut out to be a model... I have asked the editor if she wants us to think of something else...

A lovely site I found today:
six and a half stitches