Much time has been put into making ropes (and it's a worry when you find yourself seizing the ties on your tomato plants). Over-all I'm usually happy with my rope results but what is baffling me is why do they keep twisting into themselves when being worked into some rigging. I watched Olha video and her ropes behave, in my opinion wonderfully, no twisting, twirling or knotting into themselves. My rope making follows Steef66 excellent instructions and threads used are Serafil/Gutermann. - Thread lengths reduction on the ropewalk 8%-10% before starting the actual rope turning. 15% for thicker rope. End results are Baked @ 177c (approx) for 5- 5.1half minutes (depending). So in theory, bearing in mind my inexperience, I should be making good rope. But the thinner the rope the more pronounced this twisting issue which is very annoying and a bit soul destroying. So my question is; Why is this happening, what is not being done correctly, is there a solution, how can I overcome this irritating little problem? - is this happening other DIY rope makers and is it perhaps somewhat acceptable??? Here's hoping this isn't a silly query - Cheers.