Some materials such as yarn and twine are twisted materials that have a tendency to twist on themselves when wet. If they twist too much, the twisting can be a problem when they are used for tri-string and garland loops. A little bit of residual twist, though, may even be helpful for closing giant bubbles.
Getting the Twist Out of the Material[]
There are a number of techniques that people use to get the twist out.
Glowby's Tips[]
Read Glowby's great article in which he runs down several useful methods.
Stretch and Swivel[]
One contributor recommends: It helps if you can stretch your length of yarn/twine all the way out then tie the far end to a swivel, which I attach with a bungee to a tree. I then do it the way Edward describes, with the added benefit it of the swivel helping out.
Untwisting with a weight[]
In an SBF post. Edward wrote:
First, a little twisting is not a huge problem. If there is a lot of twisting, you can get the twist out of the bottom string by hanging up the line with a small weight on one end. I use a binder clip as a weight. I suspend the cord and let it untwist itself. I come back 20 minutes later . For long cords, you can do each half separately. You might have a little residual twist left, but I have never found a little twist to be a problem -- it might actually help when closing a bubble off.
A very long strand of mop yarn slung over a high tree branch for untwisting.
Binder clips being used as weights. You can use just about anything that has a little weight to it.
Swivels[]
Rick Findley uses a #2 or #3 fishing swivel in the middle of his bottom string to prevent twisting. He says that there is no impact on the loop performance.
More[]
THIS ARTICLE COULD USE MORE DETAILS, TECHNIQUES AND PICTURES. THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS ON THE WIKI AND SOME OTHER POSTS ON SBF THAT COULD PROVIDE MATERIAL