Mend Knit-In-The-Round Twist.

Most knitters have made the mistake of twisting stitches on circular needles when casting on.  The best solution is to catch the twist immediately; and after casting on, if you’ve twisted, simply untwist at this point and your work will be very close to perfect.
Recently I discovered the twist in an intricate pattern after knitting about 10 rows of 450 stitches in the round in an intarsia design.  A more patient person would have started over, but I chose to come up with a method of mending the twist. 
After day-dreaming for about 24 hours about the possible methods, I cleared a long afternoon to work on this mending in peace.  A quite acceptable mend was accomplished, at least for my less than perfectionist personality. 
I had recently knit a sweater that included use of the steek technique.  This provided the inspiration and confidence to mend my twist.
Steeking is accomplished when after knitting the body of the sweater without openings for the armholes, you then sew along the area that will accommodate the sleeve, and hand sew using sewing thread to secure the knit stitches so they won’t unravel.  I used my own steeking technique of deciding the area to place the armholes, and knitting in waste yarn for the width of the armhole I wished, and picked up the stitches of the sweater before I removed the waste yarn.  This precluded the need to cut the yarn and use sewing thread to secure the cut area.  It also created a seamless transition from sweater body to sleeve.
To get back to the current twisted knit-in-the-round piece, I chose the beginning of the row, which of course included the circle of stitches coming around so the end of the row abutted the beginning.  This is where the beginning marker is.  You can actually isolate any place in the piece, and need to separate 2 stitches that are side-by-side, pulling gently apart to expose the little strand of yarn that connects the 2 stitches.

 

My plan was to leave the original cast-on row alone, because this would be easier and it seemed less dangerous to the project.
Using a sewing needle and thread, I sewed up each row from bottom to top, starting near the undisturbed cast-on row, and securing each stitch from row 1 through row 10.  After knotting and cutting the sewing thread on this secured row 1-10 on one side of the between strand, I did the same procedure on the end row 1-10 that abutted the beginning row 1-10 that was just mended.  Remember, this is my personal project so you may be working on row 1-3, if you’re lucky.  Or you may be working on your row 1-25.  It depends on the number of rows you’ve knit before you discovered the twist.
With sharp scissors, I snipped each little piece of yarn between the 2 rows, stitches had been secured using the sewing thread, as described in the previous paragraph.  I untwisted the work, being sure the entirety of the 450 stitches were straight.  Remember, I had left the cast-on row intact.  This piece wasn’t going to be perfect, it would be mended.
I then cut off a piece of wool yarn from the skein of each color involved in the mending, with a length of about 8 inches.  Using a large round-tipped needle, I worked an embroidery stitch to connect again the knit stitch on each side of the snipped piece of yarn.  Leaving the tails of each color loose, I used the 8-inch yarn of each color in the appropriate rows. 
Again, using a sharp needle and sewing thread, I went back and secured the ends of the 8-inch yarn pieces and snipped off the unused tails at a length that feels comfortable for the strength of the knit material.
I would have preferred to have worked the cast-on correctly in the first place.  But after knitting 450 stitches per row for 10 rows on size 1 circular needles, this option was a good second choice.
I hope this inspires someone else to bravely make your knitting your own.  Life ain’t perfect and neither is my knitting, but it’s mine.