Drinking from a firehose

Cat's post http://catbordhi.com/patterns/cashmere-moebius-cowl-2/ provides both a pattern for one of her scarves and the useful comment that it is a myth that twisting the join in standard circular knitting (as in what what'd you do for, say, a hat) will produce a moebius. That's what happened when I tried knitting one the previous time -- I ended up with a full 360 degree twist. The resulting cowl is pretty, it just wasn't what I'd intended.