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Knitting Help Please!?

So, I cast on my stitches, but by the time i get to the last stitch in the row after i start knitting my cast-on stitches, i have a loop. not the tail, just some random loop at the end of my work that i cant get rid of! how do i fix it? :(

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1. Is it at the same end as the tail? If so, try pulling on the tail a bit. Unlike a housepet, the knitting won't mind if you pull its tail. If the loop is at the other end of your piece, find the very last stitch at that end and make sure it's squared properly. Pull on it a little to one side or the other to make sure the stitch isn't lopsided. It should give you a sharp square corner on your work. If this isn't the answer, click on my avatar for an email link and email me with more details.
2. I think you stated you have turned to do the next row. If that is the case and the last stitch you did on the row was a knit, purl into it and gently pull the yarn to look like the other stitches you have made and then when you get to the next row reverse the stitch you are making i.e. purl into a knit or knit into a purl. If you do this on both ends of the article you should not have any loops. This is the only way I found to get rid of all of the loops I was accumulating at the ends of my rows. If you haven't gotten too far into the work just keep going and when you weave the parts together you should be able to cover them up.
3. Is the loop in the bottom of your knitting, in the cast on row itself? If this is the case your problem is the method you are using to cast on, which I'm betting is a backwards loop over your thumb. That is probably the easiest cast on to learn, but it really is one of the worst ones to use, just because of this. However, if this is the cast on you know now and want to use it, there IS a cure. Cast on one extra stitch. When you get to the last stitch and have that big loop, just drop the slip stitch off the left needle and pull it out. Trust me, this will work and it will be ok, your knitting will not fall apart because it doesn't work that way. How do you prevent this? With this cast on you can't, because the cast on loops when dropped from the needle when you knit them tighten up and this is the extra yarn that produces that loop. The only way to avoid this is to learn a better cast on. E-mail me and I can give you some ways to learn a more stable one.
4. Did you drop a cost on stitch. Or did you start the thumb cast on with a slip knot? Try pulling on it and see what happens. The thumb cast on always has extra yarn, so knit to the end and pull out the slip knot (you may need to cast on one extra stitch because you are pulling one out).