I have a small video right now on my website for customers showing how I do the twists. It may help. I have found that if you do it when the bead is too hot you are going to screw up your base shape. Just heat the area you want to twist and you have option of either blowing the stringer and snapping it or melting the stringer out of you want to leave a glob of glass behind.
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