Charlene,
You're very welcome!  Hey, I like that spiral, too!  I may try one of those alternatives myself when I have some boring stockinette to do! 
Hugs,
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

I will try that.  THANK YOU!
 

Charlene,

How about trying a twisted stitch to accomplish the same effect? Or a purl stitch that spirals? I know it wouldn't keep you from having to frog the first sleeve and redo it in plain stockinette...but if you try one of those options for something later, it would give you a chance to use the same lovely effect for another project. It might not look EXACTLY the same, but I'm guessing one of those would be close!

Hugs,
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

What rots my socks is that since I can't figure it out, I'll never be able to use it again.
Toodles
Charlene

Charlene,
Argh, I'm sorry you weren't able to figure it out.    I was SO hoping you'd be able to, rather than having to frog the first sleeve.  Guess this will have to go down in history as the Mystery Stitch. 
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

No, I wasn't twisting the first stitch.  Wish that was the answer.  Have given up trying to duplicate the effect.  Will have to finish this sleeve and frog the first one and do it over.  Major bummer.
Toodles
Charlene

Charlene,
You're very welcome...I love to help when I can! 
I've mistakenly twisted stitches by ripping back, mostly.  The stitches landed on the needle the wrong way...luckily, I've always found they were reversed before it was too late and reversed them back.  Is there something you're doing differently that could be twisting ONLY the first stitch of each round?
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Showing my ignorance here, how do you twist stitches?  Thanks so much for all your efforts.
Toodles
Charlene

Charlene,
Thanks for sending the photos!    I looked really, really closely, and it blurs too much to be 100% sure, but it still looks to me like the stitches are twisted.
How about trying a small sample?  Even on a flat piece, you can purposely twist stitches, one per row in a diagonal pattern, and see if the result is the same.
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Charlene,
FRUSTRATING!
Another thought...could those stitches be TWISTED?  Since the photos are resized, they may very well be twisted, but I can't see them well enough to tell.
Hope SOMEONE can figure it out!
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Nope and I've had two rather proficient knitters in my town look at it and they can't figure it out either.  Have frogged the second sleeve again and am giving it another shot.  I have a thing about not giving up I guess.  I hope I never make anothe mistake again.
Toodles
Charlene

Charlene,
Thanks for posting these!  Just a thought...it almost looks to me like these particular stitches are tighter, but otherwise look like normal knit stitches.  Is there something you did that perhaps pulled the first (or last) stitch of each round tighter than the rest?  I say that because I see a bit of puckering in those stitches.  When you look very closely at the stitches in question, do you see any difference between them, or just the puckering?
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=