I am using a G (4.25mm) aluminiun hook, and a US 35 (20mm) needle. The first row is always a little difficult, but then it is very fast, and it is a nice stitch, but nobody tells you the problems you can find.
Use the last ch, and place it to the needle, then without twisting pull up loops using the ch as a base, the yarn never shows a twist, fix it with your hand or with the hook, if that is the case. Ok, I ch 15 so I must have 15 loops on the needle, and I never let that one loop is over another one, so I fixed with the hook, so far, so good.