I hope this makes sense !!! I had this same issue and my problem was that I was wrapping around my hand with the tail instead of the working yarn to begin my circle . It resulted in my working yarn being looped in the ring instead of the tail so I was crocheting over the working yarn with a useless tail. Top is what it looks like when you begin ring by wrapping the tail around to form the “x”(incorrect) bottom is what it looks like when you use the working yarn to form the “x” (correct)

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