Abstract: There is described a double twisting machine with a guide to receive the element to be twisted which is unwound from a bobbin arranged on the bobbin holder, and to lead said element from opposite the one bobbin-holder end about the bobbin up to opposite the other bobbin-holder end, said guide being revolvable about an axis in parallel relationship with the bobbin-holder rotation axis relative to said frame and said guide being located completely outside the bobbin-holder with a part at each end of said bobbin-holder. That guide part which first receives the element to be twisted from the bobbin, opens on the one end of the bobbin-holder in such a way that said element to be twisted is unwound substantially axially from the bobbin, and the device comprises means for opposing the rotating of the bobbin holder about the rotation axis thereof as the guide revolves and consequently for retaining the bobbin-holder stationary.