#stitch markers

[oliver-the-raggedy-doctor]

The couch just paid me a quarter for my stitch marker

[kanescrochet]

This one has eyes

[lucymason217]

Inspired by your humble captain (er…first mate?) of the starship Aurora, the man from New Texas with a flair for the dramatic: Jonny D’Ville

Inspired by your humble captain (er…first mate?) of the starship Aurora, the man from New Texas with a flair for the dramatic: Jonny D’Ville, lead singer of The Mechanisms! Bring a touch of fun, violence, and if you’re lucky, both at the same time to your knitting with this Mechanisms inspired set of 6 stitch markers on 10mm jump rings. 6 silver charm stitch markers.

assembled in a pet-free, smoke-free home in rural southern Illinois.

[freshstitches]

I've been peer pressured into including stitch markers in my patterns. It's never been my preference to use them. I don't find them particularly helpful, but I value other people's feedback and understand that they're important for many people. I'm currently making a sample of a new pattern which includes stitch markers, so I'm forced to deal with them. I have the right to loudly complain the whole time. 

Here are the top three reasons that I don't like using Stitch markers in my knitting: 

1. Markers lie. Stitch markers are supposed to be a guide, highlighting an area of your knitting and creating a landmark that you can track. But what happens if that landmark isn't in the right place? Whenever I find a mistake involving a stitch marker, there's a 50% chance that the marker is just in the wrong place and my knitting is completely fine. If the marker is next to a Yarn Over, it's even more likely to slide into the wrong position. In the particular pattern I'm working on, the stitch markers need to move, introducing another place where I can make mistakes. Mistakes happen in my project all the time and one of my most common issues is forgetting to move or place a stitch marker.

2. If (when) I make a big mistake and have to rip out, the markers come out too. It's difficult to find the correct placement after frogging. I do my best to make sure that marker placement is shown in each row. That way, the knitter knows where they should be. you can place the markers when they fall out or if you rip out, but it's still an ordeal to get them back in place. When a pattern lacks these clues, it's nearly impossible to figure out where the markers should be.

3. Very often, markers highlight an existing landmark in the knitting. I'd rather spot a column of increases or a specific stitch in a repeat than a marker sitting next to it. The skill of spotting the se landmarks is often called "reading your knitting." It's a skill that's learned over time, and not everyone has this ability. But it is a skill that's well worth learning  if you want to make projects with intricate stitch work or shaping. Because I'm able to read my knitting, I often take the markers out and use landmark stitches as a guide. As soon as I'm done making sure all of the markers in a pattern makes sense, I remove them. When I don't have to worry about markers, things move a lot faster. 

[flimberjurbles]

I forgot my stitch markers so I dug around in my purse for substitutes. thank goodness I continually forget to clean that thing out because these soda tabs from who knows when work great

[lady-of-the-yarn]

I find the plastic stitch markers are a bit too thick when making socks,stretches the stitches out. So I made my own with some spare wire and beads. The white is for the beginning of a round so I don't forget!

[cottonkhaleesi]

I know I’ve not even finished the body of the blue Seaglass jumper but I decided I’m going to make my sister one for Christmas and kinda had to jump on that in order to make sure I finish it in time. Started the yoke and took a moment to appreciate the yarn jewellery (when a pattern calls for over ten stitch markers I start to feel a little bit like Howl Pendragon)

[gumnut-logic]

Playing with stitch markers, four of a set of five 😁 I have an idea, but what do you think I should do with the fifth? This is one of my favourite yarns - @craft_by_bella ‘Outback’ and it is working beautifully in this project 😁