Stitch markers

[yanagi_wa]

I was cleaning up my knitting mess. I have several bags that I love and tend to load up. So, dump them all out and find all my odds and ends. I think I collect stitch markers, I have 12 sets. Just love the little things and troll Etsy for cute ones. I also have five pairs of scissors.

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[mykidmom]

I tried knitting a few times but it just wasn't for me man if you missed a stitch... I crocheted for many years made dolls and blankets I put it down when money got tight now I'm not sure if my hands can handle it. But I've never heard of a stitch marker can you explain what it is...

[yanagi_wa]

There's all kinds but they're divided into two categories, fixed and removable.

All they really are is a 'thing' to slip onto your needles to mark places, beginning of round in circular knitting or inc/dec, pattern repeats. In other words, any place you need to remember to do something or count or whatever. The removable ones are great for marking mistakes or clipping into the selvedges to mark where you've done an inc/dec so you're not forever recounting the same rows over and over.

Go to Etsy and search, you'll see a bunch of different kinds.

[mykidmom]

Thanks, I would use a loose piece of string for that preferably a different color than when I was working in. I loved the finished product but I hated the counting it had to be right or it wouldn't come out right. When I first started I would just make baby blankets and I could listen to a book on tape but when my projects got more detailed I couldn't listen to anything because I had to pay attention to what I was doing. I think that's part of the reason why I never went back to it...

[yanagi_wa]

That can be a problem.

However, that being said, I knit Hap shawls from this pattern.

Cast on one, YO, knit to end until the piece is as wide, corner to corner, as you need. Dec by YO, k1, k2tog, k1, k2 tog, k to end, until you are down to one stitch.

First border, pick up all stitches around. knit.

It's longer than this but you get the idea. The instructions do include Old Shale pattern for third border. And Dagged Edge.