I donāt know about you all, but I am ALWAYS losing (no, conveniently MISPLACING) my stitch markers, knitting needles and crochet hooks.
Iāll see a pattern I want to start and have to search around the house until I finally find a crochet hookāthree sizes TOO SMALL!
I also have the bad habit of knitting on the couch, standing up and setting my work down in my seat so when I sit back down, the needles stab me and I cry out like a howler monkeyāand the worst part is, I use METAL needles!
As for stitch markers, I gave up trying to find them a long time ago and simply resort to tying a small piece of differently-coloured yarn onto my project.
All of the above scenarios generally end with me going to the corner of my room to sit in my stash and have a good cry
So what Iām basically wondering; Am I the only one with this problem?
Iād love to hear about your yarn misadventures in the comments!
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Well s#%~ , that doesnāt sound relaxing at all!
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Golly, my mind draws a blank right now @EllationsCreations
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I donāt usually use stitch markers, but the one time I did I put them on as earrings so I didnāt lose themā¦
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@Islaways_crochets
That is hilarious! And then someone else in response to your statement stars āInterestingā which made it even funnier!
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It is I use anything and everything as a stitch marker weather it is plastic locking markers,Bobby pins, paper clips, scrap yarn etcā¦ I couldnāt imagine using any of those as earrings
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I bought a bunch of stitch markers but end up using thread as marker instead every time, and I got this storages box thingy to keep all my crochet stuff in one place, however just noticed there are only 2 stitch markers left from like 50?? No clue where they disappeared to
Stitch markers are awesome for WIPs though, just put a stitch marker through the loop thatās in the hook and it stops it from unraveling
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Thatās a clever trick, fellow Ohioan!
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With you on the scrap yarn and paper clips, Sierra!
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I usually use scrap yarn as an informal stitch marker (i do not put those in as earrings lol) but the mini plastic ones I got for free once are what I used. they looked like earrings because they were bright colors and they were functional!
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Oh! I still couldnāt use those as earrings my ears are really sensitive
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These lobster clasps are my favorite stitch markers. Easy for me to use one handed. They donāt break like the plastic ones. Plus I can add a different color yarn to the end to mark a different spot. I like the larger ones like these better myself. (7mm x 12mm) Gifted the smaller ones to my daughter. Younger eyes. Hooks? I just bought two more E hooks after losing mine for half an hour!
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Yes! @HookedByMarilyn
I like those the best! Easy to do one handed, are heavier-they donāt disappear as easy.
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I use a piece of yarn!! Although thats cuz I just donāt have stitch markers xd
I lay the yarn over the stitch I will crochet over for the first stitch of the next round, and I like to leave it there if its long and its pretty cool and a nice way to find the rows lol
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in knitting I use little cute things put on the lobster claws as progress keeper so on those long projects you can actually see you have made some progress . (iāll stick a picture in later)
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