A
marker can be made with many things, provided it slides easily on the needle
and is a size that does not slip under a yarn-over. When I place a lifeline in
my knitting, I don't put the thread through the markers because the markers
will move with my knitting and the lifeline stays on the row for a time.
Markers I
like include:
Plain
individual rings
Linked
Markers are connected with a chain
Lettered
or numbered markers have ‘number’ or ‘letter’ beads attached
Markers
with charms or 'dangle' attached
Markers
with colored beads glued to cover a jump ring 'join' and work with a color code
system
To
keep a linked marker, or one with dangles, out of the way of the working yarn,
keep the marker to the front of your knitting in a knit row, and to the back of
the knitting in a purl row. Move it as necessary when you have both knit and
purl stitches in a row.
Back
in the day, I made markers that spell out 'right' and 'left', but I no longer
use them.
If you've never seen linked markers, you may still have heard the term. Linked markers are a feature of the app Knit Companion. I made linked markers because I needed a way to see both the old and the new position of my marker, and I wanted a way to determine the RS (right side) and WS (wrong side) at a glance.
This is what I came up with:
in the jump ring, with Superglue™
An unexpected benefit was that if I place one marker before removing the other, there is less chance of losing the marker through the planks of my porch floor. The floor has a window screen underneath, so I can't even retrieve something without a hassle.
I still have to hold a marker before placing it, unless I slip a stitch, place the marker, then slip the stitch back to work.
I use 7 mm and 10 mm jump rings, size 6 seed beads, and a chain that is sold as a 'chain extender."
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