Thanks for popping in to check out my first tutorial! Let me know what kind of row counters you've been using and if they work well for you. I'd also love to know if you try the running markers! Cheers, Nicole 😊
This is your first tutorial? WOW, you did an amazing job! I've used a variety of row counting methods (none of which compare to your running markers). My favorite was a little beaded bracelet I made, which was actually a tiny abacus. I look forward to more of your tutorials; keep 'em coming!
@@carolr4871 Thanks so much! This is my first UA-cam tutorial, but years ago I taught all levels of sewing to adults, so I do have a fair bit of teaching experience. 😉
This is what my Swiss grandmother taught me more than 60 years ago, and I've sometimes wondered why more people don't know about it. I've never seen it mentioned in any knitting books or magazines, but making a video seems like a good way to get the word out, and you will have helped many people! You did say there are other uses for using a counting string, but I want to name just a couple. If you need to seam two pieces together, it really helps to place a counter near the edges that will need joined, and if you need to fold something in half before sewing, a string will let you locate the true center point. Secondly, if I have to pick up a number of stitches "evenly placed" along an edge, a counting string every 10 rows helps with the spacing. One thing I do differently is that I tie the beginning end of my strings because I don't like to leave a long tail. Just the first half of a square knot and a 2" tail will hold it, but still be easy to take out later.
Brain injury has left me with disorganized and short term memory. This tip has made expanding my patterns from simple knit to intermediate...so thankful.
One of the reasons I DON’T DO PATTERNS is exactly this!!!! I can’t stand counting, and marking the page, and nobody ever told me to open the stitch and count the bars! 😧👉🏼🤯🫵🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻THANK YOU!!!!! Yayyyyyy! I’m actually so excited!!! I wanted to make this one shawl it’s totally easy, I only have to count 12 rows, but like 💁🏽♀️no…not gonna count! 🤚🏼 I feel as if I have been released from counting row prison!!!! Thank you so much for the 🔑!!! Can’t wait to try it! 🙌🏼👏🏻🙌🏼
This is a game changer for me! I always seem to forget to click my counter sometimes when I knit. I love this idea and will be incorporating it into future projects. Now if you can do a video to convince us that swatching can be this easy that would be really amazing! Thanks again!
Absolutely BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for teaching this method. At 69 I realise I'm still able to learn something new in the knitting world. I'm off to cut off a couple of lengths of my baby pink acrylic yarn. I've started early on knitting a shawl with this year's Advent yarn subscriptiion and it has a regular, but simple, repeat pattern every 16 rows as well as changing colours at a different row spacing. This will alleviate so much counting every 16 and 20 rows. Thank you again. Happy Christmas 😊🎄🪡
@@greatdickens I know! I splashed out and bought 2 Advent subscriptions (my first ever subscription) this year - the lure was that you could pay for them over a few months so that seemed more doable. I've kept the one that I think will be the prettiest to open on 1 December.😊
I just found you yesterday with your Ravelry video. Just watching these 2 videos I have learned so much! Where were you 53 years ago when I was struggling to learn knitting by myself? I have a shelf full of books that I haven't read, as I turned out to be a visual learner but have asked for the occasional help but mostly knit alone. I just finished 5 or 6 pieces that had a lot of repeats and row counting. Marks on paper I forgot to mark down. plastic markers that mysteriously disappeared. I've recently been thru it all. What you said about other knitters gabbing for 10 minutes really hit me. I don't know how many videos I have clicked my way out of when they talk too much. You're my knitting goddess!
🎉This will be a game changer for me. I’ve tried row counters, tally marks, and stitch markers. It looks so easy, and I love the fact you can keep track directly on the piece visually of the various counts needed. Yippeee!
The very best things in life are always incredibly simple and easy, aren't they? Thanks for sharing, this will definitely be part of my "knitting tool case" from this day forward. I'm so glad that this video was suggested to me and I was curious enough to watch. Greetings from a fellow knitter in Germany.
I love this! I am not a knitter, but a tunisianer (tuner??😂). This makes so much sense! I LOVE that you combine your cocktail bar with your craft area! 🍹Cheers!
I used to crochet amigurumi and always used a string of yarn to count the rows this way. When I got yarn from my sister in law to knit socks I all forgot about the string of yarn and struggled with the stitch counters you described and lost count every time. So thank you for this information.
You are an excellent teacher! I am a new knitter and working on my first sweater. This technique and your tips on how to use it will help me so much-thank you!
I about to start an Aran pullover using hand dyed homespun alpaca yarn I bought at a fiber fest. This is by far the most expensive yarn I have ever purchased and I want this sweater to be something I wear with pride for years. This technique will be so helpful in keeping up with the multiple changes in the various stitch patterns within the design.
yup I’m the one who watches Netflix when I knit and forget on many occasions to click my row counter ! I’ll be using this method for sure 😊 thanks so much for sharing 😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial and marking the steps in this video. My ADHD brain is supported with this. As a crocheteer I have used this before, but kinda forgot it loads of times as well. The way you show it here makes so much sense as you give visual proof of it working. I've used it on occasion, but haphazardly. I crochet way past my bedtime and that means a lot of sleepy counting. Which doesn't add to the accuracy, hahaha. But a running marker for stitch count, pattern repeat and row count is what I'll be using from now on. It makes for great visual remembrance, which is great with all my project hopping (dopamine rewarding myself). Liked and subscribed, looking forward to the swatch talk. Greetings from The Netherlands, fellow Yarnian !
This is brilliant thank you so much. One thing I did to improve on this is I slipped a light bulb marker onto each end of the length of yarn and knotted it in place with a removable knot. I didn’t have to worry about pulling the tread through then and could easily remove it .
I tried this out for the first time this week and I LOVE IT! I have knitted the Wiggly Scarf designed by Helena Weiser earlier, and I was constantly making mistakes. I tried to write down the number of the row I just did after every.single.row. It worked, but it was ruining the flow. And decided to knit the same scarf again (it's a fun small project), and this time I used your approach. I pool the running marker through around every row with decreases, and it's so fast, and so visual, and made my life so much easier. Thank you so much!!
Okay. I tried it! Started using a running marker on a sweater for my husband as well as knitting through the back loop for combination knitting and my fabric is the most beautiful it's ever been. Ii hadn't realised my ditches were twisted until I experimented after seeing your other video! Thank you! It turned out I wrap the yarn backwards or funny or something because even in the round my stitches were twisted but I've worked it out and wow the difference is amazing! So excited!
What a great tip! I'm currently knitting a Ysolda Teague cable cardi (well, it's actually currently sitting in the naughty basket thinking long and hard about what it did) and between waist shaping, neck shaping, armhole shaping, and pattern repeats, I've had up to 3 separate counters going at once. Running yarn markers would make keeping track of everything so much easier. BTW, thank you for the recommendation of Patty Lyon's Knitting Bag of Tricks book. I bought it, along with the separate "Workbook" and I'm slowly knitting/ reading my way through. I'm having so much fun, and learning so much. I'm 52 and have been knitting since I was 8. Still so much to learn! ❤ Tamantha
Thank you so much for sharing this easy to learn method of keeping track of stitches and rows! Your videos are super fun to watch and they’re always so full of helpful information! Thanks again! 🌸
This is going to be verrry helpful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! As I was listening prior to actually demonstrating it I was trying to come up with exactly how it worked. I thought, “Maybe she’s gonna tie it off to the work, then do reach row completed, she’s gonna just tie a knot in that length of yarn for each row she knits. The method you demonstrated is much better!
This feels like such a miracle solution! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before. Thank you so much for this tutorial, I’m definitely a convert. 😊
OMG, this is such a great tip. I am definitely going to use this idea. Right now I just tally my rows on paper. When I cast on I use circle markers to keep track of my count. This seems easier. I also am a big fan of lifelines. I’d love to buy a set of needles that have the hole so you can drag the line through while you knit.
I NEVER KNEW HOW TO COUNT ROWS!! I can’t thank you enough. And now that I know how to use running markers! WOW amazingly simple; yet genius. thanks for sharing.❤
I just happened to stumble onto your video and have just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for this very clear tutorial. I have used these for years and also think they are best thing since sliced bread. I have forwarded the link to this tutorial to all my knitting group. I have discussed this before, but having a visual aid that they can go back and refer to is wonderful....
I have a set of bamboo straight needles I use! I didn't like them much, so I took a saw and sandpaper to them and now they're a set of double pointed needles.
Great tutorial by the way. I knew about this technique but had forgotten it. I’m more a crochet girl but knit as well. This would work for crochet projects too. Marking the first cast on rows priceless. I’m going to share this with my Mom. She has been knitting for eras now but will love this tutorial I’m sure. Thanks for sharing your knitting knowledge. I’m subscribing to your channel. ❤😊🇨🇦
As a new knitter, with aspirations of doing sweaters and more intricate patterns, I always appreciate whenever someone has a simple, effective, and cheap way to make the tasks easier. So now what do I do with all the unnecessary stuff I already bought? 😀
Thank you for this great tutorial. I know I will use this method. The forgetting to take note where I am was always the "got. you" moment😊. I would, if possible, like to see how you work this method in an Aran sweater -- multiple cables, crossing on different rows, etc. Thank you again for a needed wonderful tutorial.
I bought every kind of twist, click row counters. (for crochet and knit) I'm easily distracted and I would look down and not remember if I had clicked it. Then came knitting sleeves and doing decreases. That's not hard but what's hard is making that 2nd sleeve exactly like the first one, haha. I resorted to buying a ton of bulb locking metal stitch markers. They helped but I think they are the favorite snack of gremlins...they just disappear (off partying with the 2nd sock or pony tail holders is my guess.) Yes, this looks like a terrific idea. Especially if you are counting and every show on earth starts reciting numbers, haha. Thankyou!
Yup, I remember finding out about 'em when I was doing brioche. Now that I crochet only, it's all changed. Like life. Sighh .. But I like your delivery, and I always like a Canadian voice. :)
I have been using this method with my latest garment and it works perfectly!! I did have an issue with pulling the marker out (I tugged on the wrong end 🙄) so now I just knot a little loop in the bottom of the running marker and put a locking stitch marker through the loop and clip that to my knitting - problem solved. 😊
Yay! I use the exact same method to secure the end of the running marker when I'm concerned about it slipping out of some types of fabric. It's good practice to secure it every time, though 😋
Hi Nicole, I've recently discovered your posts and, although I've been knitting for 77 years, I've picked up so many tips from you. I just completed my first project utilising the running markers...whoo Hoo what a game changer. Love it. Thank you.
I coould not agree with you more! I absolutley second your views on running yarn markers rows and use them all the time ! Always wonder why they are not used more, i have long retired my plastic markers and counters. You covered all the uses i could think of and maybe more. 1 tip I could add only. ..i sometimes use a bulb pin to secure my yarn/ string to, to prevent it from acccidently getting pulled out, specially when knitting small circumference in the round. Or when the string is short to start off with 😀 I was introduced to this amazing method in a super sweater design youtube tutorial by Paula Ward. since then i converted exclusively to using yarn to mark my rows etc. Gorgeous cardigan by the way👌
Holy Cow. This alone makes me glad I am binge watching your UA-cam. I have been knitting for 70+ years and I do some online knitting instruction as well. Never heard of this before. Gone will be my wearing knit counters around my neck every day, everywhere. People ask me what the green plastic thing is around my neck. I suspect they think I have terrible taste in jewelry. You are spectacular!
Ha ha! Thanks so much! Please pass it along to others. It's such a simple and valuable technique - every knitter should at least know it exists, even if they choose to use a different method :D
Hi. I’m a “learning knitter” (coming from crochet). I’m grateful for any helpful information, tutorials, demonstrations that will help me grow. Thanks! 🧶🌻😊
Brilliant, thanks so much. I've been knitting for almost 20 years and never heard of this! I usually use locking lightbulb stitch markers to help me count.
Great tip! 🤗 I know this is a knitting channel, but this can also come in handy for crochet....especially if there is an involved pattern with stitch changes...Celtic crocheting comes to mind. Thank you for the tutorial and I'll be using this often. 😉
Thank you! An absolute brilliant tip! The million dollar tip, actually! Let me give you a tip back: in order to prevent the yarn getting out of its place, you can tie it to a marker and put a little tag indicating what is being counted with it. I’m using this brilliant tip as if right now on a sweater I’m knitting and I suspect that it’ll be a game changer!😀
My method - pencil mark, mark, mark, mark, cross…. I was today years old when I learned about running markers! Thank you. Like, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you - glad I saw you and watched.
Thank you so much, I sort of did this occasionally, but now I’m convinced this is going to improve my work so much. I finally decided if I put in all this work , I might as well have a decent garment. I knit for pleasure, since I have a closet full of sweaters….
This is brilliant. And now I don't have to try to find projects to use up all those little leftover balls. I will just keep them for running markers. 2 problems solved. Thanks :)
That was a great video! I’m a newb and I need all the tips and tricks I can get. On a separate note, I am mesmerized by both the sweater you’re wearing and the one you’re making! Thank you!
Holy Moley! I have been doing this since I started knitting. I could not afford markers, so I just used scrap yarn. Who would have thought 45 years ago I was actually doing something smart!
Oh my goodness!!! I was surfing UA-cam and saw this, thought ok interesting, I’ll bite….shortly after I realized it was divine providence!!! It’s a game changer!!! I have been making individual copies and numbering…..what a mess! I made a mosaic pattern with 30 repeats…yup you guessed it=30 copies!!! Oh dear where have you been all my life!!!! ❤Thankyou!!!!!!
Boy, talk about serendipity! Your video just popped up on my UA-cam page. I had never even heard of running markers, but you've totally sold me on it. Do you ever use dental floss for it? I've sometimes used dental floss on the rare occasion I need a lifeline; it's easier to pull out than wool yarn. Thank you for posting the link to the pattern for the gorgeous sweater you're wearing.
absolutely brilliant, yet so easy to do! Side by side cables worked over different numbers of rows... piece of cake! Thanks for explaining this so clearly.
Thanks for getting back so quickly. I have read the comments on your first video. Everyone is very pleased. Again. Well done. I don't have a problem with tension when crocheting, wool is in my right hand. Different story when trying with my left hand so I look forward to your video. Thankyou again.
I'm a - more or less - self-taught crocheter who also knits (but not very well... I can never get my tension right), but when I first started crocheting, I tried all sorts of stitch markers. I hated them because I always kept forgetting to flip those switches. So I decided that I can just use a piece of yarn! I didn't know it was a thing, but I even "came up" with the same name, lol. My husband asked me what I was doing with it and I said, "it's a... running...? stitch... marker?" and it makes me feel quite proud of myself that I figured it out on my own, haha. But you're right, it's so much easier and much better. I use it in crochet all the time (right now I'm making my first top-down sweater; working on the last sleeve). But hey, if you've got any advice on how to get the tension right with knitting, please let me know! None of my stitches are even and they always look haphazard. I love the look of knitting much more than crochet, but I know I'm very good at crochet; not so at knitting.
Good for you for figuring it out on your own! I had to wait decades for someone to show me 😊 My best advice for getting even stitches is to learn to carry the yarn in your left hand and do combination knitting. I will have a tutorial on this coming up, but if you can’t wait, there are lots of them to be found on UA-cam 😊
@@Knicoleknits Since I crochet, when I started knitting, I already held the working yarn in my left hand; it just seemed easier that way rather than throwing it. I still can't seem to get even tension, however. A few stitches will look uniform and then there will be some that are gappy. I would LOVE to be able to knit such beautiful things as you do, but I just can't get hold of it. I've tried many different sized needles and different types and the conclusion I came to was that it's definitely my fault and the amount of tension I apply is inconsistent. Thank you so much for replying!
Started watching this while frogging a project where I measured incorrectly and was 2 rows short on the ribbing. I normally use globe safety pins but will try this way next time as I don't like how the pins pull on the yarn and sometimes split the stitches.
Thanks so much, I'm not a proficent knitter, more crotcheting, but I'm determined to knit a pair of socks so this will definitely help. Will also use it in my crocheting. Thank you ❤
Thanks for popping in to check out my first tutorial! Let me know what kind of row counters you've been using and if they work well for you.
I'd also love to know if you try the running markers!
Cheers, Nicole 😊
This is your first tutorial? WOW, you did an amazing job! I've used a variety of row counting methods (none of which compare to your running markers). My favorite was a little beaded bracelet I made, which was actually a tiny abacus. I look forward to more of your tutorials; keep 'em coming!
@@carolr4871 Thanks so much! This is my first UA-cam tutorial, but years ago I taught all levels of sewing to adults, so I do have a fair bit of teaching experience. 😉
@@Knicoleknits Ah, we have something else in common, besides knitting. I, too, taught sewing to adults. I've also taught book indexing.
I keep track by using hash marks with paper and pencil. Old school I know but it works for me!
@@bunkyman8097 Then by all means, keep doing what you're doing! Thanks for watching ☺
This proves, yet again, that the solution to any yarn problem is more yarn.
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This is what my Swiss grandmother taught me more than 60 years ago, and I've sometimes wondered why more people don't know about it. I've never seen it mentioned in any knitting books or magazines, but making a video seems like a good way to get the word out, and you will have helped many people! You did say there are other uses for using a counting string, but I want to name just a couple. If you need to seam two pieces together, it really helps to place a counter near the edges that will need joined, and if you need to fold something in half before sewing, a string will let you locate the true center point. Secondly, if I have to pick up a number of stitches "evenly placed" along an edge, a counting string every 10 rows helps with the spacing.
One thing I do differently is that I tie the beginning end of my strings because I don't like to leave a long tail. Just the first half of a square knot and a 2" tail will hold it, but still be easy to take out later.
Excellent suggestions! Thanks so much for adding these wisdom-nuggets! 🥰
Funny, because this yarn-strand method is used frequently in crocheting and just about all crocheters seem to know about it. 😄
Omg 😃😃👏👏👏👏👏 so clever ! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Brain injury has left me with disorganized and short term memory. This tip has made expanding my patterns from simple knit to intermediate...so thankful.
I could not be happier that this tip is so helpful for you!! Let me know if you come across other accessibility issues with intermediate projects
One of the reasons I DON’T DO PATTERNS is exactly this!!!! I can’t stand counting, and marking the page, and nobody ever told me to open the stitch and count the bars! 😧👉🏼🤯🫵🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻THANK YOU!!!!! Yayyyyyy! I’m actually so excited!!! I wanted to make this one shawl it’s totally easy, I only have to count 12 rows, but like 💁🏽♀️no…not gonna count! 🤚🏼
I feel as if I have been released from counting row prison!!!! Thank you so much for the 🔑!!! Can’t wait to try it! 🙌🏼👏🏻🙌🏼
Wow! I'm so happy to be the one who lets you out of row-counting prison!! Have the bestest time knitting that shawl!❤❤❤
I can’t believe I’ve never come across this before! Thanks for explaining it so clearly, and also for the laughs!
I believe knitting should be fun - even when I mess up. 😂
THANK YOU, THANK YOU 🧶 I’ve been knitting for 45-50 years. This is a game changer for me ‼️🎄🤶🏽
Yay! I’m here to help 😁
Simple yet effective! It's like tailor tacks. I'm definitely going to use this.
It IS like tailor tacks - I should have thought of that (I used to sew and teach sewing for a living) 😊
This is a game changer for me! I always seem to forget to click my counter sometimes when I knit. I love this idea and will be incorporating it into future projects. Now if you can do a video to convince us that swatching can be this easy that would be really amazing! Thanks again!
Ha ha! I will be doing a video on swatching - I believe very strongly that everyone should swatch for most projects!! 😁
What a game changer this tip is. I am a beginner knitter and believe me, I struggle with counting rows. A huge thank you for this video.
Absolutely BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for teaching this method. At 69 I realise I'm still able to learn something new in the knitting world. I'm off to cut off a couple of lengths of my baby pink acrylic yarn. I've started early on knitting a shawl with this year's Advent yarn subscriptiion and it has a regular, but simple, repeat pattern every 16 rows as well as changing colours at a different row spacing. This will alleviate so much counting every 16 and 20 rows. Thank you again. Happy Christmas 😊🎄🪡
Hooray! Perfect timing. Happy knitting ❤
I’m 78 and did not know this method. So grateful
You’re brave to admit you’ve already opened your advent yarn! I am busting to open mine but so far I’ve managed to resist temptation.
@@greatdickens I know! I splashed out and bought 2 Advent subscriptions (my first ever subscription) this year - the lure was that you could pay for them over a few months so that seemed more doable. I've kept the one that I think will be the prettiest to open on 1 December.😊
Never thought about a string row counter wow and it's not heavy ! It's like a life line counter. Thanks 😊
I just found you yesterday with your Ravelry video. Just watching these 2 videos I have learned so much! Where were you 53 years ago when I was struggling to learn knitting by myself? I have a shelf full of books that I haven't read, as I turned out to be a visual learner but have asked for the occasional help but mostly knit alone. I just finished 5 or 6 pieces that had a lot of repeats and row counting. Marks on paper I forgot to mark down. plastic markers that mysteriously disappeared. I've recently been thru it all. What you said about other knitters gabbing for 10 minutes really hit me. I don't know how many videos I have clicked my way out of when they talk too much. You're my knitting goddess!
Thank you so much! I got here as quickly as I could 😉💖
🎉This will be a game changer for me. I’ve tried row counters, tally marks, and stitch markers. It looks so easy, and I love the fact you can keep track directly on the piece visually of the various counts needed. Yippeee!
Hooray!
as an adhd person you may be able to guess how big of an issue this is for me,OMG THANK YOU.
I have ADHD folks in my life, so I get it. Glad it's helpful! 😊
The very best things in life are always incredibly simple and easy, aren't they? Thanks for sharing, this will definitely be part of my "knitting tool case" from this day forward. I'm so glad that this video was suggested to me and I was curious enough to watch. Greetings from a fellow knitter in Germany.
Greetings! I'm so glad you found me, fellow knitter 😊
I love this! I am not a knitter, but a tunisianer (tuner??😂). This makes so much sense!
I LOVE that you combine your cocktail bar with your craft area! 🍹Cheers!
Thank you! 😊
I used to crochet amigurumi and always used a string of yarn to count the rows this way. When I got yarn from my sister in law to knit socks I all forgot about the string of yarn and struggled with the stitch counters you described and lost count every time. So thank you for this information.
Glad it was helpful!
You are an excellent teacher! I am a new knitter and working on my first sweater. This technique and your tips on how to use it will help me so much-thank you!
First sweater - that’s so exciting! Let me know if I can help 😊
I about to start an Aran pullover using hand dyed homespun alpaca yarn I bought at a fiber fest. This is by far the most expensive yarn I have ever purchased and I want this sweater to be something I wear with pride for years. This technique will be so helpful in keeping up with the multiple changes in the various stitch patterns within the design.
You’re going to love how this helps you keep track of everything! 💖
I haven’t even tried this yet but know it is a major game changer! Thank you!
You’re most welcome 😊
yup I’m the one who watches Netflix when I knit and forget on many occasions to click my row counter ! I’ll be using this method for sure 😊 thanks so much for sharing 😊
Ha ha! I watch Netflix AND drink martinis while knitting - can’t live without running markers! 😂
Thank you so much for this tutorial and marking the steps in this video. My ADHD brain is supported with this. As a crocheteer I have used this before, but kinda forgot it loads of times as well. The way you show it here makes so much sense as you give visual proof of it working. I've used it on occasion, but haphazardly. I crochet way past my bedtime and that means a lot of sleepy counting. Which doesn't add to the accuracy, hahaha. But a running marker for stitch count, pattern repeat and row count is what I'll be using from now on. It makes for great visual remembrance, which is great with all my project hopping (dopamine rewarding myself).
Liked and subscribed, looking forward to the swatch talk.
Greetings from The Netherlands, fellow Yarnian !
Sleepy counting! Love it! My grandmother was from Amsterdam. I will finally get to visit there in 2025 😀
You sound like me!!
This is brilliant thank you so much. One thing I did to improve on this is I slipped a light bulb marker onto each end of the length of yarn and knotted it in place with a removable knot. I didn’t have to worry about pulling the tread through then and could easily remove it .
Excellent tip!
I tried this out for the first time this week and I LOVE IT!
I have knitted the Wiggly Scarf designed by Helena Weiser earlier, and I was constantly making mistakes. I tried to write down the number of the row I just did after every.single.row. It worked, but it was ruining the flow.
And decided to knit the same scarf again (it's a fun small project), and this time I used your approach. I pool the running marker through around every row with decreases, and it's so fast, and so visual, and made my life so much easier. Thank you so much!!
Hooray! I'm so happy it's working for you 😃
I always forget to count on my rows and end up trying to “fix” it. I am definitely going to try this! Thanks!
You're most welcome!
Okay. I tried it! Started using a running marker on a sweater for my husband as well as knitting through the back loop for combination knitting and my fabric is the most beautiful it's ever been. Ii hadn't realised my ditches were twisted until I experimented after seeing your other video! Thank you! It turned out I wrap the yarn backwards or funny or something because even in the round my stitches were twisted but I've worked it out and wow the difference is amazing! So excited!
Woo hoo! I'm so happy it's working out for you - it's a game changer, isn't it? 😉
Convinced! I love that it will be obvious if I forget to do it.
What a great tip! I'm currently knitting a Ysolda Teague cable cardi (well, it's actually currently sitting in the naughty basket thinking long and hard about what it did) and between waist shaping, neck shaping, armhole shaping, and pattern repeats, I've had up to 3 separate counters going at once. Running yarn markers would make keeping track of everything so much easier.
BTW, thank you for the recommendation of Patty Lyon's Knitting Bag of Tricks book. I bought it, along with the separate "Workbook" and I'm slowly knitting/ reading my way through. I'm having so much fun, and learning so much. I'm 52 and have been knitting since I was 8. Still so much to learn!
❤ Tamantha
Yay! I've ordered several copies of her workbook (still waiting for them to arrive) as giveaways. I can't wait to "play" with it 😀
Thank you so much for sharing this easy to learn method of keeping track of stitches and rows! Your videos are super fun to watch and they’re always so full of helpful information! Thanks again! 🌸
You are so welcome!😊
This is going to be verrry helpful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! As I was listening prior to actually demonstrating it I was trying to come up with exactly how it worked. I thought, “Maybe she’s gonna tie it off to the work, then do reach row completed, she’s gonna just tie a knot in that length of yarn for each row she knits. The method you demonstrated is much better!
Glad it was helpful!
Much better than sliced bread! Thank you so much!!!
So glad you found it helpful! 💖
This feels like such a miracle solution! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before. Thank you so much for this tutorial, I’m definitely a convert. 😊
Hooray! 😁
I love your tutorials so much that I had to subscribe. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. ❤
Thanks so much for subscribing! 😁
OMG, this is such a great tip. I am definitely going to use this idea. Right now I just tally my rows on paper. When I cast on I use circle markers to keep track of my count. This seems easier. I also am a big fan of lifelines. I’d love to buy a set of needles that have the hole so you can drag the line through while you knit.
I NEVER KNEW HOW TO COUNT ROWS!! I can’t thank you enough. And now that I know how to use running markers! WOW amazingly simple; yet genius. thanks for sharing.❤
You are so welcome!
I just happened to stumble onto your video and have just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for this very clear tutorial. I have used these for years and also think they are best thing since sliced bread. I have forwarded the link to this tutorial to all my knitting group. I have discussed this before, but having a visual aid that they can go back and refer to is wonderful....
Thank you so much for sharing it!!
Congratulations! Your first tutorial is a success.💐 What a good idea! Thank you! 👏🌻♥️
Thank you! Cheers!
I have a set of bamboo straight needles I use! I didn't like them much, so I took a saw and sandpaper to them and now they're a set of double pointed needles.
Resourceful! Well done 😊👍
Great tutorial by the way. I knew about this technique but had forgotten it. I’m more a crochet girl but knit as well. This would work for crochet projects too. Marking the first cast on rows priceless. I’m going to share this with my Mom. She has been knitting for eras now but will love this tutorial I’m sure. Thanks for sharing your knitting knowledge. I’m subscribing to your channel. ❤😊🇨🇦
Wonderful! Thank you for watching and sharing ❤
As a new knitter, with aspirations of doing sweaters and more intricate patterns, I always appreciate whenever someone has a simple, effective, and cheap way to make the tasks easier. So now what do I do with all the unnecessary stuff I already bought? 😀
Ha ha! There are lots of knitters who prefer tools to running markers. I'm sure you can find a happy taker 😋😍
Great idea. I would tie the beginning end to a marker to make sure it can't be pulled out
Yes! I have started to do this thanks to you and a handful of other folks more clever than I 😋
I'M CONVINCED! Great video and information. Love the sweater you're wearing
Yay! 😃
Thank you for this great tutorial. I know I will use this method. The forgetting to take note where I am was always the "got. you" moment😊. I would, if possible, like to see how you work this method in an Aran sweater -- multiple cables, crossing on different rows, etc. Thank you again for a needed wonderful tutorial.
I’m sure you’ll see me use running markers in many projects to come 😊
Genius!! One of those "why didn't I think of that??" moments😂
I had the same reaction 😂
I bought every kind of twist, click row counters. (for crochet and knit) I'm easily distracted and I would look down and not remember if I had clicked it. Then came knitting sleeves and doing decreases. That's not hard but what's hard is making that 2nd sleeve exactly like the first one, haha. I resorted to buying a ton of bulb locking metal stitch markers. They helped but I think they are the favorite snack of gremlins...they just disappear (off partying with the 2nd sock or pony tail holders is my guess.) Yes, this looks like a terrific idea. Especially if you are counting and every show on earth starts reciting numbers, haha. Thankyou!
Ha ha! You’re very welcome 😊
You convinced me! I will definitely knit swatches and use scrap yarn for row counting & counting cast on stitches!!. Thank you thank you thank you.
Hooray!
Who has been hiding this information from me. A life changer. Thanks so much!
Happy to help!
Yup, I remember finding out about 'em when I was doing brioche. Now that I crochet only, it's all changed. Like life. Sighh .. But I like your delivery, and I always like a Canadian voice. :)
Ha ha! Thanks so much! And FYI, they work for crochet too 😉
I have been using this method with my latest garment and it works perfectly!! I did have an issue with pulling the marker out (I tugged on the wrong end 🙄) so now I just knot a little loop in the bottom of the running marker and put a locking stitch marker through the loop and clip that to my knitting - problem solved. 😊
Yay! I use the exact same method to secure the end of the running marker when I'm concerned about it slipping out of some types of fabric. It's good practice to secure it every time, though 😋
That is clever! Yes good as fresh baked bread…. Almost…. Probably equal 🤔 thank you❤
Ha ha! Thanks for watching 😊
Hi Nicole, I've recently discovered your posts and, although I've been knitting for 77 years, I've picked up so many tips from you. I just completed my first project utilising the running markers...whoo Hoo what a game changer. Love it. Thank you.
I find that no matter how much I think I know, there's ALWAYS more to learn. Knitting is amazing that way, isn't it? 😃
I coould not agree with you more! I absolutley second your views on running yarn markers rows and use them all the time ! Always wonder why they are not used more, i have long retired my plastic markers and counters.
You covered all the uses i could think of and maybe more.
1 tip I could add only. ..i sometimes use a bulb pin to secure my yarn/ string to, to prevent it from acccidently getting pulled out, specially when knitting small circumference in the round. Or when the string is short to start off with 😀
I was introduced to this amazing method in a super sweater design youtube tutorial by Paula Ward. since then i converted exclusively to using yarn to mark my rows etc.
Gorgeous cardigan by the way👌
Yes! That’s an excellent suggestion for securing the running yarn. I will start doing this too!
Thank you for sharing your tips.😊
Holy Cow. This alone makes me glad I am binge watching your UA-cam. I have been knitting for 70+ years and I do some online knitting instruction as well. Never heard of this before. Gone will be my wearing knit counters around my neck every day, everywhere. People ask me what the green plastic thing is around my neck. I suspect they think I have terrible taste in jewelry. You are spectacular!
Ha ha! Thanks so much! Please pass it along to others. It's such a simple and valuable technique - every knitter should at least know it exists, even if they choose to use a different method :D
Hi. I’m a “learning knitter” (coming from crochet). I’m grateful for any helpful information, tutorials, demonstrations that will help me grow. Thanks! 🧶🌻😊
Welcome! I'm so glad you're here. 😊
Very excited to try this, especially for casting on and for cable work. I’ve been shy if cables because I always lose my place!
It’s so good for cable work! In an upcoming tutorial, I’ll teach you how to cable without a cable needle 😁
Brilliant, thanks so much. I've been knitting for almost 20 years and never heard of this! I usually use locking lightbulb stitch markers to help me count.
I’d been knitting for decades before I found out. I’m on a mission to tell ALL knitters! 😋
Thank you so much ❤ simple but very useful 🎉
Great tip! 🤗 I know this is a knitting channel, but this can also come in handy for crochet....especially if there is an involved pattern with stitch changes...Celtic crocheting comes to mind. Thank you for the tutorial and I'll be using this often. 😉
It definitely works for crochet! I dabble in crochet and have used it there many times 😊
This was so helpful, so simple yet so effective. So easy to see.
Glad you think so!
Love this!! ♥️🧶♥️
Thank you! An absolute brilliant tip! The million dollar tip, actually!
Let me give you a tip back: in order to prevent the yarn getting out of its place, you can tie it to a marker and put a little tag indicating what is being counted with it.
I’m using this brilliant tip as if right now on a sweater I’m knitting and I suspect that it’ll be a game changer!😀
That’s a great tip! Next time I talk about running markers, I’ll share that one 🥰
My method - pencil mark, mark, mark, mark, cross….
I was today years old when I learned about running markers! Thank you. Like, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you - glad I saw you and watched.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 😊
I subscribed. This tutorial is excellent! Sleeves will be even, socks, hats, mittens both the same. Wow,
Thank you for subscribing! ❤️
This is possibly the best knitting tip I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning!!🎉🤯✨😄🌈🧶💫
Glad it was helpful!😊
Brilliant! Clever tutorial, Thank you👌🏽God Bless
Thank you so much, I sort of did this occasionally, but now I’m convinced this is going to improve my work so much. I finally decided if I put in all this work , I might as well have a decent garment. I knit for pleasure, since I have a closet full of sweaters….
Yes! This is exactly my philosophy - why do all the work on a wish and a prayer, when you can apply a few key techniques to get a great result!
I've used this technique for years, and I'm glad to have a name for it now!
Good for you for figuring it out! Smarter than me 😉
This is brilliant. And now I don't have to try to find projects to use up all those little leftover balls. I will just keep them for running markers. 2 problems solved. Thanks :)
That was a great video! I’m a newb and I need all the tips and tricks I can get. On a separate note, I am mesmerized by both the sweater you’re wearing and the one you’re making! Thank you!
Welcome aboard!
Me too
I do this style for counting stitches in my cast on, weave the scrap front and back between the stitches.
Yes! That's an excellent use of running markers 😀
Holy Moley! I have been doing this since I started knitting. I could not afford markers, so I just used scrap yarn. Who would have thought 45 years ago I was actually doing something smart!
Ha ha! Good for you! Ingenuity for the win 🏆😁
Why did I never think of this! Thank you - will integrate this to my knitting right away. Yesss!
Hooray!
This is really helpful- Thanks Nicole 😊🧶
You are so welcome!
New subscriber here. I love the cabled sweater you are wearing. it’s reason enough to see what your channel has to offer. 🎉
Thanks for subscribing! My episode called a Flight of Finished Objects has quite a few more examples of my work. Cheers!
So simple, too fabulous. This left handed knitter has enough going on translating patterns to stuff up counting stitches, thankyou.
Happy I could make your knitting a bit easier 😊
I've been using this method for years! Let's shake hands, sister!
Whoo hoo!
Great tip and well explained. Definitely worth a coffee!
Thanks so much! I appreciate your support!
Thank you for the tips. You earned a follow.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you found this useful 😊
I don't knit, but I will try this with some of my crochet projects. Thank you.
I use them for crochet too! Episode 6 of the podcast was all crochet - check it out 😋
Works great for crochet! Been doing it for years.
Oh my goodness!!! I was surfing UA-cam and saw this, thought ok interesting, I’ll bite….shortly after I realized it was divine providence!!! It’s a game changer!!!
I have been making individual copies and numbering…..what a mess! I made a mosaic pattern with 30 repeats…yup you guessed it=30 copies!!! Oh dear where have you been all my life!!!! ❤Thankyou!!!!!!
Wow! I’m so glad you found this tutorial 😊
Of course I immediately
Liked and subscribed!!! Thankyou!!!!
I think you just saved my sanity!!! Thank you SO much for this ❤
Hooray! 😁
Boy, talk about serendipity! Your video just popped up on my UA-cam page. I had never even heard of running markers, but you've totally sold me on it. Do you ever use dental floss for it? I've sometimes used dental floss on the rare occasion I need a lifeline; it's easier to pull out than wool yarn.
Thank you for posting the link to the pattern for the gorgeous sweater you're wearing.
Brilliant!❤
absolutely brilliant, yet so easy to do! Side by side cables worked over different numbers of rows... piece of cake! Thanks for explaining this so clearly.
Thanks for watching!
I’m soo glad I found you!🙏🏿
Me too 😘 Welcome to the channel!
Thanks for getting back so quickly.
I have read the comments on your first video. Everyone is very pleased. Again. Well done.
I don't have a problem with tension when crocheting, wool is in my right hand. Different story when trying with my left hand so I look forward to your video. Thankyou again.
I love your top shelf 😂 🍸
Me too! 😋
You convinced me, Thank you !
I am so glad I watched! I am a 2.5 year crocheter and this actually has a chance at helping me! Thanks very much
Glad I could help!
This is great idea👍
I'm a - more or less - self-taught crocheter who also knits (but not very well... I can never get my tension right), but when I first started crocheting, I tried all sorts of stitch markers. I hated them because I always kept forgetting to flip those switches. So I decided that I can just use a piece of yarn! I didn't know it was a thing, but I even "came up" with the same name, lol. My husband asked me what I was doing with it and I said, "it's a... running...? stitch... marker?" and it makes me feel quite proud of myself that I figured it out on my own, haha. But you're right, it's so much easier and much better. I use it in crochet all the time (right now I'm making my first top-down sweater; working on the last sleeve).
But hey, if you've got any advice on how to get the tension right with knitting, please let me know! None of my stitches are even and they always look haphazard. I love the look of knitting much more than crochet, but I know I'm very good at crochet; not so at knitting.
Good for you for figuring it out on your own! I had to wait decades for someone to show me 😊
My best advice for getting even stitches is to learn to carry the yarn in your left hand and do combination knitting. I will have a tutorial on this coming up, but if you can’t wait, there are lots of them to be found on UA-cam 😊
@@Knicoleknits Since I crochet, when I started knitting, I already held the working yarn in my left hand; it just seemed easier that way rather than throwing it. I still can't seem to get even tension, however. A few stitches will look uniform and then there will be some that are gappy. I would LOVE to be able to knit such beautiful things as you do, but I just can't get hold of it. I've tried many different sized needles and different types and the conclusion I came to was that it's definitely my fault and the amount of tension I apply is inconsistent.
Thank you so much for replying!
Love you to pieces! Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching! 😍
I'm convinced. I'm off to put a running marker in my current work. Cheers!!
Started watching this while frogging a project where I measured incorrectly and was 2 rows short on the ribbing. I normally use globe safety pins but will try this way next time as I don't like how the pins pull on the yarn and sometimes split the stitches.
Thanks so much, I'm not a proficent knitter, more crotcheting, but I'm determined to knit a pair of socks so this will definitely help. Will also use it in my crocheting. Thank you ❤
You are so welcome!
That a great idea and less stess to
This is amazing! I’m adding this to my current project! I’m definitely using it to measure the inches as I knit sleeves so they aren’t too long.
That's a great idea!
The magic in simplicity. Thank you.
You are welcome!