Hopping through my favorite knitting blogs — and even on new ones that I’d discover — I’d come across occasional mentions of bead-based stitch markers, with pictures of the cute ornaments. Seeing that I love both yarn and beads, I don’t know why it took me so long to make some of my own. Maybe it’s the fact that they’re not removable? But I’ve even used rings made of scrap yarn for marking, so that’s not it. Well, whatever the reason, it doesn’t matter now because I made a few stitch markers!
These are real simple ones that just involve stringing combinations of glass beads and seed beads through head pins, making an eye loop and adding a jump ring. That’s all a stitch marker needs, right? Here‘s one of them doing its thing with a shawl that I knit for my mom. I don’t know if I’ll make more anytime soon, but I saw quite a collection of markers in a blog post by Bethany (Orange Swan), and most of these markers don’t have a jump ring in them, so I’m gonna try my hand at least a few.
When I showed these to my sis, she was mildly disappointed that they weren’t earrings like she’d first thought, so I went ahead and made some earrings to match. Happy, Sis? π
I most certainly am!! π Thank you!! β€
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Beautiful stitch markers. I love them! And so sweet of you to make your sister earrings! They are beautiful as earrings, too!
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Thank you! Those earrings work for me too — my sis and I share much of our jewelry. π (I really am a sweet sister though. π )
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So beautiful Anita, love your post
thank you for sharing
Kisses and happy sunday
Anita
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Thank you, Anita! Always a pleasure to share. π
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oh you’re welcome Anita
Happy week
Kisses
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These are so beautiful Anita. What a great eye you have for crafting something pretty. I have pinned this to my Pinterest for others to enjoy the inspiration. Brilliant !
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Thank you very much for the encouragement! It’s been some time since I crafted something though, so I should get those creative gears moving… π
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These are so cool!!
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Thank you very much for liking them! π
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