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 RUclips tutorial, but years ago I taught all levels of sewing to adults, so I do have a fair bit of teaching experience. 😉
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.
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.
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!
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!
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 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!
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!
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.
🎉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!
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.
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 .
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 😊
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!
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 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 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....
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. :)
Hi. I’m a “learning knitter” (coming from crochet). I’m grateful for any helpful information, tutorials, demonstrations that will help me grow. Thanks! 🧶🌻😊
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.❤
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.
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. ❤😊🇨🇦
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.
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 😋
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.
Oh my goodness!!! I was surfing RUclips 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!!!!!!
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? 😀
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!
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. 😉
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.
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!
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!😀
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👌
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.
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 :)
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.
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!
Holy Cow. This alone makes me glad I am binge watching your RUclips. 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, this has been an awesome tutorial. I am a beginner knitter when it comes to making jumpers etc. This has taught me so much. You are easy to follow, and you explain this well. I am doing my first jumper, so I will start your idea of running markers. I struggle to read the pattern, as it is very busy, too much. When I break it down, write so I can understand it, and follow seems to take effort and time. I have undone the back of this jumper x3 due to not understanding pattern correctly. It seems to have too many abbreviations in front of the row instructions. So watching you and learning you trick will be very beneficial. Again thank you. Viv from NZ
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 so cool! I have been writing on my pattern with my Apple Pencil in the Books app. as I go. Now I won’t need my iPad the whole time I’m knitting.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this tutorial💕 Running Markers DO change everything! Finally I'm sure that both sides of my cardigan or my both sleeves are the same :) I can write down the pattern for each cloth I knit, being pretty sure that it's right and I have no problem to repeat it with other yarn when I need it (I rarely knit from a ready pattern, I usualy make-up my own). It is a real gamechanger and it's so easy to use them. I'm so happy I found your channel! 🌹🌹🌹Wish You all the best 🌻🌻🌻
Yes!!!! Thank you for this tutorial on running markers! I was curious because I had never heard of it and now I'm excited to use it! I'm one of those that doesn't always think of changing a row counter at the end of a row or round. Now I can do this and fix that problem! When I'm making socks, sometimes I put in markers for every inch until I get the length I need, etc., but now I think I may use a running marker to do the same thing! I'm sure I will find many, many more uses for this. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thanks for this tutorial Nicole! I especially like the tip for counting during casting on and will certainly give that a try. YOU TAUGHT SEWING? Any chance of some sewing instruction on your channel? If you still create things, I would love to see what you've sewn in your podcast.
I did indeed teach sewing - everything from absolute beginners to advanced tailoring. It is possible that I might add sewing content at some point. It's more likely to show up in the After Hours membership area than the main channel, but you never know! 😋
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 ❤
I am a new knitter ( 3 months) and just for casting on I love this. Thank you!! I hope someday to need this for cables and armholes, etc. I am so glad I tripped on this video. On to the Swatch Video…
I'm so glad you found me! Welcome to knitting :D Please ask as many questions as you'd like as you venture into trying new techniques. I'm here to help!
I do something similar but with a doubled piece of yarn or thread (6-strang embroidery floss is a favourite) - I used it like a stitch marker with a really long tail that I weave back and forth as I knit. I just put it out when I'm done with it. The smooth texture of the floss helps it come out without distorting the knit stitches. I've never seen anybody else do anything similar and nobody ever taught me to do this!
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.
This is wonderful info. I had been using the beaded chain w/detachable charms to count up to 99 rows, and locking markers in the rows to keep track of my increases/decreases. But, I'm thinking this might be a wonderful use for the barber cord that I purchased and had not really found a good use for. I'm thinking it might just replace both of my previous methods. Or at least be a backup method. Especially for when I got distracted at the place my chain marker was placed, and it fell off the needle, leaving me wondering if I could remember where I was. Thank you for teaching this old dog some new tricks!
Nice to find you Miss Nicole! Ok you have convinced me and I will be sure to try it in as many places as I can. I need visual and the tick marks are not great. Row counting for the sleeve setting.. Hmmm You are right I never count rows. Thank you very much!
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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 RUclips 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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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
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 ! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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 😁
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.
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!! 😁
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) 😊
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 😉💖
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.😊
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! 😊
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! 😊
Never thought about a string row counter wow and it's not heavy ! It's like a life line counter. Thanks 😊
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 😊
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 😊
🎉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!
I haven’t even tried this yet but know it is a major game changer! Thank you!
You’re most welcome 😊
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!
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!
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! 😂
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!
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!😊
Convinced! I love that it will be obvious if I forget to do it.
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'M CONVINCED! Great video and information. Love the sweater you're wearing
Yay! 😃
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 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!!
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 😉
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. 😊
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!
Congratulations! Your first tutorial is a success.💐 What a good idea! Thank you! 👏🌻♥️
Thank you! Cheers!
Why did I never think of this! Thank you - will integrate this to my knitting right away. Yesss!
Hooray!
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 😊
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 ❤
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 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 😋
Who has been hiding this information from me. A life changer. Thanks so much!
Happy to help!
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!
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! 😋
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 😉
Oh my goodness!!! I was surfing RUclips 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!!!!
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!
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 😋😍
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 😊
This was so helpful, so simple yet so effective. So easy to see.
Glad you think so!
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 😊
Brilliant! Clever tutorial, Thank you👌🏽God Bless
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 tutorials so much that I had to subscribe. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. ❤
Thanks so much for subscribing! 😁
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
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 🥰
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!
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 😊
This is possibly the best knitting tip I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning!!🎉🤯✨😄🌈🧶💫
Glad it was helpful!😊
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!
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!
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 :)
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.
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? 😃
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 🏆😁
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 😁
I’m so glad I happened on your video!! I will definitely use this on my next project. Thank you SO much!
You are so welcome!
Holy Cow. This alone makes me glad I am binge watching your RUclips. 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
Thank you for sharing your tips.😊
Hi, this has been an awesome tutorial. I am a beginner knitter when it comes to making jumpers etc. This has taught me so much. You are easy to follow, and you explain this well. I am doing my first jumper, so I will start your idea of running markers. I struggle to read the pattern, as it is very busy, too much. When I break it down, write so I can understand it, and follow seems to take effort and time. I have undone the back of this jumper x3 due to not understanding pattern correctly. It seems to have too many abbreviations in front of the row instructions. So watching you and learning you trick will be very beneficial. Again thank you. Viv from NZ
Yay! I have other regular NZ viewers. Welcome to my channel 😁
I subscribed. This tutorial is excellent! Sleeves will be even, socks, hats, mittens both the same. Wow,
Thank you for subscribing! ❤️
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!
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!
Thank you so much ❤ simple but very useful 🎉
This is really helpful- Thanks Nicole 😊🧶
You are so welcome!
I think you just saved my sanity!!! Thank you SO much for this ❤
Hooray! 😁
I use the knit companion app. Ive had zero issues since i started using it.
Knit Companion is a great app! I used it myself for quite a while. 😊
This is so cool! I have been writing on my pattern with my Apple Pencil in the Books app. as I go. Now I won’t need my iPad the whole time I’m knitting.
Yay! Glad it was helpful 😊
O’mi gosh, I was totally blown away with how brilliant this is!! What a game changer, thank you!!!!
You're so welcome!
THAT IS INGENIOUS!!!! thank you sooooo much!
You’re welcome! ☺️
Love it!!! Can’t wait to get started! Thankyou so much!
You are so welcome!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this tutorial💕 Running Markers DO change everything! Finally I'm sure that both sides of my cardigan or my both sleeves are the same :) I can write down the pattern for each cloth I knit, being pretty sure that it's right and I have no problem to repeat it with other yarn when I need it (I rarely knit from a ready pattern, I usualy make-up my own). It is a real gamechanger and it's so easy to use them. I'm so happy I found your channel! 🌹🌹🌹Wish You all the best 🌻🌻🌻
You’re so welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
Yes!!!! Thank you for this tutorial on running markers! I was curious because I had never heard of it and now I'm excited to use it! I'm one of those that doesn't always think of changing a row counter at the end of a row or round. Now I can do this and fix that problem! When I'm making socks, sometimes I put in markers for every inch until I get the length I need, etc., but now I think I may use a running marker to do the same thing! I'm sure I will find many, many more uses for this. Thank you so much for sharing this!
You’re welcome! Happy knitting 🧶
Awesome! I use some of your tips already but I'm going to use all what you have shared. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this tutorial Nicole! I especially like the tip for counting during casting on and will certainly give that a try. YOU TAUGHT SEWING? Any chance of some sewing instruction on your channel? If you still create things, I would love to see what you've sewn in your podcast.
I did indeed teach sewing - everything from absolute beginners to advanced tailoring. It is possible that I might add sewing content at some point. It's more likely to show up in the After Hours membership area than the main channel, but you never know! 😋
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!
Genius!! One of those "why didn't I think of that??" moments😂
I had the same reaction 😂
The magic in simplicity. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Very helpful tip. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching! 😊
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 am a new knitter ( 3 months) and just for casting on I love this. Thank you!! I hope someday to need this for cables and armholes, etc. I am so glad I tripped on this video. On to the Swatch Video…
I'm so glad you found me! Welcome to knitting :D Please ask as many questions as you'd like as you venture into trying new techniques. I'm here to help!
I am amazed!!! It’s true…you can learn something new every day!!!
I do something similar but with a doubled piece of yarn or thread (6-strang embroidery floss is a favourite) - I used it like a stitch marker with a really long tail that I weave back and forth as I knit. I just put it out when I'm done with it. The smooth texture of the floss helps it come out without distorting the knit stitches. I've never seen anybody else do anything similar and nobody ever taught me to do this!
Floss is a great idea! Thanks for this 😍
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.
This is wonderful info. I had been using the beaded chain w/detachable charms to count up to 99 rows, and locking markers in the rows to keep track of my increases/decreases. But, I'm thinking this might be a wonderful use for the barber cord that I purchased and had not really found a good use for. I'm thinking it might just replace both of my previous methods. Or at least be a backup method. Especially for when I got distracted at the place my chain marker was placed, and it fell off the needle, leaving me wondering if I could remember where I was. Thank you for teaching this old dog some new tricks!
Yes! Barber cords would work great for running markers. Excellent tip! 😀
Thank you. That was very helpful. I will be trying out the running stitch markers on my next project.
Wonderful! Glad it was helpful 😊
Love this!! ♥️🧶♥️
Thank you for the tips. You earned a follow.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you found this useful 😊
Nice to find you Miss Nicole! Ok you have convinced me and I will be sure to try it in as many places as I can. I need visual and the tick marks are not great. Row counting for the sleeve setting.. Hmmm You are right I never count rows. Thank you very much!
Thanks for watching! I hope it works well for you 😊
This is awesome. Thank you for this tutorial!
Thanks for watching!