I made these stitch markers. What do you think?? In the pic, they are on US7 needles.

I think that those look good! They look really simple to make too! Great job!

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My 3lynns~ Ashlynn-8, Brooklyn-4 and Kaylin-3

Very cool! I've made some stitch markers before, they are so easy to make.

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I’ve been SWAK’d!

how did you do that? I mean how did you make those?

I'm not a knitter but wanted to say good job! I like them, I really like how you wound the wire around the beads, it looks neat.

Thanks everyone!!

They are super easy!! I just found the beads I liked and put them on 20 gauge beading wire (22 would probably have been easier to thread), then I wrapped the wire around a pen twice and twisted it off where I wanted the "neck" of the marker to be. That makes your top. Then I slid the bead up to that and wrapped the wire from the bottom up over the top of the bead and around it a couple times....there are different ways to go around to make it look different, you just have to play with that. Then I ended by twisting it off at the "neck" again and making sure that the ends are tucked in so that the yarn doesn't have anywhere to get snagged on. Walmart sells a round nosed jewlery pliers in their bead aisle. I got the 3 in 1 tool and it was awesome for this project. It was less than 5.00 for that, and the beads were about $1 each at a specialty bead shop. I'm sure Michaels, Joanns or Hobby Lobby would have beading supplies cheaper, but we don't have one close so I made due with the expensive store and walmart. HTH. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions!!