Making My Mark
In 2013 I wrote an article about my favorite cross-stitch markers and I remember looking at all these cute options, it was like a cross-stitch marker. At the time, I used many commercially available plastic markers myself. I never liked these marks, because they seemed too ugly to me, but I still did not like their fragility. They were in the form of little rings, but they broke so easily that I avoided closing and untangling them, and I often found that one fell off with the slightest touch of my hand when I held them. Needle, marked. I didn't miss any pointers, but one by one they cracked and separated until I got to the last eight or nine from what was originally about twenty. Then it was time to think about picking some new ones - and I can't say I'm sorry there is an excuse to replace the old set. Suddenly, I was going to get pretty score marks!
When I was researching this old KNDD article to find out which embroidery markers to buy, it occurred to me that I could make my own embroidery markers. I'm interested in beads , I already had the tools and the results, and all I had to do was find the right beads.
For this project, I was looking for medium-sized soft beads that wouldn't snag or snag in any of the threads I was using. I have tried to keep the cost to a minimum and it is really possible to complete this simple project in no time if you have the basic decorating tools. I also learned that I needed different colored stitch markers that I could color in to represent different things (eg a marker to start a row, or a coordinating set for sleeve details in a top-to-bottom sweater pattern).
When I bought beaded necklaces and earrings for my niece's 10th birthday in January, I received an orange Czech glass bead chain that you see above as a "free chain" for sale "buy one bead chain, get one free" to Michael's address. I found the two red beads and the two colored jade beads you see above in my bead box: they were the only ones of my kind. The rest of the ivory beads pictured were necklaces I bought for $2 from Value Village using a $2 discount coupon I received from them for completing an online survey. J'étais très heureuse de collecter des perles pour ce projet presque gratuitement... jusqu'à ce que j'essaie de faire des marqueurs de points et il s'est avéré que les trous dans les perles d'ivoire étaient trop grands this project. sigh. I collected these ivory beads and hid them in my bead box for a hitherto unknown future use. Then I bought another necklace from a thrift store for $2.25 and this time I checked the holes before buying the necklace to make sure the beads fit properly.
To make your own embroidery tags, you will need pins, earrings, and some basic beading tools: wire cutters, clips, clips or pliers (not pictured). Place the bead on the brooch, add the arm earring, and then wrap the top of the brooch around the needle-nose pliers until it forms a small circle. Cut the excess length of the hairpin with the templates, fix the created circle with pliers or pliers and ... that's it.
These are ready-to-use registration papers. Since twenty embroidery markers are enough for me (I rarely work on more than one knitting project) they are less likely to break, and I'm not one to lose things, they will last me long enough. If they look like earrings to you, they are actually real, although I put a lot more effort into designing the earrings than these embroidery pens did, I wanted to keep it simple to give as little of your thread as possible to cheer you up.
I kept two orange Czech beads with the idea of turning them into earrings...so I wouldn't be tempted to borrow my embroidery pen for any special occasion related to an orange outfit.
