Making My Mark
In 2013 , I wrote an article about special sewing markers , and I remember seeing all these beautiful opportunities when I saw sewing porn markers. At the time, I used a range of commercially available plastic dot markers. I’ve never liked these items because I find them so ugly, but I don’t like their fragility anymore. They were like small locks, but they were so easily broken that I avoided locking and unlocking them, I often noticed that with a slight pressure someone would explode when I held the needle in my hand with a felt-tip pen. I had never lost a single point, but they took turns breaking and leaving me with the last eight or nine, initially about two dozen. Then it was time to think about choosing new games. I can’t say I regret having an excuse to replace the old game. Eventually I wanted to get some nice unit counters.
While researching this old KNDD article to find out which point counter to buy, my research reminded me that I could create my own point counters. I made some specimens , the tools and knowledge I already had, it was just a matter of finding the specimens that suited me.
For this project, I have used medium-sized beads that do not stick to the thread I am using or are not. I have tried to reduce the cost, as it is possible to do this simple project with very little money if you have the tools to work with the basic grains. I also knew that I wanted to have different colored sewing markers that I would be able to color when marking different things (i.e. another marker that matches the beginning of the series or a set of “knitted” sweater designs). from top to bottom ").
When I bought the necklace earrings for my grandson’s 10th birthday in January, I received an orange Czech pearl necklace you see above as my “free necklace sale”. Buy a chain, get a free chain. free »Michaelsen. I found the two red beads — the two painted beads you see above — in my bins storage box. They were the only ones who survived. The ivory thread in the photo was a necklace I bought for $ 2. At Value Village, I received an online order with a "$ 2 discount" coupon. I was pretty happy with myself because I collected the beads for this project almost for free ... It worked before I tried to sew the felt-tip pens. that the holes in the ivory grains were too large for this project. Sigh. I collected these specimens in ivory and kept them in my copy box for future use, which is still unknown. Then I bought one of these necklaces at a grocery store for $ 2.25. Before buying the necklace I checked the holes to make sure the beads fit well.
To make your sewing markers you will need some basic tools for making pins, lever earrings and beads: biscuits, round nose pliers, flat nose or curling pliers (not in the picture). Place the bead on the top of your head, add a reverse twist, and then rotate the tip of the needle around the tip of the needle until it forms a small circle. Cut the excess length of the pin with metal cutters, closing the circle with flat nose pliers or saw pliers.
These are ready-made sewing markers. Since there are so many sewing markers for me (I rarely work on more than one knitting project at a time) they probably won’t break, I’m not a loser, they have to give a little. Weather If you think these are earrings, it's basically because they are. I will make a small effort to make earrings as a mark on those points that I wanted to make clear to give as few wires as possible. gather
I kept two of the Czech orange beads and I was thinking of turning them into earrings myself ... for fear of being tempted to take two of my sewing markers with an orange outfit.
