Crochet Stitch Markers

[GinaMarie]

I have seen stitch markers for knitting, but nothing official for crocheting. I have heard people mention safety pins, but that seems like a lot of trouble just to mark a stitch.

 

What is everyone using?

[kkms]

i had a friend who beads make me some of those fun beaded stitch markers that i could not wait to use because everyone brags about them and do you know what i am using? a bobby pin. just seems so much easier. so maybe i will take the clasp off the beaded on and put some kind of hook on.

[jura2908]

i use split ring markers that i received a a gift or the safety pin markers that i have. i prefer the safety pin markers as the split ring usually seem to snag on my yarn when i take them off.

 

nadine

[mizduck]

I love the split ring markers by lion brand...I've bought tons of them...cause I keep losing them!

[ImperfectMe]

I have some plastic safety-pin shaped type plastic thing. I've only used them once and they didn't cause me any problems.

[darski]

I bought some plastic markers for my knitting (I think they would be called split ring but not sure).

 

At any rate, I prefer to make little yarn circles for my knitting and I always use strands of yarn to mark my crochet stuff. I find that the yarn bits are more user friendly especially for

 

That being said, just to try it... I did use 10 little gold safety pins to help count out a starting chain that was 256 stitches and they did work well for that.

[amberslipstitch]

I use bobby pins...they work great and they are quick to move:hook

[eebrs]

My mom always used a piece of yarn (different color). However, I have small children that like to pull out things like that (bookmarks too). I use a slightly unbent paper clip. It's easy to get on and off, and I don't have to worry about little hands pulling it out.

[uplate6674]

I use split ring markers I got from Joann's. I use the big ones meant for use on big knitting needles.

[needlesandpinza]

french wire earrings ! hint hint

[misssmaggie]

I just use the plastic split-rings I bought at Wal-mart.

[olive]

Yarn scraps or a bobby pin which ever I can find at the time

[Kiirs]

I use the plastic rings at WalMart...bought another box when I misplaced the first. They open at the top and you can close them by slipping the little peg into the hole. They work really well and come in a nice little blue plastic box.

[carrie_dyer]

I use bobby pins

[MsSuzKelly]

Loveragdolls from here was such a sweetie and sent me a couple of stitch markers that she made. One Lobster claw and one Lever back which is the one I use most..I LOVE IT...you can see what I talking about here:

 

http://tinyurl.com/2hy3f6

[adagio]

I love the split ring markers by lion brand...I've bought tons of them

I love these, too! Because they are colored, I can use them in different ways. Some I use to keep track of how many repeats of a pattern I've done. I'm doing a round ripple, and I've got one in each point. In addition to the ones for round/row markers.

I've also made some safety pins with letters to mark what size hook I'm using (I love this idea!)

And I do use bobby pins as well.

[Luvtocro]

I don't remember where I got this tip, but I was told not to thow away old earrings (hoops especially) because they make good stitch markers. Next time you lose one earring, look at it as gaining a stitch marker .

[JoBug]

I use stitch markers that I was gifted, or RAOK'd, I LOVE them, the ones I have recieved are light weight made of little beads, they are PERFECT for making my doilies, to keep track of where the round starts, I LOE them, of course if you do thread, you want to use something light weight so it doesn't streatch out your stitches.

[rina]

I use stitch markers that were gifted to me; they're basically hook earrings. They work great, as long as they're not too heavily beaded. I also love to use hair claws (tiniest size) because they're so easy to place and remove, and stay on well.

[blackpurl]

I use a saftey pin!

[MsSuzKelly]

OOooh...what a great idea about those tiny hair claws!!!! I think I will have to buy some to have on hand.

[WeTurnItToEleven]

I use a bobby pin, really easy to move.

[LaurieE]

I'm using loop earrings. I found a pair at WalMart (I think for $2 or $3) where the back just snaps open and closed. They work so much better than the loop earrings where there is no back closing at all.

[GinaMarie]

Thanks so much for your feedback

[HomekeepingGran]

The earrings which snap closed.