I have two sizes, small gold ones and large silver ones. They are different from safety pins, because there’s no loop at the bottom.
I use them to mark groups of stitches as I cast on. (I only use circular needles, so even the small ones fit over the cables.)
Jump to half-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, full-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, or half-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing. (In this series of posts, “half-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Jump to half-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, full-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing. (In this series, “half-stitch seam” means any seam consuming half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam consuming a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Jump to full-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, half-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing.
(In this series of posts, “half-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Jump to half-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, half-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing. (In this series of posts, “half-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Have you ever come across a sweater pattern that starts off by quite bossily telling you to read through all the instructions before starting? Yes, I’m always eager to cast on and start knitting too. But if we don’t read through the complete instructions first, we may have some heartburn during the sewing-up.