I’m a bit over halfway with my Dockside cardigan sleeves, and going out of my mind with boredom at the miles and miles of stockinette. So I decided to give myself little breaks over the course of the day, and get my stitch markers organized. I put them in a bead/findings box that was originally from Michael’s:
There’s a lot of spare space, but I know there are still markers hiding out amongst the project bags. And I suspect there will be more stitch markers in the future.
Some of my favorites were gifts from two blog friends – Sarah and Liz 🙂
Sarah of mildlygranola sent me this beautiful hand beaded snowflake, and also this cool tea and treats stitch marker set!
And Liz at HighlandHeffalump sent me these lovely sea glass and seashell progress keepers:
Many of the others I made myself during my jewelry-making phase, some came with yarn clubs, or I just got them because they looked cool. Now that most of my markers are assembled, I notice there is a disproportionate number of skulls in there…
Oh well, at least now they are organized!
If you are a knitter or crocheter, do you use stitch markers? If you do, do you like to collect and use different ones, or just have utilitarian ones?
Quite A Yarn 
I love stitch markers. Or fiber jewelry as I call it. I too have some from Liz and they are so sweet and light. I am always on the lookout for pretty baubles for my knitting.
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I think of it as knitting jewelry too 🙂
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What a fantastic collection:) It’s so nice when they have special meaning.
I have a bunch too. Some are gifts and others my husband made. My favorites are a set of simple small hoops with a single bead on them. The original set I won in a podcast contest and since then I have active sought out the same style.
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It is nice to have special ones 🙂 You should show and tell yours! The hoops with a single bead is a nice style – no catching on anything!
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Oh aren’t you the clever one?? I can’t believe I never thought of that–I used to make jewelry and used those containers for beads. Right now my markers are in several assorted tiny containers but this would be so much better. Thanks for the idea!
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You are welcome! Some of mine are elsewhere too – for a while I was trying to put together knitting “kits” including stitch markers. But corralling them seemed like it might work out better 🙂
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I try to collect pretty markers, but I am highly, HIGHLY skilled at losing them. I haven’t managed to hold onto any full set yet.
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LOL – they do like to run off!
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I had no idea stitch markers could be so pretty! You have a LOT of them!
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There are a lot of plain ones, but they can definitely be fancy!
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What a great idea! I have so many stitch markers. A shameful amount. I need to organize them because they are just floating around my notions bags and getting lost regularly.
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No such things as a shameful amount! We’ll see if I can maintain this, but I hope so 🙂
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I use hand made beaded markers over all others. I have some for the needles and some with lobster clasps. I need to collect them all and distribute them between my knitting bags. I always need one and realize I don’t have a container of them in that bag.
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That’s partly why I did this organizing thing. I have lots of them, and yet can’t find one half the time. Now I know where they are!
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I have a bad habit of knitting them into the item. So I just those big plastic pins that look like baby pins. Then I can unhook them. They aren’t near as cute as yours!
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But they get the job done!
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Such a super cute collection! I tend to stick with the green and purple plastic things as I find them a bit easier to deal with but I love the designs of your markers.
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They are fun to collect and use 🙂 It kind of depends – If I need to use a ton of markers, it will usually be the plainer, lighter ones that I go to.
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