Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Using yarn as a running marker in your knitting has several advantages over ring markers. Here I am dividing my available stitches into 1/8 of a round sections. One length of yarn is used to mark two places. As the marker becomes shorter the loop can be cut, allowing both markers to travel up the work.
Pros: we always have yarn on hand to use and can colour coded to mark different areas, fine yarns don't distort the work, the markers don't drop out of the work at the junction between needles. The markers can be used for comparison between pieces of work, act as an abacus, show the passage of a migrating start of round, record sleeve increases etc.
Using yarn as a running marker in your knitting has several advantages over ring markers. Here I am dividing my available stitches into 1/8 of a round sections. One length of yarn is used to mark two places. As the marker becomes shorter the loop can be cut, allowing both markers to travel up the work.
Pros: we always have yarn on hand to use and can colour coded to mark different areas, fine yarns don't distort the work, the markers don't drop out of the work at the junction between needles. The markers can be used for comparison between pieces of work, act as an abacus, show the passage of a migrating start of round, record sleeve increases etc.
