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Do you have a helpful hint or handy trick that will make any aspect of knitting easier? Share it! Post ideas on scrap yarn usages, stitch markers, color changing, maintaining your sanity while following a difficult pattern, etc. There is most probably someone out there that will benefit from your help. Need ideas yourself? Read others' comments--we all live and learn!

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Name: Betsy
Subject: waste yarn, stitch markers, yarn cutter, stitch holders
Comment: I save the containers from dental floss--sample and regular sizes. I fill the container with thin yarn or crochet cotton for holding stitches, markers, etc... The cutter can slice yarn instead of scissors. I recently popped the cutter off the case and took it on a plane.

Name: dan r
Subject: knitting needle storage
Comment: i put my needles in a bath sponge to keep them from stabbing holes in my things.
hope this was useful!

Name: Lynn C
Subject: needle storage
Comment: I wanted an inexpensive way to store my needles. I bought mailing tubes from the post office and cut them to length. I have one for my 7" needles and one for my 14". They are made from sturdy cardboard and have nice plastic end caps that are easy to get off.

Name: Bella
Subject: Storage
Comment: Storing needles: I find that useing starofoam balls to poke your needle though works. If you cut the bottem of the ball to be flat, then you can stand them up strait. PLUS you can use permanate marker to write the size of the needles in that ball on the starofoam.

Name: Sue
Subject: Keeping track of rows
Comment: When I am knitting a project that has a specific number of rows to knit in either garter or stockinette, I break it down into a manageable number by loosely tieing on a piece of colored yarn in the middle of the row. That way I don't have to go back and constantly count rows. This works for me. I hope it helps you too. Happy knitting!

Name: The Young Knitter
Subject: Supplies storage
Comment: I find that keeping all of my little items, stitch counter, yarn needle, etc., in a small bag or tote helps keep them together so I don't lose them when I need them for something important. (Sewing up a last-minute gift for example! =D)

Name: katie
Subject: storing
Comment: I bought a medium sized tote bag that has a little zipper pouch in it. The project I'm working on goes in the big part of the bag, and all the little pieces, such as pens/pencil, stitch markers, scissors, even a folded up pattern, fit in the little zipper pouch. That way whenever I'm on the go all I have to do is grab the tote bag and I have everything I need.

Name: Lynne
Subject: counting rows
Comment: I found my old magnet board that I used for counted cross stitch. Put the pattern on the board, use the magnetic strips and move down a row each time you finish one!

Name: carol
Subject: bamboo needles
Comment: I find if you have difficult wool to knit bamboo needles are the answer

Name: Lynn
Subject: Keeping my place when knitting
Comment: I use 2 methods of keeping place on my patterns.
1. Photo copy pattern and mark it as I go, this keeps the original pattern nice and clean.
2. When using a pattern printed on one sheet, I laminate it and mark with a dry marker, that way you can mark and wipe off

Name: Mary Lee
Subject: Yarn Holders
Comment: To hold my ball of yarn neat and clean as I am knitting, I insert the ball into an old child's sock or cut a 6-8 inch length of old pantyhose and pull the string of yarn up through the opening. The knitted holder expands and contracts to keep the ball together and it's a great way to use those something you would normally discard.

Name: Heather
Subject: Even Stocking Stitch
Comment: To make even stocking stitch when your purl rows are loose, use a needle one size smaller than the one with which you knit. If you are working ribbing, where that would interfere with your knit stitches, wrap your purl stitches in the opposite direction, to mount the stitch backwards. Be very sure to knit into the back of the stitch on the following row, lest you twist your stitches!

Name: Knitting girl
Subject: tip for bunny owners
Comment: If I have some scrap yarn then I like to knit my bunny a scarf. You have to make a button hole in it to pull the scarf through (make it low so that theres plenty of space). Make sure you give your bunny a reward! And dont leave your bunny alone. P.S. This sight is AWSOME!

Name: theresa
Subject: measuring
Comment: for the knitter on the go i thought a knitting needle with inches etched in the needle so at the end of the row you can just use the empty needle to measure. i have been helped by you girls and i hope this will help you if enough knitters think this is a good idea maybe a company will make them tdk

Name: nisha
Subject: knitting heels
Comment: When you first start knitting the heel, and need to do the shaping, you might encounter something like this: knit 16, knit two together, turn. Instead of turning, you might have ended up knitting the rest of the stitches. Well, don't do that and instead turn the knitting. This is done because the stitches have to remain on the needle, so you can decrease and make the heel, (this is for the dutch heel). On the next few rows, you will have to use the slipped stitches to decrease, and then heel will be done!

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