How Do You Make Wire Stitch Markers?
All you need to make these simple stitch markers is a bit of wire (paper clips will work) and a pair of fine-point pliers. Because they are an open loop, these stitch markers can be inserted and removed at any point in the knitting or crochet process. • Supplies Start with a spool of craft wire or straighten a paper clip or two. Any small paper clip will do, whether or not it is plastic coated, as long as it it is made of wire. Craft wire, if you have it, is a little softer and easier to work. • Make a tight loop at the end. Grip the very end of the wire in the pliers. Loop the end of the wire closely around the tip of the pliers. • The second loop Grip the wire just past the loop you just formed and fold it over the other way. • Double the wire at the end. Grip the wire and turn it one more time. This time, grip it higher up and turn it a little more loosely. • Curl the wire out a little at the loose end. • Cut the wire Cut the wire off where you want it, generally a bit past the bott
