https://knitting.dreamwidth.org/ Knitting - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:55:05 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios knitting community https://knitting.dreamwidth.org/62546.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:55:05 GMT https://knitting.dreamwidth.org/62546.html Posted by: <span lj:user='untonuggan' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://untonuggan.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://untonuggan.dreamwidth.org/'><b>untonuggan</b></a></span><br /><br />I realize I'm probably opening up a whole kettle of fish by asking this, but I am new to knitting and <strong>wonder whether it's worth it to bother buying stitch markers</strong>. Right now I'm just using a loop of a contrasting scrap yarn as a stitch marker. It can be a little cumbersome, but I don't have to worry about losing it (can always get more small bits of yarn). Annoyingly, the acrylic yarns tend to fray a bit. <br /><br />I've read that it's much smoother and faster to use the commercially made stitch markers, but I do wonder (a) if that is just slick marketing, (b) about the wasted plastic/shipping/processing costs to the environment, (c) about what happens when I lose the expensive little things.<br /><br />Thoughts?<br /><br />UPDATE: Thanks for all the suggestions and input, folks! I&nbsp;think&nbsp;I will go crazy if I&nbsp;try to respond to every reply, so I'll just say thanks here!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=knitting&ditemid=62546" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://knitting.dreamwidth.org/62546.html knitting tools stitch markers public untonuggan 35