I’ve been thinking for a while to make myself some new stitch markers, and when I mentioned this idea to my mother, who makes glass beads herself, she offered to make me some beads to use for that purpose. So I made a few sets, some with beads I had bought, and some with beads my mother made. I used a different technique for the handmade beads, hiding any wire end so they would be snag free, always a benefit when knitting, especially with splitty or extra-snagging yarns, although my other stitch markers should not snag at all, as I file them a bit at the edge. Both types came out beautifully.
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Aren’t they lovely? I just love the set with the colourful beads my mother made, it makes me think of marbles, reminding me of my childhood.