Stitch Markers

I made a purchase several months ago at a local yarn shop (LYS). I bought some stitch markers for my knitting. If you DON'T know, stitch markers are kinda like place holders for your knitting. While you go along, you can place a stitch marker to remind you when to change pattern or etc etc. So these stitch markers that I bought were 5 bucks a piece and pretty simple.

I got to thinking, as I often do, ... why the hell am I paying five dollars for ONE of these damn things when I know I can make em!

So I did.

I went to some massive mart and got some wire and some beads and started churning out some stitch markers of my own. MUCH nicer than the ones I bought, I don't mind saying.

So I shared them with a little knitting group I go to on Tuesday evenings and they liked em. And I thought, well, if they liked em, maybe other people would too. I started making more and more and finally asked another yarn shop if they would sell locally crafted stitch markers. They said yeah!

I bought some cardboard stock and now I'm readying some of the puppies for sale. I'm trying to come up with a neat name/gmail addy to go with it. I'll take some pics of the ready-to-go product a bit later to share.