How do i slip a stitch marker?

How-to Questions
1

i’ve got a pattern that calls for me to:

Row 2 (RS) K 1, M1, k to first marker, M1, slip marker (sm), k 1, sm, M1, k to last st, M1, k 1 – 35 sts.

so does this mean don’t knit the marked stiches?

thanks
-tai

2

it just means you’re going to pass the marker from the left needle over to the right needle.

3

do i need to move the marker from row to row as the poncho gets longer?

4

if it’s just hanging on the needles, it will automatically move from row to row.

5

so that’s how they work? awesome!!! boy do i feel like a dingbat!!! :roflhard:

6

Sometimes stitch markers can be used to mark a stitch that’s already knitted so you can measure from that point. Those are the removeable kind, of course; there’s several different ways to mark your work.

sue

7

yeah in this case the way HvK explained it makes sense cause i was actually hanging the marker on the stitch and was doing a lot of exta counting… hence the feeling like a dingbat. well you learn something new every day :teehee: