[knitting] Making Turtle Stitch Markers

Working on stitch markers to swap at the Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival tomorrow:

I found some turtle beads at Michaels (50% off!) and they are so cute. They're pretty detailed- with a belly side and a top shell side. I'm adding a seed bead just above the head.

I finished them all last night. I'm trying to keep the jump ring as sooth as possible. I worry that there could be sharp edges or openings that catch yarn, which would be pretty annoying and render the marker basically useless. I think I'm going to cast on something(s) tonight and give one or two a test. 

But they're so cute. If you can't use it as a stitch marker, maybe you can use it as a charm on  something.

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TGIFFFFFF. Looking forward to my class at the festival tomorrow morning: weaving a cornucopia with willow. I want to stuff all my little knit pumpkins inside of it when it's done!

I'll wander around and do some shopping. I need my semi-annual bulk purchase of handmade soap. I'm down to a nearly transparent sliver of soap from the last of the bars that I got at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in the spring.

Then I'll be at the Green Mountain Knitting Guild Booth from 3 - 5 pm. Come find me there for a turtle stitch marker!