Little Improvised Knitting Helpers

Recently I knitted more often (mostly mazes and cellular automaton patterns) and got some little helpers together on the spur of the moment.

unikatissima Little Improvised Knitting Helpers
The first is a take-those-threads-away (I simply don’t know the name of this item!) for two-coloured knitting, that I made from a plain piece of wire: …

 

unikatissima Little Improvised Knitting Helpers … simply bend the wire twice around the finger, hook the threads into and begin knitting.

 

unikatissima Little Improvised Knitting Helpers The second are paper clips used as stitch markers…

 

unikatissima Little Improvised Knitting Helpers …that I hooked in every 10. stitch, everywhere where the decimal lines from the pattern are.
I selected a different coloured paper clip every five clips, that helps to orientate in the pattern faster.
For the partly chaotic cellular automaton patterns it can be a real help.

 

unikatissima Little Improvised Knitting Helpers And the last are my post-it notes I use to mark the row I’m working on.
Some people use rulers but the post-its stick better to the paper and if necessary I can take it with me without having to mark the last row.
However I noticed that I have to change the notes quite often because the glue gets weak from the constant tackling and untackling.


Links:
At unikatissima:
Entry concerning the maze pattern generator
Maze Pattern Generator

Entry concerning the pattern generator (cellular automaton)
Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)