Squee!
Well done, Armers.
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Thatās super. And yes, shiny.
I could never got on with row counters, cos Iām too daft to remember to use them, so many years ago I invented my own method - or more probably reinvented, since I canāt be the first person to have thought of it.
Every 10th row I thread a bit of brightly coloured sewing thread through the first and last stitch and knot it loosely so I can easily count multiples of 10 rows, and with most yarns itās easy to just count less than 10 rows, after that. This does have the added advantage of making it easier to match the two sides when making up, and after stitching it all together you can just snip the threads and remove them.
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Thatās lovely, Gus
Carinthia.xx
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Ah, TFM: tufting! A very cunning plan. Whatever one finds works is Right. There are some knitting abacus-type yokes on Etsy which completely baffle me.
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Oh, nice one, Gus!
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I use an A4 notepad and tally marks
If it was good enough for ancient Mesopotamia itās good enough for me
I can learn modern methods but very slowly
Luddite at heart meā¦
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Ancient Mesopotamians are known for their A4 notepadsā¦ 
I wonder why it is that rather than standard Anglosphere tally marks (top) I have picked up the Franco-Spanish sort (bottom):
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Itās either ordinary cussĆ©dness or because they are clearer to see at a glance.
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Pedantic wee birdie
Wax tablets and tally sticks were the ancient tools for counting
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Tried that, Dahlink, but the clay tablets got all clagged up with the alluvial silt and fluff and lost civilisations at the bottom of me 'andbag.
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They just donāt look right on a cell wall, though, Sparrer. Call me an old stick-in-the-mud if you mustā¦
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Werl, thereās traditions to be kept to, innit?
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Talking of which, since youāve all apparently dropped dead of the plague overnight, Iāll just have this
yardarm
all to meselfā¦
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I will share this platter of bacon butties with you wee birdie
But only if you want someā¦
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Ooh, I dunno, let me thinkā¦
[instincts take over]
[happy peckity]
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Only a matter of (not very much) time here, Iām afraid. Trainer of Gold Cup winner lives nearby and decided to have a big celebration in a local hotel on his return from Cheltenham. Fuck knows how many of the attendees will have been carriers.
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Thatās shocking. āSneak Peakā,forsooth and bah!
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Just what everyone needs, Joe
Sigh
Carinthia.xx
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