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sam121 Publish time 2011-1-24 07:08

using erasable highlighter pens

i've found the best way for me to keep my place on a chart is to use a highlighter pen to mark each square off does anybody have any other ways that they use or does everyone do this i use a erasable hilighter so if i go wrong it rubs out

Nut01 Publish time 2022-1-29 04:46

Edited by Nut01 at 2022-1-29 04:48

I work on copies of original charts and make markings on them to organize myself better.
For big, white and black charts I use some highlighter pens - different colors to highlight repeatable stitches and orientate better, especially when the symbols are very similar.
When I am finished with a part of the stitching I mark/cross it with one color.
I use the thread parking method and to be sure where the thread is parked I put a little dot on the chart, in a corner of a cross stitch cell where it comes out from the cloth.
So after the work is finished the charts I worked on are for no use - they are very messy - that is why I keep original charts clean.

Pbl Publish time 2021-10-29 19:01

Yo utilizo boligrafo borrable de calidad...en concreto "Frixion" porque utilice otras marcas y no se termina del quitar del todo con la plancha....el color se quita pero queda una tenue linea que no se si es obsesion mia o que realmente se queda.....luego no se aprecia al enmarcarlo

JV Publish time 2022-2-3 02:20

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A nifty thing: the yellow highlighter (only the yellow one) does not show if copied. That is why it...

Pretty cool, I didn't know that.Thank you for sharing

sve414 Publish time 2022-1-24 13:14

Ещё так же купила гелевые пасты с ручкой, которые так же нужно замачивать в воде до исчезновения. Но их ещё не использовала

Meme23 Publish time 2021-6-23 15:13

I use colored pencils I am afraid to have markers around because t dropped one years ago on my project... thanks for sharing

KatharinaV-NL Publish time 2020-9-20 20:37

A nifty thing: the yellow highlighter (only the yellow one) does not show if copied. That is why it is invented.

sve414 Publish time 2022-1-24 13:13

Я использую маркеры, которые смываются холодной водой. Очень удобно использовать при разметке канвы.

viky Publish time 2024-4-5 04:26

Thank you very much for sharing!

heroin959595 Publish time 2021-9-1 15:11

Thank you so much for sharing!

Eightjs Publish time 2021-10-4 02:35

I use retractable markers

Willow Publish time 2011-2-6 07:41

Hope you don't do this to an original chart.Make a copy to work with.My daughter uses a yellow highlighter.

sam121 Publish time 2011-2-6 21:52

yes i alway copy my chart first so not to ruin the original

Dima Publish time 2011-2-6 22:01

I bought a bunch of those clear pockets that you put papers in to protect them. This doesn't doesn't work on all of them, but some that you find are slick enough that you can use whiteboard markers on them, that you can later erase.

nightlife Publish time 2011-2-6 22:03

I just coloring my chart with pencil color so I won't make to much mistake, and I make number at the side of the chart, so I always know where am I :D

threadbare Publish time 2011-6-12 03:07

very soft B pencill, only have to touch it to paper an it marks, easier to rub out if you make a mistake :)

Flirti Publish time 2011-7-22 18:02

on a copy i mark the stitched holes witha green marker, mistakes with orange and yellow for any other reason! works good with me

Drea66 Publish time 2011-9-13 17:16

I use a pencil or post its

stitch_mage Publish time 2011-10-10 14:38

I started off using an erasable highlighter too. But now I don't mark my patterns at all. I just seem to remember where I last am... but if I leave the pattern for a long time, I find post it arrow markers work. :)

pamela Publish time 2011-10-12 21:31

I'm sorry I do not know what to say because I do not know what to talk

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