cahn

Makes sense--I do some probable-intention visual lumping, too. Those coilless pins (like safety pins but with a rounded bulb shape at the non-pointed/fastener end, no coil) that come with some clothing make good stitch markers, I find, or one can buy them specifically. Sometimes I use them to mark a stitch near (not at) the beginning of a particular row/round so that I won't have to recount everything repeatedly, or to mark "here are 20 stitches" or even 50, interval-wise. It takes a few extra seconds to remove them again, but that's usually faster than recounting, for me! (Near but not at beg/rnd so that I can see more easily which row is actually marked--sometimes the edge stitch stretches a bit on a flat piece.) I mark incr/decr intervals for sleeves this way, especially, or Reason's cardigans would be complete wrecks. :)