Tips for Positioning Safety Eyes

The problem is with eyes is that it's easier to position them when the head is made, however if you are using safety eyes, you need to have access to the wrong side of the work to push the backs onto the safety eyes.

To make sure that I am getting the safety eyes in the right place, I stuff the head as I would if I were finishing the head. That way I know what the head is going to look like fully stuffed. Then I push the eye stalks through the knitting where I would like the eyes to be.

Then whilst holding the eyes in place through the knitting, I partly unstuff the head so that I can gain access to the safety eye stalk on the wrong side of the work and I slip the discs on the back and re-stuff the head.

It's a fiddle and a faff, but well worth it to get the safety eyes in the perfect place.

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