Highly specialised knitting accessories

On Sunday, I was delighted to find a pattern I'd printed off the internet which used wool I already owned and needles I didn't need to buy and had immediate gift-giving potential. Hoorah!

So I sauntered merrily to work with my knitting bag tucked carefully into my paniers, complete with the pattern, wool and needles.

But, then, disaster struck! I had forgotten my trusty stitch counter and although I could remember the first five rows, anything higher than the number of fingers on one hand is just beyond me.

I was quite proud of my solution: