Review on 🧶 Enhance Knitting Precision with the Clover 348 Yarn Guide by Tara Ford

I learned to knit when I was a little girl but took up knitting seriously when I started homeschooling my older child. He needed constant monitoring and I had to do something other than ask him if he was done yet. (Adult version of "Are We There Yet?") As a Type A I was constantly looking for new knitting challenges until I found myself knitting intricate lace and using more than one yarn at a time. (I also learned to weave my own sheep fleece yarn.) Traditionally, multi-strand knitting (knitting in more than one color) uses only two yarn colors at a time. However, Dale of Norway's modern patterns, which are incredible, require wearing three strands of yarn at a time. Since I have two skeins of yarn, I only hold one in each hand when knitting, which seems easy to me. But once I have to be responsible for three skeins of yarn, I can't. I bought a Clover yarn guide while looking for help. WHAT'S IN THE BOX: A plastic thread guide that looks like a ring straight out of the Cracker Jack box. The top of the ring is fastened over the yarn, forming small tunnels for each color. I've only used it with two strands of yarn at a time, holding the third strand in my other hand. WHAT I LIKE: With this guide only one finger needs to be used to carry the yarn and the rest can hold the needles. Keeps the yarn in the same place on my finger. After snapping it into place I never had any trouble opening the rail or any issues. It works out. WHAT I DON'T LIKE: Because I use yarn at different speeds, I constantly tug on the guide to correct the tension. The plastic ring pinches my thin fingers. I can't wear it for long. CONCLUSION: I'd rather use this guide than not. It sped up my three strand knitting. I would recommend it on that basis, although I prefer 2 rows over 3 strands.