Lace Knitting Essentials: Placing Lifelines!

I show you a couple of ways to add a lifeline in lace knitting. These can be lifesavers when knitting lace, as they allow you to rip down to a "safe" spot in your knitting without fear of dropping stitches!
Do you use lifelines in lace? Let me know in the comments!
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[@moniquerobinson7691]

Thanks, Heather! This was extremely helpful!

[@HeatherStorta]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NYKnitter]

Sharing : My go to for life lines , for fine yarns , lace and socks has always been a spool of chinese knotting cord (nylon) , very smooth, very strong , never breaks , can use it over and over again, doesn't get fuzzy , never snags or grips the yarn.......and......comes in some neon colors that you can't miss the path , if you need to rip back and place stitches back on .
Options are 1mm, .8 mm , but my preference when using fine #1 and #2 yarns is .5 mm because I use the hole on my interchangeables.

[@HeatherStorta]

Ooh, good to know! I'll have to look for some, thank you for sharing!

[@CarolHalfordofWindsor]

That's a terrific idea using the adjustment hole on those interchangeables!!! I don't knit much without them.
Your second method is how I've always done it, but the first is just genius!!
Thank you Heather.... what a beautiful pattern, and your tutorials are always so clear and helpful. xo

[@HeatherStorta]

Yeah, I think that's a pretty nifty trick! Thank you for the kind words, you are so welcome!

[@buketyengulalp3789]

This is a life saver 😮 love it and be sure I will use it a lot. Thank you

[@HeatherStorta]

You’re welcome 😊

[@kirsten07734]

I tend to favor the tapestry needle approach because I use a lot of stitch markers (one per repeat) to help with locating errors as I knit each row.
I have trauma to share! Last night I had to rip back 16 rows in lace due to a resizing calculation error. 😢

[@HeatherStorta]

Oh no!! I'm sorry you had to rip so much back, I feel your pain!!