You’ve got the yarn, the needles, and the dream project. 🤩 You’re casting on 300 stitches for that Stephen West shawl you’ve been dying to start. It’s going well until… 🐱Your cat decides to join the fun. 📞 Your phone rings. 🤔 Or you simply blink and lose count. What happens next? The recount loop of doom: “Was I at 150? Or 250?” Suddenly, your relaxing knitting time feels like a math test. 🤯 Not anymore! Meet the Cast-On Counting Stitch Markers—the nifty little tools that make casting on a