Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.

Condition the polymer clay. Roll small logs of each color to the length and diameter of the Clay Extruder.

Cut small sections from each log using the Super Slicer.

Recombine these small sections into a new clay log. Roll the log to adhere all the sections together.

Place this new log into the clay gun, and extrude using a square dye.

Stack these logs together into a three log by three log cane. Compress the square cane together using the Acrylic Roller. Roll the cane equally on all four sides.

Roll out a #4 sheet of Ballerina clay. Use this sheet to wrap the cane on all four sides. You can reduce the cane at this point to be the exact size of bead that you will use in the final stitch marker (3/4” is a nice size). Use the acrylic roller to help you keep the cane square.

Cut equally thick slices from the reduced cane using the Super Slicer.

Use the Needle Tool to pierce each bead from top to bottom. If the bead becomes a bit misshapen, now is the time to straighten it out.

Bake the beads at 275 °F for 20 minutes, and allow them to cool. Next thread a head pin through a small pearl, a silver daisy spacer and then the polymer bead. Wrap the 24G wire twice around the knitting needle.

At this point you can make a split ring, by cutting the wire after it has looped twice around the knitting needle. You could also cut a bit of extra wire and wrap it around both loops for a more secure ring. On the left is a split ring (sort of like a key chain), and the right shows an example of one with the twisted wire for a more secure ring.

Create a loop at the end of the head pin, to attach the pin and beads to the ring. Wire wrap the end of the head pin around itself for a secure finish.

Use any of the surface or cane design elements you are familiar with to create a whole set of stitch markers. Commonly, the rings are the same diameter as needles #8, #10 and #13, but you can make whatever you need for your project.