Your msg brings up a problem I've had for a few yrs. Luckily, when I first started doing Bargello I found plastic "charms" at WalMart. They had numbers on them with loops which I could put on straight pins to mark rows. I've searched high & low for more so I could tell you all where to find them. All they carry now are alphabets. I've checked every WM as I travel up & down the west coast as well as online & they just don't seem to exist anymore. They sure make life easier as I do Bargello. They were in the craft section so maybe somebody could find them.