Back in my beginning days, a teacher told me to use temporary support pins any time it helped me out. I use them a lot. I tend to use the long yellow-headed pins as temporary pins so they stand up among the gaggle of pins on the pillow, and I pull them out when they are 3-4 rows back. They don't stay in long enough for the pinhole to get set. If I intend to leave the extra pin in, I'll use a normal pin. The pins are just there to control and herd the threads into position. When you have a cantankerous thread, you have to give it extra help. When a thread changes direction, a pin is most helpful in keeping everything in order.
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