assembly 10 for flat knit pieces or as a straight line stitch holder secure one string end 17 with a locking fastener 30 pick up stitches as demonstrated in fig4 and use a second locking fastener 11 to secure the string end 16 this variation allows flat knit pieces to stay flat and not be forced into a circular shape using fig6 instructions two finished pieces of knit material can be basted together using the string 12 and two fasteners 11 to determine if the pieces will fit together as desired another variation is to use two or more locking fasteners 11 and two or more lengths of string 12 in fig7 the first string 27 is secured through an open hole 14 on fastener one 25 the live stitches 18 are placed on the string 27 and the unsecured end is secured with the second fastener 26 once this is complete the process is repeated with the second string 28 creating a larger circumference holder this variation can use multiple locking fasteners and strings fig8 illustrates the removal of the live stitches 18 from the stitch holder assembly 10 to be placed on the working knitting needle 22 open the locking fastener 11 and pull the needed end 16 of the string 12 through the hole 14 and release the locking fastener 11 to lock in the other end 21 of the string 12 push the working knitting needle 22 through each live stitch.