A Cool Tip

It's not a free pattern, but it's a pretty cool tip. 

This is something I've been doing for ages and assumed everybody did.  Apparently, everybody don't.
It's for when you've got a small project - socks with a small lace chart, for example.

Here's what you do:

 Zerox the chart.  Cut it out.  Using a glue stick, paste it to a file card.   I chose to simply copy this simple chart out on a bit of graph paper. 

Laminate it and tuck it into your knitting bag.  So much easier to cart around than an entire book.