I never use it to mark through the tissue. I pin, raise the tissue a bit at a time by folding back, and then mark. Darts and stuff I pin-mark only.
I have to admit, I often don't mark at all, or if I do I just make snips in the seam allowance to indicate dots, etc.
However, yesterday I made a practice piece. It's a glove pattern - only 1/8" seam allowance and lots of fiddly bits, large dots, small dots, numbers and letters. Since it's just a practice glove, I should have just used a sharpie marker! I was a little frustrated in the end, and I still think I put the finger gussets in wrong.
Now that I've made one, I think I will toss the written instructions out and put them together as it makes sense to me, not the pattern designer. :)
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