Check-In Post November 21st 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

The first 10 meeces now have faces! Noses and eyes. Two with blue eyes and pink noses, the others with black.

Also I've knitted the first striped body. I'd forgotten how tricky they are to do. So small and fiddly, two rows of one colour, two of the other... I want to sew this one up before I knit any more, because I'm not sure how long an end I need to leave of each colour for sewing up.

[smallhobbit]

Hooray for meeces with faces. Have fun with stripey meeces!

[smallhobbit]

I finished the cross stitch ornament for mini Hobbit.

[badly_knitted]

I'm not sure 'fun' is the right word *grins*

Thanks. 15 more meeces still need faces.

[badly_knitted]

Oh, such a cutie! I'm sure mini Hobbit will be delighted!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I hope so :)

[wiseheart]

Try for 'grim determination'. ;))

[wiseheart]

Oh, how lovely!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on meeces with faces and good luck with continued stripey meece progress.

[peaceful_sands]

What a lovely ornament.

[wiseheart]

Today I had a very successful writing day, so no crafting activities took place. I've half-finished the plan for the next baking session, though. That should count for *something*.

[peaceful_sands]

I have finished a penguin and probably a robin. I got frustrated with fiddly wings for the penguin yesterday, so made a start on the robin. Today I finished both and sewed all the additional features on. I ended up not sticking with the original penguin pattern to make the robin, but adapting quite a bit by having a photo of a robin to look at as I worked. I’ve given the robin a loop to hang but at the moment it doesn’t have feet, I’m not sure whether to try and work something out or whether it’s okay without.



I’m going to try and start a child’s scarf and learning how to Tunisian crochet in order to make it now.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on your writing success and your baking preparation

[badly_knitted]

Something like that, yes.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I'm SO out of practice...

[badly_knitted]

Good on the writing!

Yes, the plans for the next baking session definitely count.

[badly_knitted]

They're so cute! And if the robin is going to be hung up then it doesn't ned feet because it's flying!

Good luck with the scarf!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[smallhobbit]

They are both lovely! I agree with BK - the robin will be flying and won't need feet.

[peaceful_sands]

Thank you. I’m good with not adding feet so yay for flying robin!

[peaceful_sands]

Thank you - flying robin it is. And a relief not to need to add the feet.

[badly_knitted]

Robins do like to flit about, so he'll be in his element.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Well done on the meeces!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very sweet!