Check-In Post December 11th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, 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.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

5 more meece bodies knitted and 5 pairs of ears crocheted, That's 10 of batch three ready for sewing up, and I've sorted out the colour combinations for the next 5.

[smallhobbit]

You will soon be overrun with meeces!

[badly_knitted]

As long as I have plenty for the next few Halloweens!

[wiseheart]

By this speed you'll have enough for several Halloweens!

[badly_knitted]

That's what I'm hoping for. I want to stock up.

[peaceful_sands]

You are doing an amazing job with the meece creation

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I am determined to reach my goal of 100 new meeces, and possibly a few more. I have, I think, 19 left over from the ones I made years ago, so I might make an extra 31 to bring it to 150... Haven't decided for sure yet, depends on how many colour combinations I can come up with for the oddments of yarn I've got.

[smallhobbit]

I started the buttonholeband, but had to redo the first few rows as I realised the buttonhole wasn't big enough for the buttons, but at least I hadn't wasted much time.

And the first sheep now has one leg - the rest will have to wait until tomorrow.

[wiseheart]

It'q a good thing that you caught the mistake in time. A one-legged sheep sounds... interesting. *g*

[smallhobbit]

It was one of those things where I wouldn't know until I tried it, so I had intended checking.

The sheep is currently called Hopalong!

[wiseheart]

A fitting name indeed! ;)

[badly_knitted]

That can be a real nuisance. You want the holes big enough to get the button through easily, but not so big that the buttons keep popping out.

Oh dear, hopalong the sheep... I hope it'll get the rest of its legs soon!

[smallhobbit]

The button wouldn't go through at all the first time, so I think this time it will be fine.

I should be able to finish the legs tomorrow. I decided I'd done enough today.

[badly_knitted]

That's good. I hate making buttonholes. They're just so annoyingly fiddly to do.

Hopalong will have to spend the night legless ;)

[peaceful_sands]

Shame you had to start over but looks like things are going more smoothly this time. A hop along sheep - curious!

[smallhobbit]

It was always going to be a possibility, so I was pleased I checked. Yes, I knew I couldn't do all the other legs so decided to stop. I'd had to experiment to find a leg which would work.

[wiseheart]

The promised press photo of the 6th batch of the GCBF:



From the left:
Spitzbuben (basically almond biscuits with jam filling),
Hazelnut hearts,
Chocolate-walnut Financiers,
Mini orange tartlets,
Marzipan pretzels
and Coconut crescents.

Today I took a break. All I did was grinding the walnuts for tomorrow's session. *g*

[badly_knitted]

They look fabulous! I'm sure the recipients will be delighted!

[wiseheart]

They'd better be, after all the effort I put into the things! *g*

[peaceful_sands]

You’ve done an amazing job with all of your baking.

[peaceful_sands]

I finally picked my crochet hooks back up and did a few more rounds on a sock then started a fingerless glove - had to start it three times before the size was going to be anything like what’s needed - means I only got the foundation & 2 more rows done. Hopefully things will go more smoothly now and I’ll get more done tomorrow. Also visited the wool shop today and came away with the yarn I’m using for the gloves and some chunky for a sweater I’d like to try.

It’s been a rubbish week or so, and I didn’t have the ooomph to do anything, but I really do need to get a shift on regardless if I’m to have all the th8ngs planned for Christmas done in time.

[smallhobbit]

New wool! Sorry it's been such a rubbish couple of weeks.

[badly_knitted]

Getting the tension right can be a nightmare. Hopefully now you'll be able to make better progress and get everything you need to done in time for Christmas. It sneaks up so fast! One minute it's November, and the next it's practically Christmas Eve.

Hope you'll have more oomph this week.