Check-In Post December 13th 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.


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]

Ten more meeces have their faces, leaving ten more to do. That's 40 meeces completely finished and ten almost done.

[wiseheart]

Hurrah for meeces with faces! You are unstoppable!

[badly_knitted]

The meeces are in control, I am their slave o_O

[smallhobbit]

So you now have 80 meece eyes watching you!

[badly_knitted]

They're tucked into a box where they can stare at each other *grins*

[peaceful_sands]

I had a sudden thought of Felonius Gru and his minions and plans for world domination! You're not aiming for world domination with knitted mice instead of Minions, are you?

[badly_knitted]

No, you're safe, but it would be a very gentle and fluffy kind of world domination if I was, lol!

[wiseheart]

I've filled and decorated two batches of yesterday's cookies. It was detailled work as I often have to figure out what I can replace the required ingredients with, since they are sometimes not available. ;)

[badly_knitted]

I am sure they are delicious works of art!

[wiseheart]

We'll see. I'm a bit anxious about the ganache.

[badly_knitted]

As a non-baker, I don't even know what that is, but good luck with it!

[wiseheart]

It is a rich and very yummy filling made of cream and chocolate. Alas, I messed up the measuring somehow because it turned out a bit more liquid than it would have been ideal.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds delicious! But I can understand why you wouldn't want it too runny.

[smallhobbit]

You continue to make great progress!

[wiseheart]

Getting to the end, slowly but steadily. I'm ready to finish now.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done. Your production is going really well.

[smallhobbit]

Sheep number 1 is finished:

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Cute little 4-legged sheepie!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Yes, ready to join the shepherd.

[badly_knitted]

Sheep and shepherd should be very happy together, fulfilling each other's reason for existing.

[peaceful_sands]

Lovely and so cute.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[wiseheart]

Awww, so cute!

[peaceful_sands]

One glove finished and a mini stocking that just needs sewing up and stuffing with treats then it's ready for use.

[smallhobbit]

You've been very productive.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent. You've been very productive!

[annofowlshire]

Last night I attempted to embroider my son’s name on to a Christmas stocking, and it wasn’t brilliant. I think I was too gung ho and need to do the set up work/have a plan (IE do more than lightly kind of sketch the letters in pencil and tell myself I’ll figure it out as I go…)

Maybe tonight…

[smallhobbit]

From experience it isn't as simple as it looks!

[badly_knitted]

Good luck, hopefully the second attempt will go better than the first!

[wiseheart]

As long as it can be read it doesn't have to be brilliant, IMO.