Check-In Post January 1st 2022

[badly_knitted]

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: Do you have any crafting goals for this year?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[m_findlow]

I don't have any specific crafting goals for this year, just to do more in general, and hopefully eventually some bits and bobs to decorate the house. I do have to finish Sonja's crosstich for the baby due mid Feb, but I'm out of white thread and not keen going out to get more. May have to suck up postage and buy online. Still time though as I can't finish it without baby girl's name and official stats.
Not so much crafting today as I finally made the rum balls I'd planned to do on Christmas eve before Dad's covid scare put paid to that (negative in the end but wiped out two whole days as mum and I attempted to isolate from him in my barely furnished house - we still had to sleep at home as I don't have any beds yet). It's been hot as hell the last few days so not good for making rum balls, but today was the least hot of all the days.
One batch of rum balls is the standard digestive with a hint of cocoa recipe, the other batch were a new recipe using cream cheese, crushed pineapple and coconut with graham crackers (substitute digestives as it was a US recipe). Haven't tried one yet but once they're set tomorrow I think they'll be okay.
Also found a puzzle when clearing out the bookcase. My aunt bought it for dad as a gimmick so I finally put it together, convinced there were pieces missing right until the end.

[smallhobbit]

Doing more craft is an excellent goal. Sometimes it's easier just to order thread; I've found sometimes eBay works out cheaper for one single colour.

[badly_knitted]

Just getting more time for crafting would be a plus, I know you've had other priorities but maybe this will be the year.

So glad your dad's Covid scare was negative in the end. That must have been very stressful.

Enjoy your rum balls!

Buying online can be pretty reasonable for cross stitch threads, and since white will always be needed, sometimes it can be worth buying several skeins at once. I did that one time with a pack of black and white DMC skeins, like 10 of each, and saved a bundle despite postage.

That's an awesome picture, but it must have ben a tough puzzle to do...

[peaceful_sands]

Glad the covid scare was just a scare and not a positive one.
Well done on the rum balls and puzzle. Enjoy your 2022 crafting.