Check-In Post January 4th 2022

[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]

What a day! I sewed up and stuffed yesterdays 5 meeces this morning, while waiting for a delivery, attached ears and tails and did the faces this evening. Then, because I decided yesterday I would slow down production, I knitted... 5 meeces. Don't judge me, lol!

I ordered kiln dried hardwood logs for the fire this morning and the man said he could deliver today, told me he'd be here in about an hour. That was a a little after 11. He arrived at 1.30, dumped the logs in my driveway, and then I had to move them all around the back of the house, stowing and stacking them by hand. Took me an hour and a half, and I hurt so much (still do) that I needed to relax, so I knitted meeces.

[glinda]

More meeces! :D

[badly_knitted]

Always more meeces. I can't help myself! I'm a meece addict. o_O

[wiseheart]

There are worse addictions. ;)

[badly_knitted]

True. Most addictions aren't cute.

[peaceful_sands]

Great work although urgh! Having to shift all those logs, that's not good. Sending you good wishes for recovery - shame the mice couldn't have helped really - there's enough of them to have made light work of it if they could have been co-opted into it.

[badly_knitted]

What I need is a wheelbarrow. Unfortunately everywhere has been out of stock this year. Hopefully I'll get one eventually and then shifting logs will be less of a strain. At least I won't need to order more for at least a couple of months.

The poor meeces would have been flattened trying to move the heavy logs, although they might have managed some small bits.

[peaceful_sands]

I was thinking Team work rather than shifting a log each! I'm not that cruel!

[badly_knitted]

Even working together I'm doubtful 121 meeces with no legs could move a large log. I had enough trouble moving them myself, and I'm considerably larger than a bunch of meeces, although not noticeably stronger...

[glinda]

Today I have sewed together some panels for my throw - I finished one yesterday and started another one - and I just realised that I sewed them together in the wrong rotation (they alternate between being horizontal and vertical) and I can't face unpicking them again.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! Also commiserations for sewing them the wrong way, but that will still work, right?

[glinda]

I think so, they're all the right side up which to me is the important part. (It wouldn't matter if they were the first ones that I'd stitched together, I'd just do them all "wrong" but I have stitched some others together already. However as there's 20 panels, I rather doubt that this will be the only time I do it wrong so *shrugs* we shall see. Once I have them all made I'll see how it looks and if it bugs me I'll fix them, if it doesn't I won't.)

[smallhobbit]

That sounds like a good approach - if you decide it really bugs you then unpicking won't be quite as annoying.

[peaceful_sands]

Shame that happened but I think your wait and see if it will matter is wise.

[badly_knitted]

Right side up is definitely the most important thing. See how things look as you go. If you don't feel you have to 'fix' it there's no point making more work for yourself.

[peaceful_sands]

A little bit of time spent on the jigsaw but now I'm going to rest and try to get some sleep.

[badly_knitted]

Jigsaws are relaxing.

Good night, sleep well.

[althea_valara]

I've taken on extra duties in Nerdopolis - I'm now not only captain of Team Co-op but also leading the rogues (folks who don't play on a team). Today I made a new icon for Ravelry to reflect my updated status. I am not a graphic designer so it took a bit of figuring out (I used GIMP) but I managed to get something acceptable to me. I introduced myself to the rogues, and assured my team that I'm not going anywhere.

I'm six rows into the blanket for my niece, and five rounds into my new Christmas stocking (I had to start over as I accidentally cast on one less stitch than needed and didn't catch it until about round 8).

Someone in the blanket K/CAL posted theirs which is made up of knitted images inspired by books, which made me remember the Final Fantasy blanket I was working on a few years back. So today I dug out the half finished square, looked for my chart and re-downloaded it again when I couldn't find the print out, and knit one row. It's a small square, only about six inches wide, but it's double knitted with more than two colors so it goes quite slow. Of course, using extra colors means a thick, warm square, but that sounds good to me because my legs get cold when I sit at my desk to play video games.

Squares for the Final Fantasy blanket completed so far are: black mage, white mage, thief, red mage, chocobo, and moogle. Current square is monk, and I've got knight charted to knit next. After that I'll probably do a tonberry. If you want to see the squares, some of them are posted to my Ao3 account at xnera.

[badly_knitted]

You're such a busy bee! So many fascinating projects on the go, and the FF blanket sounds like it's going to be amazing!

Annoying about casting on the wrong number of stitches for the stocking though, hopefully you won't have any more problems with it.

[nagi_schwarz]

I am...still here!

I managed to crochet two hats for my mother (knitting them was just not going well >.<) and I have started on a baby afghan for a friend who is having a girl soon.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done! Too bad the knitting wasn't working out for you hat-wise, but crochet hats are lovely and warm. I'm sure your mother must have been pleased with them.

[smallhobbit]

Two crocheted hats is excellent. Have fun with the baby afghan!