Check-In Post January 10th 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.


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]

A bit late today, but 5 meeces completed, and another 6 knitted.

[wiseheart]

The meece population is increasing. They'll soon take over the world. ;)

[badly_knitted]

They'd probably do a better job of running it than humans do!

[althea_valara]

One row on the blanket. This finishes the first white stripe. I'm alternating between white and purple.

Two rounds on the Christmas stocking.

Another section of my FFBE script transcribed, another section posted.

FAN FIC!! wrote a short piece from a genprompt_bingo prompt.

Yesterday I started crocheting a duck to sell at craft fairs. I pooped out though and put it aside. I intended to finish it today but wasn't in the mood. Instead I started knitting a bunny, but didn't get too far on it. Ah well - I did *plenty* today!

[wiseheart]

Indeed, you did! And two half-animals almost count as a whole right?

[badly_knitted]

You're certainly getting a lot of variety in there! I love the colours for the blanket, it'll look really good.

You'll get your duck and bunny finished at some point, no mad rush.#

Well done with your writing! I've still got an ancient genprompt_bingo card I might eventually get around to finishing.

[wiseheart]

No crafting done today. I was swamped over with housework. /sigh/

[annofowlshire]

Making space for future crafting!

[wiseheart]

Nah, not really: cleaning, shopping for groceries, cooking in advance for two days... that sort of thing.

[badly_knitted]

Sadly being an adult means having to do adult stuff.

[wiseheart]

It is really unfair!

[ofmonstrouswords]

my big crochet WIP has been on hiatus since the 2nd because I took my husband back to his home for what was supposed to be a 3 day trip and then got stranded by winter storm. so the WIP is still at my mom's home, in its bag, wondering why I abandoned it.

on the plus side I had my purse-crochet with me so I've been working on that, slowly. it's a star-shaped baby blanket that I'm doing in a light cotton that changes colours by itself. it'll look really nice whenever I finish it, which might be forever. XD

[badly_knitted]

Aw, your poor WiP left all alone! Hopefully you'll get back to it soon, literally, and at least you have some crochet with you to work on while you're stranded. The baby blanket sounds lovely!

[ofmonstrouswords]

thanks! I think it'll look really nice when it's done...I'm using this yarn for it so it's going to be a very summery, beachy sort of feel to it. it's just taking forever because I am so slow when using anything smaller than chunky yarn. XD

and yeah I can practically hear the WIP calling out for me, haha!

[badly_knitted]

Oh, so pretty! It'll look wonderful.

I prefer to work with DK because finer yarns take so long top get anywhere. They're okay when knitting baby clothes, but anything bigger... o_O

It will be so happy when you're reunited!

[annofowlshire]

I finished a thing!



It was from a kit I got on Christmas. I changed a few stitches (it liked to use backstitch for All the Things, but I thought stem stitch would look nicer for some of them), but otherwise done to spec. I’m not sure I want to start a new kit or not yet since I’d want to finish it by the end of the month (because of my crafty challenges).

For now it’s back to the ongoing dragon cross stitch of forever…

[badly_knitted]

That's awesome! I'm a huge fan of owls, and with the phases of the moon too it looks fabulous!

Good luck with your endless dragon cross stitch!

[wiseheart]

It is beautiful - and doesn't make it you feel good, to have finished something?

[smallhobbit]

That's absolutely lovely!

[ofmonstrouswords]

omgs, that's gorgeous! very well done!