Check-In Post January 11th 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]

Another 5 meeces finished, and 5 more knitted.

I'm considering putting some meeces up for adoption since I don't want to stop making them yet. If anyone would be interested in giving a good home to a meece or two, let me know.

[smallhobbit]

I wouldn't mind adopting a meece
And if it was okay I'd give one to my niece*
We'd hate you to stop
Until you're ready to drop
So could I have some, pretty pleece

*actually granddaughter, but that doesn't rhyme!

[badly_knitted]

For your rhyme you can have what you please
simply indicate colours of meece
one colour or two
It's all up to you
but you'll have to supply your own cheese.

*grins* It must be catching!

I'll have to work with what colours I've got, so alternative colours / combinations would help, although I'll try to supply your first choices. I'm very happy for Mini Hobbit to have a meece as well =)

[smallhobbit]

My favourite colour is blue
I'm happy with every hue
Mini Hobbit's delight is for pink
And also, what would you think
She's convinced it's God's favourite too!

[badly_knitted]

She might be right - there are lots of pink flowers, and pink skies at sunrise and sunset.

I'll see what I can do for the two of you!

[medievalrosalie]

That's adorable!

[medievalrosalie]

It's a long way to post internationally and expensive, so I'll settle for enjoying them from afar.

[badly_knitted]

That's fine, but just so you know, they're very lightweight and I have posted things to Australia before.

[medievalrosalie]

You say that your meeces might travel,
You assure that they're lighter than gravel.
To post them to me,
Far over the sea,
Wouldn't cause them at all to unravel.

I would absolutely love a little meece please!!

[medievalrosalie]

OMG I could add it to the knitted flowers on the top of my teapot!!!!

[badly_knitted]

It would be very happy sitting there! Guaranteed machine washable too.

[badly_knitted]

Heee! The rhyming is definitely catching!

Select your colour combination please!

[medievalrosalie]

Well, the teapot cozy is tan and the flowers red, so a white mouse? or a black and white? or black? or brown? One colour is fine!

[badly_knitted]

I'll see what I can come up with =)

[annofowlshire]

If you are okay with them being “loved” by a 3 y/o, we would happily adopt some of your growing invasion ^_^

[badly_knitted]

They would be happy to be loved, just let me know what colours your little one likes and I'll see what I can come up with.

[annofowlshire]

Hurray! (We once had (caged) pet rats as houseguests.)

He is currently obsessed with the color blue, but also likes purple (because “it’s like blue, mummy”), red, orange and green in about that order.

Mind you, this could all change tomorrow XD

[badly_knitted]

Blue and purple, and red and blue are definitely doable, I know I have enough of those colors, and I have some slightly fuzzy blue that might make them even more irresistible to small hands... I'll see what I can do. =)

Pet rats are very cool. My neighbours had some once.

[annofowlshire]

More work on the mushroom dragon cross stitch. I’m still dithering on whether I want to work on something new or get more headway on this first… but while I’m being indecisive I can get more done XD

[badly_knitted]

There's no rush to decide, and progress on the dragon is a good thing.

[smallhobbit]

Is this a dragon on/under a mushroom or a mushroom coloured dragon? Either way it sounds lovely.

[annofowlshire]

It is a dragon standing on a mushroom, with mushrooms also growing on him.



(I also have a teacup dragon from the same series in the queue which my memory says is just a dragon in a teacup, but not actually sprouting any from his body.)

[wiseheart]

That is an interesting pattern!

[badly_knitted]

It's a gorgeous design!

[smallhobbit]

What a splendid dragon!

[medievalrosalie]

That is gorgeous!!!!!

[medievalrosalie]

Hmmm. Don't rush the decision!

[medievalrosalie]

I can't wait to see a picture. Dragons are so cute!
edit: saw it! Adorable!!

[medievalrosalie]

Still working on the medieval bathhouse curtains, having stopped at the roof part because I didn't have matching linen. BUT, looking at images of bath curtains, I see that the top doesn't need to match. It's pretty much anything goes, so... a different colour then! I can use up scraps from my stash!

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! That saves you buying more fabric!

[wiseheart]

And helps with getting your stash under control! ;))

[duckyshoelaze]

I kind of want to keep working on a Brooklyn Nine Nine embroidery I started on this summer/December but my "boOooone?!?" idea didn't really work out. So now I'm thinking maybe bingpot? Or balloon arch? Decisions..

[badly_knitted]

Crafting decisions can be really tough. Sometimes it's a case of just trying and seeing what happens.

Good luck! I'm sure you'll find something that will work out for you.

[wiseheart]

I've made the bases for the 6 main photo mats of the baby book. This are plain-colouted: lilac, beíge and liget green, respectively, with silver and dark green contours. I need to add so me small de tailed yet, but I am fairly content with them do far.

[badly_knitted]

The colour scheme sounds very pretty! You're making very good progress.

[wiseheart]

Jesus, I only now see what the stupid autocorrect did to my reply! The screen of my iPad mini is so small I don't always catch the very "useful" corrections. My apologies.

As for the colour scene, this is a gender-neutral baby book, so I studiously avoid all pinks and baby blues... for now. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Don't worry about it, I could still read it!

Yes, I recall you saying that =)