Check-In Post January 28th 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]

5 more meeces completed, lots more meeces knitted. 10, I think. I was in a knitty mood, but little knitty, not big knitty.

[medievalrosalie]

I am totally excited about the meeces. You must have so many by now!

[badly_knitted]

Current meece count is 270 made, but not all are for my own stock. There are some I'm keeping for myself, and others that have been adopted. I'm not done yet though, I have some exciting yarns I still want to experiment with.

[smallhobbit]

My meeces have landed:

[badly_knitted]

Yay! They look like they came through their journey well, not flattened! May you and your meeces be happy!

[smallhobbit]

They travelled very well and I'm delighted with them.

[badly_knitted]

Happy to hear it! Yours had one of the shortest journeys, but it bodes well for those that are travelling further.

[wiseheart]

That is great; and they are very pretty!

[smallhobbit]

They certainly are.

[medievalrosalie]

My goodness how cute they are!!!

[smallhobbit]

Aren't they?

[wiseheart]

I had chores in the morning and baked the sponges for Mum's two-tiered birthday cake. They'll be finished tomorrow. That counts as crafting, right?

[badly_knitted]

Definitely counts! The birthday cake will be a thing of beauty, I'm sure!

[peaceful_sands]

Definitely crafting and it sounds like it will be wonderful.

[medievalrosalie]

Yes. For sure.

[althea_valara]

Lots of creative stuff today.

* Did my required one row on the blanket.
* Wrote another section of FFBE script (until my hand gave out)
* Worked on a post for my FFXIV Compendium. This gave me a slight headache from brain strain! But it was still fun to do.
* Knitted on the tote bag.

Tote bag is about 6" high on the sides now, maybe 7". I'm aiming for 18", so about 1/3rd of the way there. Also decided that I'm going to end the last 2-3" with black to match the base, and make the handles red.

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds like everything is growing well.

[badly_knitted]

Very busy by the sound of it!

Well done on the blanket row.

The tote is growing really fast, it's going to look amazing!

[medievalrosalie]

That sounds like it is all progressing well!

[peaceful_sands]

Today I started a Wasjig watched over by the newly arrived meece. I'm sure they were amused by my efforts. I actually did quite well all things considered but personally I prefer building something that I like looking at more than this.

[badly_knitted]

Meeces are known for their curiosity. Watch out though, they might finish you Wasjig when you're not looking. Either that or steal a few pieces ;)

[medievalrosalie]

I had to google what a wasgij was. Sounds like fun!