Check-In Post March 3rd 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]

It's over, the age of meeces has concluded! Woe! Whatever will I do now?

I actually put my stuffing away this morning, then had to get it out again because I'd forgotten I still had 5 meeces to stuff. They are now stuffed, ears attached, tails made, faces stitched, and I am sad. I've enjoyed making meeces, but I was originally only going to make 100 for Halloween, and I now have 400, including the 19 I had left over from the original mice, made over 20 years ago.

Including the meeces for special orders, and a few for myself, I have made a grand total of 440 meeces in just over 4 months, which is a bit mind-blowing.

Here endeth the meece-making.

[medievalrosalie]

That. Is. Epic!!!!

[badly_knitted]

I'm quite proud of myself, but still sad there will be no more new meeces.

[smallhobbit]

That is a stunning number! I am awestruck.

I don't suppose you did any black and white ones did you? ;)

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I'm a bit amazed =)

I did do one, a mini that went to medievalrosalie in Australia. I left the whole head white and just striped the body so I could still give it black eyes. I have a photo, but I don't know if I can crop it for ffw.

[yarnofariadne]

Incredible work!!!!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! Now I have boxes crammed with meeces.

[wiseheart]

An era ended. It was an epic feat indeed.

[badly_knitted]

But very worthwhile I think.

Now on to other things.

[medievalrosalie]

A couple of more roses done. I'm four away from finishing the second segment! woohoo!

[badly_knitted]

Awesome! How many more segments are there to do? The finished curtains are going to look amazing.

[yarnofariadne]

Woo!!

[wiseheart]

That is grand! How are your hands taking it?

[wiseheart]

I heroically cut out all 20 felt page bases to the required 18cm by 18 cm rectangles and arranged everything (including the cut-offs) so that they'll be ready when I start work... probably next Tuesday, because Monday will be cleaning day again, so I won't be able to do much on the creative side afterwards.

This is for the two quiet books that are due somewhen mid-September. And while that sounds like a lot of time, in truth it is not. The average production time is 3 to 4 months - sometimes even more. For one book.

[badly_knitted]

That's a lot of cutting up felt! I hope your hands don't hurt. Good luck with the quiet books.

[wiseheart]

Fortunately, it was soft felt, so no injuries acquired. *g*
But good luck I'll definitely need; lots of it.

[badly_knitted]

That's good. I know how hard to cut the thicker felts can be. Hard to sew as well.

[wiseheart]

Yeah, I know. I still have the callouses from the last major felt project. That's why I chose the softer kind for these - let's hope it will work!

[badly_knitted]

I have callouses from knitting, but the ones caused by sewing are worse.