Check-In Post March 20th 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

[nagi_schwarz]

I made another ice drop, this one a heart! It took, er...five hours, maybe? Not sure, but then I only watched one K-drama episode while I worked on it, so I could work a bit faster. The stone I used was a bit small for the pattern, and I definitely made some mistakes, but I like how it turned out, and the pattern was easier than I thought it would be. Unfortunately I under-wound the bobbin and had to pause and wind out more and join a new thread, but I think it turned out all right (only then I over-wound it on the next pass, so I need to do...something with the leftover thread).

[peaceful_sands]

That looks lovely. I really like what you're doing with these.

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you! I'm not sure what I'm doing with them besides making them and testing out the patterns. I suppose I should wash and block them...

[smallhobbit]

That's really pretty 😍

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you!

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

That's so lovely! Tumbled semi-precious gemstones work work brilliantly in these, rose quartz, amethyst, citrine, things like that, unless you have to have a hole through the centre of the stone.

Estimating the right amount of thread sounds a bit tricky.

[nagi_schwarz]

Thankfully the pattern gives the amount of thread to wind, but I counted wrong, and then was bad at estimating how much I'd already used and how much more I'd need...

[badly_knitted]

That's helpful of the pattern, but mistakes can still happen.

[wiseheart]

Very intricate, and the colour is lovely, too.

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you! I do like the color. :)