Check-In Post August 27th 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

[althea_valara]

Hi there! Haven't been around for a week because it was NEW PATCH DAY in my MMO, and I was busy (a) finishing up an event that ended prior to patch day, (b) actually playing the patch on the day it dropped (it was delightful!), (c) leveling a job to 71 so I could use it to host a party Friday night.

Now that that's done with, I can refocus and go back to my crafts. Today I finished another kerchief, and made 3 bookmarks. I'm about to sit down and do more crafting for about an hour. Unsure what exactly I'll do - maybe more bookmarks? - but I'll do something.

I do have slight guilt that I basically ignored my crafts for a week, but honestly, I probably needed the break. I know my hands/wrists appreciated it.

[celli]

I hope the break turns out to have been exactly what you needed!

[badly_knitted]

You have been busy! Glad you enjoyed playing.

You're right, we all need to take breaks sometimes. Hands need to rest or do other things, and brains need a change of pace too so you can go back to crafting feeling enthusiastic about it again. It's supposed to be fun after all, not a chore.

[wiseheart]

Errr... what, exactly, is New Patch Day? I never heard about such a thing before; of course, I'm just an ignorant foreigner...

Giving your hands/wrists a break is definitely a good thing, though.

[althea_valara]

Okay, so Final Fantasy XIV is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), which basically means that unlike a single-player game, there's no end to it. It keeps continuing. New Patch Day is the day that new content is released for players to enjoy. It's called "patch" because that's the technical term for snippets of computer code added to a program. In this case, it was a major patch: we got new quests in the Main Scenario story, along with tons of other updates and upgrades. One of the things added was Island Sanctuary, which is like a Stardew Valley/Animal Crossing hybrid. Very exciting.

Final Fantasy XIV is just celebrating its 9th anniversary, and the producer/director wants to keep it going for at least another 10 years. Which makes me happy because it's the best Final Fantasy I've ever played (and I've played all of the main series).

[wiseheart]

Oh, I see. Thank you.