Check-In Post January 5th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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: What occasions get you itching to make something?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I used to make cards for family birthdays, but these days I mostly make things for Halloween.

40 rows on the first of my red arm warmers!

[smallhobbit]

That's an impressive number of rows.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! They're only 47 sts per row so it's really not that much, about an hour and a bit of knitting.

[smallhobbit]

With a granddaughter who will be four at the end of the month - her birthday, Christmas, plus whenever I spot something small I think she'd like. Also, Christmas generally is fun to make things - I did cards and personalised bookmarks this past year.

Two rows of hat rib. The last couple of days have been meh! generally, plus Brownie planning zoom meeting, so I had less time - not that I object to spending time re Brownies.

[badly_knitted]

There are always things that pull us away from doing the things we want; life keeps going, dragging us along even when we'd like to just step off tge conveyor belt for a bit and have time just for ourselves.

Your granddaughter is a lucky girl with all the cute little things she gets. =D

[darkcedars]

No crafting time still, but I did get an old cast iron skillet scrubbed down and started reseasoning it. This has been kinda hanging for a long while.

I got as far as pulling my project basket up on the couch with me though! Ha!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Sometimes pulling the basket out/up is as far as you get!

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with the skillet!

The crafting is creeping closer... Soon it will pounce!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Answer: Birthdays and Christmas. I've never actually made a cross stitch for myself. They've always been gifts for someone else. The idea of making a cross stitch for myself doesn't appeal.

Jigsaw puzzles are an important therapy for me, though. And usually on Wednesdays after I do the shopping and Deal with the World. Or whenever I need a break from life, I do some of a puzzle. I usually do one puzzle a month (and new is always better, of course). I am working on one now of a scene in Havana, Cuba.

But on my birthday or Mother's Day when I get to do what I want, there is usually some crafting or puzzling involved to celebrate.

[badly_knitted]

Most of my cross stitching has been for birthday or Christmas cards, although since writing has taken over my life I don't do as much as I used to.

I've been doing A LOT of online jigsaws, mostly doing them as around 100 pieces though, my mini laptop's screen is small so if I have too many pieces they're really tiny and hard to see details on. When it comes to physical jigsaws, the bigger the better, mainly 1000 to 1500 pieces.

You should definitely get to do whatever you want on birthdays and Mother's Day.

[elaiel]

I always end up knitting socks for people for Christmas (3 pairs this year). And occasional birthday presents for people (socks or shawls usually).

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! Everyone needs socks, and shawls make lovely gifts.