Check-In Post October 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

[badly_knitted]

7 more pendants completed, but again I had to spend forever trying to get certain beads threaded. I got there in the end, but it was a bit of a nightmare even though they look good now they're done.


I loaded photos onto my computer, both mini meeces and pendants, but I'm not happy with the results. I took them in a rush, half the meeces are standing on their heads and the pictures are a bit fuzzy, and with the pendants, I didn't get all the charms in the pictures. I might try again tomorrow, but I have to sort out the candy, so I don't know if I'll have enough time.

[smallhobbit]

I see no problem with the meeces standing on their heads!

[badly_knitted]

Can't see their faces though, lol!

[wiseheart]

But it proves that they keep fit, doesn't it? *g*

[badly_knitted]

LMAO! Yep, those meeces are doing their exercises.

[peaceful_sands]

Fingers crossed you get time for photos so we can see your projects.

[badly_knitted]

We shall see. I'm in a mad rush with everything right now.

[smallhobbit]

The last few days I've been dealing with paperwork (because nothing is ever straightforward) and doing a lot of crafting as an antidote: cross stitch, knitting and paper crafts.

[badly_knitted]

I hope the crafting is bringing you peace. I remember dealing with all that paperwork myself. It seemed endless. *hugs*

[smallhobbit]

Having to concentrate on what I'm stitching, knitting or gluing is good. The paperwork is two steps forward, one step back...

[badly_knitted]

Yes, crafting is a good distraction. I wrote as an escape, it helped, but the paperwork was never-ending. You'll get through it.

[wiseheart]

Paperwork is EVIL!

[smallhobbit]

Very frustrating.

[peaceful_sands]

Sorry to hear about the paperwork - hopefully the crafting will take your mind off it for a while.

[smallhobbit]

It makes an enjoyable alternative.

[wiseheart]

No crafting today. I was on food shopping half the morning and just didn't feel like doing anything afterwards... well, aside from my daily chores, it is. But that's OK. I needed a break after the cupcake horror.

[badly_knitted]

A break will do your poor fingers good.

[wiseheart]

Oh yes, they'll definitely enjoy the rest.

[peaceful_sands]

Hopefully you will return to your crafting refreshed and revitalised.

[wiseheart]

Your words in God's ear!

[althea_valara]

Worked on the Eastern dragon a bit today, though not much.

I also, on a whim, cast on for the Felted Flower Bowl. I need a project for Nerdopolis' Area 51, which can be either a finished WIP or made out of stash yarn -- it'll be the latter for me. Didn't get far but at least it's started.

Most of today was spent dealing with digital stuff. Yesterday on Twitter, someone said, "So, Twitch streamers - how do you feel about panels?" and the general consensus was that panels are great and that people would refuse to raid/follow/subscribe to someone who doesn't have panels. I... did not have any. This caused me some insomnia last night as I tried to figure out if you needed to be an affiliate to use them or not (you don't, but finding where to edit them was NOT easy!).

Anyway: panels are little sections on your page where you can list information such as "About Me", "Games", "Chat Rules", "Donate", etc. You can spruce them up with small banner images. Rather than make my own, which would not be good because I am NOT a graphic artist, I bought some for under $5 from Etsy. So they're all uploaded and my panels are all set.

Also, I redid some of my knitting pattern files a bit... added a cover sheet to one, and stripped out some personal identifying info from the files. Then I re-uploaded the resulting PDFs to Ko-Fi. I now feel more comfortable with the files.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done for all of your efforts in the different areas.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for dragon progress, and the felted bowl looks cute. What colour will yours be?

I'm so glad I'm not involved in Twitch and such things; I would be totally lost. Well done with getting everything set up, and with getting your pattern files sorted. Sounds like a very busy day.

[peaceful_sands]

Picked up the tapestry and fell asleep before I'd even decided where to start working!

[smallhobbit]

Oops!

[badly_knitted]

Ooops! Hope your needle didn't wander!

[wiseheart]

You clearly needed a bit of rest. The best thing is to listen to your body. The tapestry will wait for you, I'm sure.