Check-In Post November 13th 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.

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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

Today I made 4 more Christmas cards, so I'm up to the proud number of 50. The rest will come one or two at a time, as the bulk of the project is thankfully done.

And I've put the finishing touches to the Funny Train page of Dani's quiet book. Lookie, lookie:



The train can be moved by the string, and the sun is fixed with Velcro, so it can be removed and hidden behind the cloud.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[yarnofariadne]

The train is absolutely adorable!

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

Thanks. The buttons are a bit heavy - I should have used plastic ones - but all in all, the train works, so I'm not complaining.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[darkcedars]

That is so cute! And congrats on hitting the 50 mark. I am only making 10-12.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

They are to be sold on the charity fair, which we'll hopefully be able to hold this year. In the last two years Covid interfered, so we all keep our fingers crossed. It's for a good purpose, after all, and I've got a lot of stuff now - 3 years' worth of it, in fact - including felt items, folded 3D sparkly paper stars, popsickle Christmas ornaments... and, of course, the cards.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the cards!

The train page looks super!

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

The old mother-of-pearl buttons from Grandma's duvet might be a bit too heavy, but they look great, don't they?

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[badly_knitted]

Very shiny! I love mother-of-pearl buttons. Plastic might weigh less but they lack style.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

They do. Plus, I'm glad I found some good use for those buttons that have been waiting in a box for twenty-some years. Grandma would be proud.

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[sister_raphael]

That really is adorable! Well done!

Re: Christmas cards and a funny train

[wiseheart]

Thanks so much!