Check-In Post December 19th 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]

Haven't felt great today, so the gifts still haven't been wrapped, although I have found my wrapping paper and made a list of who gets what. Also put the stamps on the posting cards and took them to the postbox this morning. There's one on the corner of my street, so it's less than a minute's walk each way. I'm so lucky!


Also got the second fuchsia arm warmer up to 100 rows. Just got to decide whether or not to do another 10 rows on each. Probably won't, but I can look at them tomorrow and make up my mind.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Good job getting cards in the post and progress on the arm warmers!

[badly_knitted]

At least I accomplished something *grins* (I wrote too, of course).

[wiseheart]

Actually, that's quite a lot for one day.

[badly_knitted]

It is, it's just not everything I wanted to get done *shrugs*

[celli]

That's a lot for a not-great day! I know the holiday is creeping up on us, though.

[badly_knitted]

Creeps up on me every year. I can't get the hang of December these days.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I forced the family to do a craft hour and we made felt ornaments.



Also, here's a lovely card I received from smallhobbit. The smoke curl is my favourite part.

[badly_knitted]

Those ornaments are pretty, and the card is lovely!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! Yes, Hobbit did a great job.

[wiseheart]

Oh, how beautiful! Both the ornaments and the card!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you, thank you!

[celli]

oh, both are so great!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

My crafting plans fell flat today - our cleaning lady fell ill and cancelled our appointment, so I had to do the whole cleaning by myself, which ate all morning and set back the healing of my wrenched shoulder. Too bad, I had such nice plans for the early afternoon... only that I was still cleaning at that time. *sigh*

[badly_knitted]

Oh, poor you! You really could have done without that. I hope you got to relax this evening.

[wiseheart]

I did, but daylight was over already when I got there. *sigh*

[badly_knitted]

Well, relaxing is good even if you couldn't do any crafting.

[celli]

Oh no! I hope your shoulder isn't too much worse.

[wiseheart]

Surprisingly enough, it isn't. Mum's physiotherapist says moving the sore joint is actually good for it, so I kneaded some yeast dough today... *g*

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yuck! Cleaning will set you back and make you sore. I hope you get your crafting time back.

[tielan]

To do:
- sew curtain for the front window
- get my quilts back from the quilter and bind them and gift them to my friends!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ooo! #2 sounds exciting!

[tielan]

It's been on the list of Things To Do for FOREVER. (At least three years.) So it'll be good to get the quilts done and OUT.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like you're going to be busy!

[alafaye]

I have admitted defeat with learning a to crochet a magic circle, but! I figured out if I do a small little rectangle it does turn into a round coaster.

...I probably won't be able to do it again.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

One time magic! Who knows, you might be able to do it again!

[alafaye]

Fingers crossed!

[badly_knitted]

Well done anyway! Even if you can't repeat the magic you have a coaster!

[alafaye]

Thanks!

[celli]

I got the second blanket done and they are mid-blocking? Is that what you call it? Drying, anyway. (I had just started to master embroidery vocab and I had to go pick up a whole new craft with whole new words! Sigh.)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

No clue about the words but you sound busy!

[badly_knitted]

That's as good a term as any, lol! I don't know if there even is a specific term for that stage of blocking.

Every craft has its own bewildering terminology to learn.

[althea_valara]

We're down to SINGLE DIGITS with the blanket motifs! Just 9 left! I've slowed down though because I've been distracted, but still making slow progress. I'm pretty sure I can get it done for myself by Christmas Day!

Sadly, our family party scheduled for the 23rd is likely going to be cancelled, because we're supposed to get bad weather and one of my sisters lives an hour and a half away. I'm bummed because I was looking forward to seeing everyone, but this also gives me another two days to try to finish the blanket, so that's nice (I had wanted to finish it for the party).

[badly_knitted]

So close to completion!

That's a shame about the party, but maybe you can all get together after Christmas if the weather improves.