Check-In Post January 1st 2023

[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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Today's Question: Do you have any crafting plans or ambitions for 2023?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

No crafting done yet today, hoping to knit a bit on the second arm warmer while the World's Strongest Man final is on, but it doesn't start until 7.30 so I thought I'd better get this post done now.


Plans for this year — finish the arm warmers that are knitted but not sewn up, including the pair I'm knitting at present. Finish the mini meece brooches I was working on. Make bouncy spiders. I'm aiming for maybe 50, but it depends on how the sewing goes since I'm way out of practice. I'd also like to knit at least one sweater.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody!

[wiseheart]

How many sweaters are that? You'll be able to open up your own shop, soon. *g*

[verdande_mi]

Happy New Year :) and good luck for all your projects.

[darkcedars]

Fifty spiders, at least you're starting early or planning early.

[sister_raphael]

Lots of great plans! Go You!

[spiralicious]

This are excellent goals! Happy New Year:)

[smallhobbit]

Oops, catching up - Happy New Year! I'm sure you'll get all that done, and more!

But be warned, the verses will be back
About meeces and items for keeping the arm warm
They may be written by a hack
But at least they mean no harm

(They also don't rhyme, but they end the same....)

[peaceful_sands]

Looks like some good plans - that's a lot of spiders! EEEK!

[wiseheart]

I have two quiet books to finish this year. Other than that I'm planning to make cards using paper embroidery as well as a complex project about Christmas gnomes; the ones coming from Scandinavia, called Nisse. That will include the gnomes themselves, small booklets with stories about them, gnome doors behind which they supposedly live during the weeks before Christmas... and I'll see what else comes with them. *g*

As for today, I only managed one third of the planned crafting. At least my jellyfish is done, and I've cut out the front panel of the little crab. Better than nothing.

[obstinatecondolement]

I didn't make any this year, but I have, in the past, made very simple Korknisse to hang on the tree. Your Nisse sound a lot more involved!

[verdande_mi]

Nisser :D I have put mine away, but I love having them out for yule. Have fun with your projects.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, the Gnome project sounds interesting!

First day of the year, there's still plenty of time to finish what you're working on. One item done is still progress.

[celli]

I have been doing French knot after French knot for a current project. Probably a few dozen, and I'm a third of the way through? I refuse to count in case I lose my nerve, heh.

I have one big goal for the year, which is to prep for my art show in August. I have one BIG thing planned, with a couple of other small ideas, and otherwise I'm just asking some of my friends to send back their presents for a week so I can display them and then return them!

[wiseheart]

Your own art show? Wow, that sounds exciting!

[obstinatecondolement]

I have a very exhaustive set of resolutions for 2023 broken down by section and I do, indeed, have a section for crafting! My crafting ambitions/resolutions are:

1. Knit six pairs of socks
2. Knit two jumpers
3. Complete one stranded knitting project
4. Complete one cable knitting project
5. Complete one lace knitting project
6. Complete weaving project every month
7. Complete crochet project every month
8. Complete one afghan
9. Complete one WIP for every new project started
10. Keep Ravelry up to date including photographs of projects
11. Buy no new yarn unless for specific project (calculate necessary yardage ahead of time)
12. Finish sewing 18th century pocket
13. Start and finish sewing pirate shirt

[wiseheart]

That's an intimidating list and no mistake!

[smallhobbit]

My main projects are a cross stitch Golden Lily by J H Dearle (similar idea to the Morris Strawberry Thief in my icon) which I've just started and suspect will take me until the end of August - when I can start next year's Christmas stitching!! Plus I have a ball of wool to make something for Mini Hobbit, which I'm hoping to begin tonight. Then there'll also be the odd birthday card etc to make.

[wiseheart]

One can't start Christmas stitching too early. Even if it's just paper embroidery, like in my case. *g*

[verdande_mi]

I want to weave more, and find a neat crochet project, most likely in the autumn. I plan on continuing journaling and I have been working on the first few pages of the year. This is the only crafting I have done today.

Perhaps this year is the year I re-learn sewing? I do want to learn to use a sewing machine again to do simple stuff.

[wiseheart]

I do want to learn to use a sewing machine again to do simple stuff.

You and me, too. Even if my Louise is only a 20cmx20cm baby sewing machine.

[annofowlshire]

My crafting goal this year is craft more consistently! I've been very on and off, and when I'm on it's been mostly mindless things which is totally fine--mindless knitting sometimes saves my sanity... but it's not all I want to do ^_^

My hubs got me a couple of new crewelwork embroidery kits for Christmas. I mean, they'll probably cool their heels in my stash with my other two dozen+ embroidery/cross stitch kits, but I'd like to think I can actually make some process. I'd like to pull out my spinning wheel at least once a season rather than once a year, too!

And I'd really, really like to figure out where the fairies absconded off with my knitting needles because I have a huge box of wool for jumper knitting and nothing to knit them with! I even tidied my craft room over the Christmas holiday and they didn't turn up so who knows... I'll probably just give up and buy a new set.

[wiseheart]

And as soon as you've bought that new set, all the old ones will resurface at once. That's the nature of things. *sigh*

[readera]

My new year crafting plans include

-knitting up the dress pattern that I bought yarn & pattern for my birthday of 2022.

- mending my existing clothes with handsewing and visible mending.

- finish my scarf that I'm currently working on.

- make more scarves or hats to use up the yarn.

[darkcedars]

Ah mending is a good one, I am starting to need to do a round.

[darkcedars]

My plans are still vague:
--make at least one doily, hopefully in the tapestry method.
--refill my gift stash (have scrubbies, dishcloths, and trivets available to make a gift baskets)
--afghan for brother-in-law to be next year's main Christmas present. Maybe.

I finished weaving in the ends on the dad hats. Asked how many he needed and mom said 4 was enough. I like how the lower one turned out.

[yarnofariadne]

The lower hat's my favourite of the bunch, too! They're all lovely.

[yarnofariadne]

Do you have any crafting plans or ambitions for 2023?
This is potentially too ambitious and I won't beat myself up if it isn't possible, but my husband and I have been talking about being Mina and Jonathan Harker for Halloween for years, and I want to be able to make us costumes this year. Otherwise, I'm going to finish knitting these dang slippers and then focus on gift knitting!

[badly_knitted]

That would certainly be a fun project for Halloween!

You'll get there with your slippers!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

It would be nice to finish my miniature coffee shop from a year ago. I don't know if it's a goal, more of a stretch ambition. Other than that, the goal is to use the collage materials I have and not buy more!

Wishing everyone a very CRAFTY 2023!

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, I'd forgotten about your little coffee shop!

The urge to buy more craft supplies is never-ending!

Thank you, and to you too!

[althea_valara]

There I was, seaming the blanket, when I came to a sudden stop because a motif wasn't fitting in properly. Upon closer examination, I discovered that a motif in an earlier row had NINE sides instead of eight. I had to unzip a row and a half to get the offending motif out of there. :( I'm almost finished redoing it, but man I am not happy.

It's only January 1st, but I do have crafting plans for this year!

* Finish the peppermint swirl blanket.
* Make a crocheted hoodie for myself.
* Make a baby blanket as requested by mom.
* Make two graduation blankets, one for third nephew and one for second niece.
* Plus my usual Nerdopolis shenanigans, of 3-5 smaller projects each round.

So yeah, I should be very busy this year!

[badly_knitted]

Oh no! That sucks, I'm so sorry =(

Wow, that's a lot, it should indeed keep you busy this year!

[sister_raphael]

*blinks*

Hello, everyone! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I'm woefully behind on blogging but rest assured the crafting has been off the charts with working on things until I drop (and then being too tired to turn my laptop on and join in here because... well, it's really hard to upload photos from my phone to DW for posts.) I meant to log in at Xmas and say hello and then new year... anyway, I look forward to catching up with everyone's crafting endeavors even if I can't possibly comment on them all. Over the next day or two I will make an effort to update my page with projects and photos. You've all been in my thoughts and I hope everyone's doing well.

[badly_knitted]

Happy New Year!

Glad to hear you've been finding time for crafting, sounds like you've been beyond busy! Hopefully I'll catch up with posts at your journal sometime soon. Looking forward to finding out what you've been busy with!

Craft list 2023

[sister_raphael]

Since I totally missed the theme of the post which was "Craft List for 2023," here goes!

- finish gothic arches chest
- hand sew cimanti silk surcote and lining with round collar
- hand sew a further gowne in probably a deep red coloured silk
- finish painting the ivory casket bands (having some issues with this)
- make medieval outfit for grandbabe who wants one for this year's festival in July.
- finish the roses curtains with the applique
- paint a stones and roses tent liner for my tent by July.
- finish Book 2 which is underway
- finish and upload tutorials (adding to list as completion tomorrow is likely!)
- finish Squirrel shield
- paint background of R shield (still not done)
- make new metal circlet for the Lady of Abbeystowe.
- do artwork for Lily's book (well overdue)
- finish the detailling on the Polish kountusz (way overdue)
- also keenly interested in sleeping

Re: Craft list 2023

[badly_knitted]

I'm thinking sleeping should be a bit higher on your list ;)

That's a LOT of projects, and a lot of variety - sewing, painting, writing, artwork... You are multi-talented, and I look forward to pictures as you get things done, or when you have time (I'm slacking with pictures myself).

[peaceful_sands]

My plans are to:

* finish the dolphin tapestry
* make a cross stitch for a friend expecting a baby
* finish something substantial crochet wise (there is a blanket started an age ago, I bought stuff for a sweater for me - so any project would do)
* make some more cards for next Christmas (cross-stitch but I also have another idea to try as well) - and find the ones I made last year and lost so I can give them away next year.

I have some other ideas but as I'm not doing too well on making any progress just at the moment, I'll leave my list at that and just say that apart from the baby project, nothing is fixed and so anything I do is a start and enjoying it is the most important bit.

[smallhobbit]

That's a lovely list of projects. I hope you have time to do lots of them. And definitely enjoyment is most important.