Check-In Post January 2nd 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.

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]

Been feeling decidedly under the weather for the last week but I battled on with the knitting anyway. Today I just can't be bothered to even try so I'm taking the day off.


I did photograph my two pairs of wildly mismatched arm warmers earlier, the brown and pink ones and the first rainbow pair — neither is sewn up yet so the differences are more obvious. Still got to load them onto the computer though, as well as crop and re-size them, so no pics here yet.

[wiseheart]

A day off sounds like a good idea.

[badly_knitted]

I could probably use a year off from anything stressful *sigh*

[celli]

I absolutely support a day off!

[badly_knitted]

Sometimes they're needed. I'm too tired to focus properly on anything.

[sister_raphael]

Chill day is nice!

[badly_knitted]

And needed. Doctor's appointment today!

[spiralicious]

Sometimes you just need a day off

[badly_knitted]

Or several of them...

[spiralicious]

So very true

[wiseheart]

I had some free time for crafting and made good progress. I've finished the little crab, done most of the Velcro job, and added two beads to Septie the sparkling septopus because it was whining about the crab having them. I'm now certain that Septie is a male septopus - the quality of the whining was particularly annoying. ;)) Now only the starfish is left, plus a few embellishments, and I can move on to the rocket page.

[celli]

Septie the sparkling septopus makes me SO happy!

[wiseheart]

He really is a cutie - now that he's stopped whining. *g*

[badly_knitted]

I wonder what else will start whining for beads now you've given in to Septie...

Excellent progress!

[wiseheart]

Well, the jellyfish tried, too, but I valiantly resisted. It has a scary enough face even without bulging eyes. I christened it Grumpy, because it's still unhappy about the eye thing.

[badly_knitted]

Aw, poor Grumpy! LOL!

[wiseheart]

They ought to learn who's the boss!

[badly_knitted]

Just like written characters, they like to test your boundaries ;)

[sister_raphael]

Sparkles!!! Shiny!!! Hooray!

[wiseheart]

Not so very shiny, after all, but a bit sparkly, so it's okay.

[spiralicious]

Sounds like excellent work

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I'm content with my progress.

[sister_raphael]

Braids tutorial is up! yay!
https://rosaliegilbert.com/tutorial_braids.html

[badly_knitted]

Yay! I'll have to check that out later.

[spiralicious]

Woot!

[wiseheart]

Oh dear, it looks complicated! But the results can be seen.

[sister_raphael]

Gothic mirror glow up post here.
https://sister-raphael.dreamwidth.org/55401.html

[badly_knitted]

Also Yay!

[spiralicious]

Nice!

[sister_raphael]

Gothic coffer glow up here:
https://sister-raphael.dreamwidth.org/55717.html

[badly_knitted]

More Yay!

[spiralicious]

You are on a roll!

[sister_raphael]

To be fair, a lot of this was done over the Xmas break.

[spiralicious]

Still, progress is progress.

[wiseheart]

This is beautiful! I'm looking forward to the end results.

[sister_raphael]

Terrified of wrecking it

[spiralicious]

The plan today was to knit while I watched Glass Onion, but as we get closer to ridiculous o'clock in the morning here, I don't see it happening.

Part of the issue I literally slept all day, like I got up at 8am, fell back asleep around noon and didn't wake up again until around 7pm.

Also, I have been trying to catch up with all the things on DW and the phone I do that on is also the one I do streaming on, but I am making progress with DW stuff and the Snowflake Challenge, so there is that.

[wiseheart]

Progress is progress. There is no need to put pressure on yourself.

[spiralicious]

Thanks :)

[badly_knitted]

Ah well, plans don't always work out. At least you got some sleep!

[spiralicious]

That's true. Thanks... I should probably do more of that.