Check-In Post January 13th 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.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[wiseheart]

The quiet book is taking shape. I've edged all the sides that won't get cross-grain binding - that sounds like great progress, but in fact, it's just blanket stitch that will end up invisible under the "spine" of the book, so basically the quick(er) and easy(er) part of the work. I also did a bit of the cross-grain binding, which is where the undoing of rows became necessary. FOUR times!

Coming up: more of that unpleasant, tedious and boring work, stitching through four to seven layers of hard felt, lining stuff, double-sided tape and the likes.

[badly_knitted]

Progress is progress; easy or hard parts, it all has to be done. Very annoying to have to re-do parts several times though.

[wiseheart]

Unfortunately, that happens every time at this phase. Well, the only way forward is the way through.

[badly_knitted]

You will get there!

[smallhobbit]

You will get there, and it will be all worth it, just totally tedium on the way!

[wiseheart]

Exactly!

[tielan]

Undoing. *shudder* So frustrating and just bleeds out your desire to work on the project.

Good luck with the rest of the cross-grain binding and may you have no more undoings required!

[wiseheart]

That would be nice, but I don't put my hopes too high.

[darkcedars]

Oh no, better luck with less undoing next!

[wiseheart]

I wish!

[spiralicious]

Progress is progress!

The tedium will be worth it in the end, you just have to make it through the horrible to get to the "look at the cool thing I (you) made" part.

...I might also be binging too many children's cartoons.

[wiseheart]

There is nothing wrong with children's cartoons. I used to like them a lot - before everything turned either anime-style or Simpsons-style. I find both ugly and off-putting.