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.


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]

Still no crafting, but there's a couple of things on TV tonight that I intend to watch so maybe I might do a few rows then? If I'm not too tired...


Today has been all writing and chores. Laundry, dishes, fire... *sigh*

[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.

[yarnofariadne]

I've not been doing any crafting but inspired by snowflake_challenge I thought I'd check in - I've been spending all my spare time writing and have made excellent progress on my to-do list of projects. I'm down to one more smaller project before I sink into a bigger one. And maybe I'll get back to knitting soon! I'd like those slippers, after all.

[tielan]

Today I am GOING to start sorting the study. Even if it's "gentle cleaning":
- put things that belong here that are out of place in place
- put things that don't belong here into a box/bag
- put rubbish into the bin
- shred what needs to be shredded
- file the papers (because they've been unfiled for waaaay too long)

Also: at least one more Trip Around The World Block because I've had the strips laid out for three days now and no inspiration to do.

(Sorry, this is more of a to-do list than a 'done' comment.)

[darkcedars]

Worked on the cardigan some. Started the self-striping leftover yarn which is more fun than gray.

I made brownies to offer the workers at John's house tomorrow for a second weekend of cleanup. Cross your fingers that it goes as well as last time, because that will mean the majority of the debris is gone from the house. I'll be on tea & cocoa duty again.

[spiralicious]

Back to knitting today!

For today's stitch and stream, I watched The Bob's Burgers Movie and I started watching Hilda. On the scarf, I've finished the 2x2 ribbing section and am back to doing the garter ridge pattern, so approximately 3 inches into that section and 29 inches into the scarf in total.

I also tried to see if I could get a size #13/9mm circular needle, at least 36 inches long locally, but the only place in town that sells knitting needles only sells one size of circular needles and they are #8/5mm and only 18 inches long. So, it looks like I will be ordering them online.