Check-In Post January 31st 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]

12 rows so far on the sweater front. Let's see how much more I can get done...

[wiseheart]

Knowing you, it will be quite a lot. :)

[badly_knitted]

Yep! I managed 38 rows altogether, which is a complete pattern. The front was 4 patterns and 28 rows to the shoulder, so I'm not halfway yet, but I also have to decide where to divide for the front of the neck.

[wiseheart]

That was a decent job!

[badly_knitted]

I'm happy =)

[spiralicious]

*\o/*

[badly_knitted]

Managed the full 38 rows again, so that's two pattern repeats completed. Yay!

[spiralicious]

Very nice!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I'll be up to the neck shaping soon...

[spiralicious]

Nice

[badly_knitted]

And I am there! Neck shaping will begin today, I hope.

[wiseheart]

I did work a bit on the Hello Kitty booklets. Three of the altogether five booklets now have a finished front page, with entrance door and windows and bushes on both sides of the door and the likes. The other two still lack the windows, but I hope I'll be able to do those tomorrow.

Oh, and it seems that a friend of mine will become grandmother for the second time in May. So I'll have to make yet another baby book. No rest for the crafty!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like you're going to be very busy over the next few months!

Excellent progress on the Hello Kitty booklets!

[wiseheart]

Yep, the projects seem to multiply when I don't pay attention.

[badly_knitted]

They do that whether you're paying attention or not!

[wiseheart]

There is that...

[spiralicious]

Very nice!

No rest for the crafty, indeed

[wiseheart]

Not that I really mind - I'd just prefer the things not always happening at the same time.

[spiralicious]

It would be nice if they would take turns wouldn't it?

[spiralicious]

Today was a bit odd, but I spent an hour sorting a box of random craft supplies, found a backdrop to use for photos, did a bit of knitting, and did some last minute end of the month posts (though not as many as I had planned).

[badly_knitted]

Variety is good, and you got knitting done as well! Did you find anything interesting in the box?

[wiseheart]

Yes, I'd like to know that, too!

[spiralicious]

Most of it was what was left unfinished from Halloween, Yule, and Christmas so that was all fairly expected. I did not realize I had glitter glue in several colors in there or that I still owned glitter glue, so that was interesting.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for discoveries! I think I've got some glitter glue somewhere... It's probably dried out though.