Check-In Post February 5th 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]

I worked a bit on the baby-books-in-the-making. Now all there of them have their basic covers finished. Which was the easiest part, of course. The really finicky work just begins. I decided to do the mass production thing again, in the hope that it will help with speed and efficiency. After all, they'll go to three different families, so it won't matter if the design is similar, right?

[badly_knitted]

I have successfully completed the ribbing for the first sleeve, and I even did the increase row. Then I had to undo it again because although I ended up with the right number of stitches, somewhere along the way I'd started to knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches. Just goes to show no matter how experienced a knitter is, we can still screw up the most basic things without noticing. Anyway, it's fixed now so I can start the pattern tomorrow. Fingers crossed I don't screw that up!

[yarnofariadne]

10 more rows on the second slipper body today!

[yarnofariadne]

I hope the production line goes smoothly!

[yarnofariadne]

Oops! I have to admit it's comforting to hear that even experienced knitters make silly mistakes like I've been doing XD

[badly_knitted]

Shouldn't matter at all, and if it helps speed up production then that's a good thing! Besides, similar doesn't mean identical, they'll still all have differences, perhaps in colours or embellishments, and certain things are standard for all baby books anyway since they're all designed to contain the same basic baby information and places to add photos.

[badly_knitted]

WOOHOO! You'll be up to the toe shaping before you know it!

[wiseheart]

Amen to that.

[wiseheart]

True. There are just so many ways you can do the same thing. *g*

[wiseheart]

I cross my fingers in sympathy. :)

[badly_knitted]

I've been knitting for more than 40 years. Trust me when I say mistakes happen to everyone. The trick is to laugh about it, then fix it, and accept it's not the last mistake you'll make and that's okay.

[wiseheart]

Excellent. Warm toes in the near future!

[badly_knitted]

It's fine. Nobody gets it right all the time.

[badly_knitted]

Exactly!

[readera]

I knit on my scarf yesterday. Today I started a new mandala coloring page & made a new recipe for dinner.

https://www.thekitchn.com/caramelized-zucchini-phyllo-pie-recipe-23046168#post-recipe-245540001

[tielan]

Sewed the blocks together.



Attached one side of a quilt binding.

Sliced up some strips for making more quilt bindings.

[spiralicious]

I was having a bad mental health day and wasn't sure I was going to do any crafting today, but I talked myself into doing an Instagram post of a paper airplane/"sending my love" themed valentine I made last week at my friend's.

After that, it opened the gates a little bit and I swatched the new pens I found while supply shopping today (probably not going to work in my bullet journal) and I finished an unfinished card. On the card, I had wanted to frame the image in the middle with a collage of heart stickers. It was very relaxing.

[spiralicious]

Good luck *\o/*

[spiralicious]

Finger crossed!

[spiralicious]

Excellent!

[spiralicious]

Very nice

[spiralicious]

It's so beautiful

[badly_knitted]

Well done with knitting!

Oooh, more colouring, and that fie looks delicious!

[badly_knitted]

Wow, that looks amazing! I love the colours.

[badly_knitted]

So glad crafting helped you relax. Sometimes pleasurable distractions can help on bad days. The cards sound lovely!