Check-In Post April 28th 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]

Today is proving a complete and utter nightmare. My internet security program has vanished from my computer despite being paid up for two years, it won't reinstall despite multiple attempts, and the live chat function to get assistance isn't getting me anywhere. The request has been opened but I'm not getting a reply so I'm at my wit's end and about to tear my hair out =(


I've bee trying to sort it out all day, in between doing laundry and the fire almost going out. The worst part is, I don't know how long I've been without protection and I have no idea how to get it back when re-installing isn't working.

[yarnofariadne]

What a nightmare :( I hope you're able to get it resolved.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I just don't know how it can be sorted. I'm not good with tech, I don't understand stuff, and when they make it impossible to connect to customer support, online or any other way... What am I supposed to do? I paid months ago and suddenly I'm not getting what I paid for.

[wiseheart]

That is outrageous! I can understand your frustration, I'm not good with tech either and need help with the simplest things.

[badly_knitted]

It really is disgusting. Open Live Chat it says, so I fill everything in, click Start Chat... Nothing. Yet I get emails saying Service Request Started. Am I supposed to sit in front of my computer 24/7 waiting for someone to respond? I've been a customer for 12 years!

[yarnofariadne]

I have unpacked the rainbow scarf! There's room in the new office now so I'm going to block it tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! Hope you're settling into your new home =)

[wiseheart]

Good luck! Waiting for the picture. :)

[wiseheart]

I bit into the sour apple, as we say in Hungarian, and started working on the actual book to the finger puppets.

It is a tiny bit complicated, as the felt page bases will be sewn onto cotton fabric backgrounds, for this will be a folding textile books, but I've cut out most of the elements and fixed them with double-sided tape. There's still a lot of detailed work to do before I can actually sew them together, but at least I can be fairly certain that they will come together, eventually. *fingers crossed*

I also cut out some more parts for the Nissi (Nisser? Nissen?) I'm planning to make for friends and for the Christmas fair. Now I've got 10 of the little guys cut out and even their beards sewn on. I'll work on them bit by bit in front of the telly.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress, and I hope the sewing won't be too hard on your fingers!