Check-In Post January 30th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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

[badly_knitted]

10 rows on the bright pink arm warmers! Woo!

[smallhobbit]

Is that 10 rows on one or both?

[badly_knitted]

Just on the one. I haven't unpicked the cast-off on the other one yet.

[medievalrosalie]

Hooray!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[smallhobbit]

Realised to my horror that my cross stitch requires French knots. Decided I'd just do cross stitch, since it may not look quite as intended but will look much better than poor French knots.

[medievalrosalie]

Oh I hate it when that happens. All set, and then BAM! You need to do that thing that you hate. I'm sure just cross stitch will be great!

[smallhobbit]

It was an unpleasant surprise. It won't have quite the same effect but it should be okay.

[badly_knitted]

Eeep! French knots can be tricky, but once you master them they're not so bad. Have you thought about maybe practising them on an odd scrap of aida? I used to dread them but now I've had some practice they usually turn out fairly well.

[smallhobbit]

Experience in the past has never given me that hope!

[badly_knitted]

So sad =(

I'd try to teach you if I could, but... pandemic.

[m_findlow]

I wish I could help you out with your French knots! I candelwicked the back of a patchwork cushion when I was 12 so I learnt to do them using thick embroidery thread. I didn't do them for years afterwards, but like you, I had a cross stitch of a white tiger crashing through the snow, so yeah, you guessed it, about two hundred white French knots to finish it off! They don't scare me! :)

[badly_knitted]

That's a lot of french knots!

The one thing I hate and try yo avoid are fractional stitches. I lose where I am on the pattern, my eyes get confused.

[m_findlow]

Yeah, what's the deal with three quarter stitches when there's no hole?? I think I only ever saw them in one kit I did and never again! Half or full or not at all!

[badly_knitted]

I do designs from cross stitch magazines and some of them have fractional stitches for detail. If the design is small enough I might re-draw it without the fractionals to make it easier, otherwise I don't stitch the designs at all. A coupe of fractionals, fine, but more than that and I nope out.

[smallhobbit]

Looking at it now, I don't think it's going to matter too much. I'm no perfectionist, and I've just realised a couple of other stitches are in the wrong place, but it won't make much difference overall, so I'm not going to worry.

[medievalrosalie]

I finally got the both sleeves stitched on the blue silk gown and now all I need is a decent photo of it on me. About to start the next terrifying craft project.. the belt mounts..

[bunnyboo]

Ooh, this sounds tricky. Best of luck to you.

[medievalrosalie]

I've had mixed success with brass posts before and these are made by someone overseas and so beautiful. I don't want to wreck them!

[smallhobbit]

Looking forward to seeing a photo.

[badly_knitted]

Looking forward to seeing pictures!

That does sound scary!

[bunnyboo]

I have all my pattern pieces cut out... but I'm just not feeling it. Maybe tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

Getting everything cut out is important, it's all ready now so you to get started when you're in the right mood!