Check-In Post June 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.


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]

No crafting today. Yet. I needed to unearth my sewing thread and make sure my stuffing was easily accessible for when I need it, so I plunged into my extremely cluttered boxroom and started moving things out. In the process, I shifted so many bags of yarn I decided to sort it by colour so next time I need a particular colour I won't have to sort through 15 bags looking for the best shade. I now have blues in one bag, greens in another, and so forth.


I did find my basket of coloured thread, and my stuffing. Also 5 ring binders of knitting patterns cut out of magazines that I'd forgotten about — they were still sealed in plastic bags from when a lot of stuff was put in storage 13 years ago. Also found 2 more bags of felt, larger pieces, not a huge variety of colours but still good. They'll come in handy when I get around to making some felt toys after I finish the spiders. With the felt were the rest of my cardboard templates for making the toys, so now I know where all of them are. Took me half the morning and most of the afternoon, but I'm very pleased with myself.

[wiseheart]

The things you discover when trying to bring some order into your supplies are amazing. My stuff is relatively well-ordered, but even so, I keep finding things the existence of which I'd long forgotten.

Making felt toys is fun, especially if you have good templates. I made some very cute teddy bears for the Christmas fair before Covid. I might do so again one day.

[badly_knitted]

I made some very complex ones many years ago that I donated to be sold to raise money for a children's home - Dolphins, Octopuses, Lions, Frogs, all sorts of things. They raised a lot of money =)

The ones I intend to make for Halloween treats are a lot simpler though. There will be teddy bears, but they're two pieces, a front and a back, nothing fancy. Then there will be small ladybirds in a variety of colours, and some fish and mice, both of which are my own designs. I'm hoping to make smaller versions of the fish, I made a set of smaller templates a few years ago and tried one. It turned out okay. Might try to make a half-size mouse pattern too, but not right away.

[yarnofariadne]

Sorting is good, and your future self will thank you, I'm sure!

[darkcedars]

Haha I should have read replies because I said the same thing.

[badly_knitted]

My present self is already thanking me *grins* I can get into the boxroom now and get at things.

[darkcedars]

That's a lot done for a day! Your future crafting self will thank you.

[badly_knitted]

It was indeed a lot, but my hip held up, so that's good. I'm very pleased with what I've done because I can get at things now.

[wiseheart]

Just another tag today - I had chores and other stuff to do, and then I was simply too drained. But the tag turned out very pretty, and it had only six individual pieces, so it wasn't too complicated to make.

[yarnofariadne]

Hooray for the tag!

[darkcedars]

A less complex one was best after yesterday anyway.

[wiseheart]

Definitely! :)

[badly_knitted]

Yay, another one! Well done!

[wiseheart]

I'm making some slow but steady progress, which is good. Soon I'll have to start making the page bases, which... isn't half as good. But needs must.

[badly_knitted]

Maybe you could get the bases done in between the more fun parts.

[wiseheart]

I considered it, but going with the mass production is more efficient.

[badly_knitted]

You do what works best for you.

[yarnofariadne]

With much wailing and gnashing of teeth, the ends on the infinity scarf have been woven in and it's officially done.





This is a gift for a friend who has a companion plushie for whom I'm knitting a very small scarf of the leftover yarn from this scarf, so they'll match!

I have a job interview on Wednesday and if I get it, I'll be able to comfortably acquire materials for the beach cover-up and get started on that soon.

[darkcedars]

Looks great! Good luck on the job interview!

[badly_knitted]

Yay for finished scarf, and for the mini scarf when you get that done =) It's a delicious colour.

Good luck for your interview!

[m_findlow]

Such a lovely colour. I'm sure your friend will love it.

[wiseheart]

You'll laugh, but I've only now understood what an infinity scarf actually *is*! ;)

[yarnofariadne]

Aww I'd have explained if you asked!

[wiseheart]

Oh, but it was more fun this way! :))

[darkcedars]

No crafting today. We've been working on the bathroom renovation. Tired but we've made enough progress and figured out a couple things which now allows us to order some materials.

[badly_knitted]

Renovations take a lot of work and planning. Get some rest now, you've earned it.

[wiseheart]

Such things require a great deal of creativity, so they are also crafting... well, sort of. Good luck with the project!