Check-In Post July 20th 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]

Another 10 spiders completed. I'm at a bit of a loose end now though, no idea what to do tonight while watching TV. There won't be enough light for spider-making, or for cutting out eyes because I won't be able to see the colours properly, and I finished fluffing feet last night, so I'm at a bit of a loose end.

[wiseheart]

The lack of proper light is so annoying!

[badly_knitted]

Indeed. Daylight is always best, when it's available.

Stupid is as stupid does

[wiseheart]

Weeks ago, I wanted to use a felt item left over from a former project for the last page of my songbook project. Originally a pair of tracks, I recycled it for a fence. Only that I cut it horizontally, thinking it would work better that way. It did not. So I reattached the upper part, working on the whole dratted part for days... with questionable results. I consulted Mum who meant it would work as it was, therefore I left it that way. Today I took out the page again and was shocked by how ugly and clumsy and altogether ill-fitting it was. So I took out my sewing scissors and undid all the stitches (literally hundreds of them) and threw away the misbegotten piece.

Yes, I know, I could have left it that way. It was a background piece, and after having added the parts in the foreground, about 20% of it would have been visible... or less. But I just couldn't live with the thought to give someone a gift that had such ugly parts. So I'll have to redo the fence from the scratch tomorrow. *sigh*

Re: Stupid is as stupid does

[badly_knitted]

It's annoying when something doesn't work and you have to start again, but if you hadn't undone it you would never have been happy with the page.

Re: Stupid is as stupid does

[wiseheart]

Exactly! Still, it's annoying that I have to re-do it; especially because of all the time that went into the now ditched part.

Re: Stupid is as stupid does

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully it will go better this time.