Check-In Post September 14th 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 30 spiders on elastic, only 95 left to do!

[yarnofariadne]

Yay!!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

Fantastic!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

[syderia]

Almost done!

[badly_knitted]

So close to the finish line!

[yarnofariadne]

Just finished one row, currently taking a break before I do another!

[wiseheart]

Taking a break is important to keep your enthusiasm for the project. ;))

[syderia]

Yay!

[badly_knitted]

WOOHOO! *cheers you on*

[wiseheart]

I couldn't check in yesterday. I felt like sh*t and went to bed before the post would go up, and I can no longer access DW from my iPad mini. Not since they changed providers. *sigh*
Anyway, another two accordion cards got done in the last two days. Only one left. Even if it's the most complicated one.

[syderia]

Yay, you're almost there!

[wiseheart]

It can't happen too soon. I still have at least three other kinds of cards to make.

[badly_knitted]

Hope you're feeling better today, and well done getting two more accordion cards finished! Good luck with the last one.

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I'll be glad when the accordion cards are done. Then I can go on making the platform cards, the gate cards and perhaps some pop-ups... and all that before the end of the month. *g*

[badly_knitted]

That's... a lot o_O

[wiseheart]

Indeed. But you know I don't do things by halves. *g*
Besides, compared with several hundred spiders...

[badly_knitted]

Yes, you have a point there... *side-eyes spiders and meeces*

[yarnofariadne]

Well done, and cheering you on for the last one!

[wiseheart]

Thanks. It worked! :)

[syderia]

So it's been simultaneously an eventful and eventless couple of weeks.
I got back to work on the last Monday of August, and by the evening, I was in the ER with what turned out to be a panic attack. Because of the peculiar circumstances, it took a week to diagnose (including a second ER trip).
So I'm currently on sick leave, with meds and psychologist appointments, trying to get me back in shape to go back to work while I search and get another job.

In crocheting news, well, crochet is actually really helpful with panic attacks.
The crocheting-while-in-the-Disneyland-lines was a partial success. I managed to do it, but the skein I'd taken with me was to big to work right with the bag as intended. More tries to come.
I haven't progressed much on the unicorn, I finished the head and did an ear. I'm missing the second ear, the tail, the hair and some assembly.
I did finish a small blanket using a pattern I found on YouTube via Mastodon (which-way fillet blanket)

[wiseheart]

The blanket is lovely. :)
Sorry to hear about the health problems. I hope they can help you, soon.

[syderia]

Thanks, it was a fun project.

I'm taking things one day at a time at the moment, and trying to build up an habit of applying to a couple of job offers every day. Knowing that I can get out of there should help with the anxiety.

[badly_knitted]

That sucks, panic attacks are awful! Having spent a whole night in the accident and emergency department of my local hospital myself recently, I sympathise. Glad they did manage to diagnose you in the end, although it took so long, and you're getting treatment.

Yes, being able to lose yourself in something distracting is really good for panic attacks. Glad your crochet is helping. That blanket pattern is really great.

Your unicorn will wait patiently until you can finish it.

Take care and hope you'll be feeling much better soon.

[syderia]

Thanks!

[yarnofariadne]

I'm so sorry to hear about the health problems. I'm glad crocheting is helpful in alleviating some of the pressure! The blanket looks beautiful.

[syderia]

Thank you, the blanket was a fun project!

[tielan]

Finished my nametag for tomorrow!

[yarnofariadne]

Yay!

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! That was fast!