Check-In Post December 4th 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 yet, but despite having a headache I have to get some work done on the cross stitch cupcake, which I'll be tackling once I post this. Wish me luck!

[wiseheart]

Good luck! And get rid of that pesky headache, soon!

[badly_knitted]

I would love to get rid of it, but the cross stitch hasn't helped! I did get some done though, the darker yellow parts of the frosting.

[yarnofariadne]

Good luck, and I hope the headache eases!

[badly_knitted]

It's no worse but also no better. At least there has been progress on the cross stitch.

[spiralicious]

Good luck! And feel better!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I did pretty well.

[spiralicious]

:D

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

Today I visited three of the shops that sell craft supplies and bought some small things that I didn't really need but couldn't resist. Could you resist small silver bells in various sizes or an amazing 45cm by 50cm piece of pale blue gaze, dotted with dark blue and silver stars? I certainly couldn't. And I also bought small sized felt sheets, with the argument that this way I won't have to cut up the regular size A4 sheets just to make small items. Yeah, I know. What would we be without our excuses?

In the afternoon I made another Christmas garland of tinfoil baubles and another surprise box. And I decorated yesterday's biscuits; well, the ones that needed to be decorated. With that, I'm done baking till Thursday, so I can turn my attention towards my Christmas quiet book for the next two days.

[yarnofariadne]

Your purchases sound lovely! Well done on the decorating work, too.

[wiseheart]

Thanks. It is always a delight to find new stuff for crafting.

[badly_knitted]

You've had a busy day! Your craft shop finds will all come in very useful, I'm sure. Such things always do.

Have fun on the quiet book for the next couple of days!

[wiseheart]

Thank you, I intend to! :)

[spiralicious]

I definitely wouldn't have been able to resist either.

Congrats on your progress!

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I wish I could take a good photo of the amazing piece of gauze but the iPad mini doesn't do well with blues. :(

So many projects, not enough time

[annofowlshire]

I've ordered yarn for Baby Blanket #1--I haven't decided on the colors for the other baby blanket, and I decided that shouldn't hold back progress on the first one.

Tonight I mended my son's knitted beanie for the umpteenth time. Now, I knit this for him when he was 1.5, and I did it at such a size that at 5 years old he can still wear it. But it's seen a lot of mileage in those intervening years. I think it's finally time to knit him a new one. Uh... after I finish the jumper and the two baby blankets, I guess! I think he can limp through with this tatty hat a couple of more months.

I have new wellie ankle boots that I love, but they rub at the back of my (chunky) calves. I want to knit either wellie warmers or tall socks to create a barrier. But given I have a long knitting queue ahead of me, I'm just going to buy myself a few pairs of knee high socks and hope that by next winter I'll have knit up a few of my own :)

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[annofowlshire]

Here is the hat in question--days after I made it when he was 1.5 years old, and him wearing it a couple of weeks ago on a hike at 5.5 XD

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[badly_knitted]

You made it to last, obviously!

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[annofowlshire]

I'm mostly surprised it didn't get lost!

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[badly_knitted]

Good point! Such things have a habit of going astray, even for adults.

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[spiralicious]

Adorable!

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[badly_knitted]

What colours will the first one be? I always want to know colours, lol!

That hat has seen some service! I'm sure a new one will get well-used too, once you get around to it.

Wherever do you get knee-high ladies socks? Whenever I've tried to buy socks for myself I've only been able to get ankle socks.

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[annofowlshire]

Both blankets will be striped chevron. The first one will be dark red/purple ("currant"), black, silver, white. Basically, it's the parents' wedding colors--very striking and gender neutral.

Still debating on the other one, no clear and obvious palette inspiration for them yet.

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[badly_knitted]

I ;love the chevron pattern, it's so versatile. The colours of the first one sound fabulous, and very fitting for the recipients.

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[annofowlshire]

To answer your question about knee-high socks. When I was in the US Sock Dreams was my go-to and I've missed them. But not finding anything really exciting me in the UK while searching today, I went to Sock Dreams and they now cover shipping to the UK (including precollecting VAT) so I'm going to try them unless the shipping ends up being horrendous.

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[badly_knitted]

They definitely have a better selection than anywhere in the UK. I wish somewhere here would get real and offer decent women's socks. We don't all want to go around with freezing legs.

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[spiralicious]

Good luck on the blankets. Hopefully you'll decide on another color while you're working on the first one.

What a well made hat!

Sounds very sensible.

[spiralicious]

Today was a bit of a blur, with both my mother and me confused as to what day it was all day.

My friend made sure I got my fandomtrees sign up done though.

I also finished knitting and sewed up the slipper. It's the right length and it is a slipper, but it's very... Wacked out in multiple ways. I set it aside, got a different size of needles, did a test swatch (that is still slightly off, but as close as I'm going to get), and cast on a new slipper. Wish me luck.

[badly_knitted]

I had a day like that at the weekend. Kept thinking Saturday was Sunday.


Yay for finishing a slipper? Good luck with the next attempt.

[spiralicious]

It seems to be going around.

Thanks. The current one kind of defies proper description.

[badly_knitted]

It's a sort of foot thing.... *grins*

[spiralicious]

At best, lol.

[spacedogfromspace]

I borrowed a sewing machine and am learning to sew straight lines! With difficulty!

[badly_knitted]

*cheers you on* You can do it!

[spacedogfromspace]

<3

[wiseheart]

I hope you'll have better results than I. *fingers crossed*

[spacedogfromspace]

It will take me a lot of practice lol but I am determined!