Check-In Post December 29th 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 this evening, but I'll be knitting shortly.


Last night, I reached 40 rows on the latest arm warmer so I'm hoping to get at least another 30 rows done tonight. More if I can.

[wiseheart]

I'm sure you will. :)

[badly_knitted]

I did, 50 rows to finish that one and two rows on its mate.

[wiseheart]

Impressive!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[yarnofariadne]

Fingers crossed for you!

[badly_knitted]

I did 52 rows! Woooo!

[yarnofariadne]

Amazing!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

I did finish Page#2 of the songbook, though, and decided to fix the snowflakes on the snowman page with one stitch each, so that they won't come off and suffocate any small children, should the foam stickers prove less self-adhesive than they promise. I did the same with 4 self-adhesive Velcro patches, for the same reason. Perhaps one day I'll be heroic enough to do their counterparts as well.

[yarnofariadne]

Great work!

[badly_knitted]

Well done! That's some fiddly work, all those single stitches.

[althea_valara]

I'm working on my Rebel Ripple (Ravelry project page here), which is a graduation present for my niece. Alas, I misread the instructions for row 3, and didn't discover it until I was near the end of the row. So I am ripping and redoing.

I'd like to work on my Central Park Hoodie today as well, but my bed is casting Sleep on me... might need a nap.

[yarnofariadne]

Oh no! I hope you have better luck with the next attempt.

Enjoy your nap!

[badly_knitted]

A nap might refresh your crafting mojo!

Bad luck with the mistake, but at least you realised you'd gone wrong. Hope you get to work on the hoodie.

[yarnofariadne]

No further progress on the beach cover-up, but we've been talking to a friend who's coming to visit - we were initially thinking next October, but he thinks this February might be doable, so if I'm going to knit him something, it's got to be quick! The wool I ordered for an infinity scarf arrived today, and I've cast on and done the first three rows. Luckily I've done a few of these and can knit them up pretty quickly, so fingers crossed and knock on wood, I should finish it in time.

[wiseheart]

That is a tight deadline! Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Good luck, you can do it!

[shaddyr]

I'm making fingerless mitts. I got this multi-colour, handspun yarn at a Christmas exchange a few years ago. I love it, but there's not enough to make something with it. So I pulled some light blue yarn from a different project that is being frogged and am making the mitts two tone.

[badly_knitted]

I really need to find my Ravelry password so I can see people's projects...

The mitts sound awesome though!