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Monday, January 1st, 2024 06:59 pm

Happy New Year!

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.


This Week's Question: Do you have any crafting resolutions for 2024?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



Monday, January 1st, 2024 07:04 pm (UTC)
I have a resolution to check in here again in 2024! :)
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:45 am (UTC)
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Monday, January 1st, 2024 09:46 pm (UTC)
Hooray, well done on the arm warmers!
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:46 am (UTC)
Well done!

Those are wonderful goals.
Monday, January 1st, 2024 08:10 pm (UTC)
I have worked on my niece's blanket for about 35 minutes today. Then I got bored. Taking a break now to check websites. I'll try to do more crafting later, as there's still plenty of day left.

I don't have any crafting *resolutions* this year, but I do have goals:

* Finish Rebel Ripple for niece by May 15th
* Finish Nordic Stripes for nephew by May 15th
* Do poinsettias for mom and younger sister, hopefully sooner rather than later
* Hopefully finish Central Park Hoodie for ME by spring
* Hopefully finish the knit t-shirt for ME by summer
* Finish my commissions in a timely manner

That's a LOT. And yes, I am taking some commissions this year. Not too enthused about it NOW, but I agreed to it back in November. Luckily, they are Christmas stockings so aren't in a hurry, but still: it's going to be a slog.

I plan to combat the slog by rotating projects. I won't have the yarn for starting the commissions until Thursday at the earliest, so until then I'll work on other projects.

Big goal this year: acquire a crafting icon, for use here and in my journal. This current icon isn't too bad, but I would like to transition away from it for Crafting, and use it just for Working posts. I'm not too great at making icons though... but perhaps I will try to make one anyway.
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:48 am (UTC)
Good luck *\o/*
Monday, January 1st, 2024 09:10 pm (UTC)
My list pf "I wanna makes' is endless but right now I am crocheting a poncho for me like the one I made my best friend's mom. It's simply granny stitch but it came out nice. I have some fancy little wools that have been gifted to me and I need to find some nice small scarves to make with them got mohair and cashmere!
I also have a bracelet pattern with crocheting thread and crafting beads I want to try.



Monday, January 1st, 2024 10:03 pm (UTC)
Oooh, mohair and cashmere! Nice! Do you just do crochet or do you knit as well? If you knit, keyhole scarfs are nice to make with a small amount of yarn. I've made two:

* Bow Tie Keyhole Scarf
* Anthro Inspired Scarflet

Both are free patterns!

If you only crochet: there are crochet patterns for keyhole scarfs as well! Here's a Ravelry search for patterns (need to be signed in to Ravelry to see the results
Monday, January 1st, 2024 11:19 pm (UTC)
I crochet and am learning to knit - not good enough yet for the fancy yarns. Thank you so much for the link and keyhole scarf idea! I think I will try that --- ooh, I have some alpaca as well. I have a very nice friend!
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:51 am (UTC)
I hear you on the endless "wanna makes." Good luck with poncho, bracelets, and finding scarf patterns for your yarns.
Monday, January 1st, 2024 09:14 pm (UTC)
No actual resolutions, either, but a great many goals:

- to finish the two quiet books in progress;
- to make two (paper) baby books for colleagues who are expecting a little son and a little granddaughter, respectively;
- picking up paper embroidery early on, so that I wouldn't be so overworked when the next Christmas time comes.

That said, I worked a tiny bit on the songbook today; perhaps an hour or so, in several parts.
Monday, January 1st, 2024 09:47 pm (UTC)
Best of luck with your goals!
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 07:59 pm (UTC)
Thanks. Luck will be needed. I'm a bit burned out craft-wise, so I can only make things in very small doses.
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 08:00 pm (UTC)
Not as speedily as I'd like it to come along, but currently this is the best I can do. I'm just so exhausted all the time.
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:51 am (UTC)
Good luck *\o/*
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 08:00 pm (UTC)
Thank you. :)
Monday, January 1st, 2024 09:45 pm (UTC)
A couple more rows on the infinity scarf - forgot to measure it before I put it away for the day, but progress is being made.

I don't know that I necessarily have resolutions, but I have a queue, which is new for me: this infinity scarf needs finishing first, then a baby blanket, then another scarf, then my beach cover-up (hopefully in time for summer). Excited to see what else gets added to the queue this year!
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:53 am (UTC)
Nice!

Good luck working through your queue!
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 03:50 am (UTC)
Happy new year all! I am still plugging away at my shawl. I'm up to 8 stripes out of 16.

Craft resolutions for this year include working on projects with yarn/other supplies I already have. I got some embroidery supplies last year & I haven't done any embroidery or sewing. I think I need to find a good resource or project to learn from since this is a new craft for me.
I would also like to repair some handknits so they are wearable again esp my partner's robe.
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:53 am (UTC)
Well done!

Good luck *\o/*
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 09:45 am (UTC)
All my crafting energy today went towards cleaning, attempting to be a human at dinner, and all the various New Year's check ins - Snowflake Challenge, Wrisolutions at ushobwri, the Friending meme at allbingo. I also did the first of what will hopefully be a series of tea reviews, as it's national tea month and last year someone specifically asked me to post tea reviews and I never got any of them posted.

As for crafting resolutions, basically, I want to do some serious stash busting. I know that generally refers to yarn related crafts, but I am applying it to all my craft supplies here.
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 10:17 am (UTC)
Sounds like a busy day!

Best of luck stash busting!
Thursday, January 4th, 2024 09:22 pm (UTC)
It was!

Thanks!
Thursday, January 4th, 2024 09:15 pm (UTC)
It was! XD

As far as I am concerned, it does, but people have gotten gatekeepy with the term before. Thanks!
Thursday, January 4th, 2024 09:56 pm (UTC)
Why it's one of my favorite places :)
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 04:18 pm (UTC)
I definitely need to finish a cross stitch I thought would be a Xmas present but proved too ambitious to finish by Xmas. And I am thinking about trying my hand at treasure books/junk journals--more elaborate versions of the collages I do.