Check-In Post January 4th 2024

[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.


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


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

[althea_valara]

Stitch Club today! I brought my Rebel Ripple, but didn't get much done on it because I made the mistake of pulling from the center of the skein, and this skein did NOT want me to do that. So I had a tangled mess, which two of the club denizens were kind enough to untangle for me. I did manage to finish the row I was on and start another row, but not much work. At least it's untangled now, though!

The lady who's commissioning me to do Christmas stockings stopped in. She wants FIVE stockings. I'm glad she's in no hurry and seems to be appreciative of the time it will take. She also approved my color choices even though they weren't that close matches - her original stockings are pretty vintage by now so the yarn is probably discontinued. I have promised her weekly updates, and plan on buying the yarn and getting started on Saturday. I aim to work on them a half hour a day, which should finish one in... hmm, 15 days or so? We'll see. Anyway, she gave me the deposit I asked for upfront, and will reimburse me for the yarn, too, so this is actually happening! Wish me strength and determination, I will need it.

[badly_knitted]

Untangling can be a pain, I'm glad you had willing assistants! Kudos for getting a bit of work done on the blanket.

Wishing you plenty of whatever you need to get the stockings done! Great that you're getting paid for your hard work