Check-In Post January 28th 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: Looking back at last year, which of your completed projects (or WiPs) were you most pleased with?


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]

Well done with the knitting, and the fold over flap for the cushion cover sounds like a great idea!

All crafts are welcome here!

What my mum used to do to keep us kids from losing gloves or mittens was to attach them to the ends of a length of elastic, thread the elastic through the coat sleeves and then even if you take the mittens off, you can't drop them.

Good luck with making bigger mittens!

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :)
Mum did the same when me and my sister were little, elastic through the coat sleeves, but apparently the school doesn't allow it because everything is a choking hazard now (he's 6!). I've seen high-end coats that come with gloves/mittens on a short cord that's hidden just inside the cuff "for safety" but that's a much bigger and more expensive option!

[badly_knitted]

Maybe attach them somehow with a button? It's sad how so many practical solutions are now seen as dangerous. Guess you might have to just make a lot of mittens! Make every one a different colour so there aren't any pairs, that way losing one won't matter, lol!