Check-In Post February 20th 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: Which craft that you don't already do would you most like to try?


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]

It's mild for February, meaning my house is hot and I'm not inclined to knit, because that makes me even hotter. So, no crafting again, but I'm thinking about the amigurumi book... Might try to find it and take a look at the patterns sometime soon.

[wiseheart]

Hey, thinking is hard work, too! *g*

[badly_knitted]

My brain has decided it's thought enough for one day.

It's the 9th anniversary of mum's passing, so it's been a tough day anyway. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that I didn't feel like crafting.

[wiseheart]

That is understandable. No matter how many years have passed, a loss is a loss and remains one. *hugs*

[badly_knitted]

So true *hugs back*

[jupiter2932]

Nothing wrong with taking a break :)

[badly_knitted]

Some days are just not good for crafting.

[jupiter2932]

Hope today is better.

[badly_knitted]

I think it should be. 20th Feb is the anniversary of my mum passing, the day after my birthday, so it hits hard. Once I'm past there, it gets easier. I used to love February, but now I endure it.

[jupiter2932]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. Wasn't ideal, but that's how it goes sometimes.

[wiseheart]

Had a day with basically no me-time again. Am deadly tired. Perhaps tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

I just read your LJ post, it really sounded exhausting. Still, good news about your mum!

[wiseheart]

I'm counting my blessings each new day.

[badly_knitted]

May you have many more blessings to count.

[jupiter2932]

It's heating up so my autoimmune issues are flaring up, so my body's just not cooperating for anything crafty today.

[badly_knitted]

Flare-ups of anything are not fun. Rest if you can.

[jupiter2932]

Thanks. Luckily I work from home, so I'm just working from a couch today and taking breaks when I need them.

[badly_knitted]

That's good, you can be as comfortable as possible while still doing your job.

[shaddyr]

I got my hands on a copy of this book.

I am trying to make the Tea Shawl for a friend, but I keep making mistakes and not catching them in time and I've had to frog the damn thing back to row three twice now. Sigh. I will eventually finish it, though it this rate, I could have made two of them if I just stopped making mistakes.

I think I would also like to make the Irish Mist Stole and the Pistachio Parfait Ruana. Except with totally different yarn - I don't care for the suggested yarn at all.

[badly_knitted]

Wow, looks like a great book!

I love that pattern, but it does look quite complicated. Good luck with avoiding mistakes. Once you get to grips with the pattern you'll be fine.

The great thing about most yarn crafting is that if you don't like the suggested yarn, you can usually substitute one you prefer.

[yarnofariadne]

It's half-term, but I have a friend visiting and we've been too busy for me to sit down and knit; he's the recipient of the last infinity scarf I was making, though, so that completed project is now in his hands :D

Which craft that you don't already do would you most like to try? - Crocheting! I've saved a few patterns I'd like to try once I get around to learning crochet.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Another satisfied customer, I hope!

You learned to knit, you can learn crochet too *cheers you on*