Check-In Post March 31st 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: If you were only allowed one craft, which would you pick?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Finished the stitching for my sister's birthday card! The rest of the backstitch outlining took me over two hours, it was very fiddly getting all the details done, but it was worth the effort. Now I just have to turn it into a card.

[syderia]

It's very pretty!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I hope my sister will like it. It's very simple compared to the one I made for her 60th. That one took weeks.

[m_findlow]

It's gorgeous. I'm sure that she will love it.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I hope so =)

[spiralicious]

Wonderful! It's very pretty :D

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I'm very happy with the result.

[wiseheart]

Oh, it's beautiful!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I'm pleased with it.

[wiseheart]

I felt inspired to work a bit on the long overdue baby books today. I've finally finished the fifth pages and made decent progress on the sixth ones. When those are done, too (perhaps tomorrow), I can bind the books... something I don't really like doing, but it must be.

At least I don't have to worry about deadlines - one of the babies had the cheek to arrive a full month earlier than expected, so I'll be late in any case. *g*

[badly_knitted]

That's great, well done!

I hope the baby is doing well.

[wiseheart]

It apparently does - was born with 2.800 g, 51 cm.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent!

[syderia]

Babies tend to get their own ideas that way 😀

[spiralicious]

Well done! Good luck with the binding when you get there.

Hope the baby is well. They do have a tendency to come when they feel like it, don't they.

BNNUY!

[althea_valara]

I finished my bunny boy on time!



This is a screenshot of the character he's based on:



I think I did a good job! Tomorrow I start his clothes. I am going to be really brave and try something new, and SEW his clothes rather than knit or crochet them. His clothing has too much drape to do with yarn. I'll be hand-sewing since my machine needs servicing. Let's hope I figure things out okay, because I've only done very basic clothing in the past!

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[badly_knitted]

Well done with your bunny boy! So cute!

Good luck with the sewing. You can do it!

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[wiseheart]

Oh, he is sooo cute! Good luck with the sewing!

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[syderia]

He's very good looking

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[m_findlow]

Aw! He has such a cheeky little face! :)

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[spiralicious]

Congratulations! He's so cute! Good luck with the clothes.

[syderia]

No rugby today, but I put on "Obama and the National Parks" and did the last three yellow squares and a blue one.
Tomorrow is a bank holiday, so in spite of the driving back home in the late afternoon, I should still find the time to do at least one square.

[wiseheart]

Bank holidays are always helpful when there's crafting to be done.

[badly_knitted]

You've made excellent progress, and sounds like you had something interesting to watch even if it wasn't rugby.

[spiralicious]

Wonderful progress!

[m_findlow]

97 percent finished my latest cross stitch project (mostly because everything else is on hold). Needed a break from my crochet blanket squares as I'm reaching the point where doing the same squares over and over again is getting boring. Adding a few row's now and then to my scarf in between.
With luck should finish the cross stitch today or tomorrow but still have writing to do today which will take time. Sigh. Where did my long weekend go?

[spiralicious]

Excellent work!

Long weekends have this horrible habit of evaporating faster than regular weekends. It's quite rude of them.

[badly_knitted]

Time only flies past when you're doing enjoyable things, unfortunately. =(

Yes, doing the same thing over and over again does get boring. I found that while making meeces. Taking a break to do something else should help. That's great progress on the cross stitch! The scarf will hopefully be finished before it gets too cold where you are.

[spiralicious]

Squeaking this in.

With everything going on, I think it all just hit me at once today. I felt awful and nothing went quite right. I did talk myself into knitting a couple rows on the hat, but that's all I could get done.

Yesterday/Saturday, one of my sisters came down to visit for the day. It was a bit out of the blue as she's still recovering from major surgery and she lives a 9 hour drive away. It was a good visit, I think, but exhausting and no crafting.

I hope everyone who celebrates had a happy Easter.

[badly_knitted]

Hope you enjoyed the surprise visit, and Easter, if you celebrate.

Well done for getting two tows done despite feeling awful. Hope you're feeling better now *hugs* You're under a lot of stress at the moment with Lynne's issues, so try to take it easy and relax as much as you can.