Check-In Post April 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: We all make mistakes - what's your most memorable crafting disaster?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

The flower is progressing. 3 shades of pink done, 2 more to go, but there's not much of either so that part shouldn't take very long. Just under halfway through the design, I think.

[wiseheart]

Sounds promising. :)

[badly_knitted]

Will still take a few days to finish it, at least 4 I think, but it's coming along.

[jupiter2932]

Sounds great! :D

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! It looks really pretty.

[spiralicious]

You are just zipping along!

[badly_knitted]

I'm giving myself plenty of stitching time in the afternoons =)

[spiralicious]

:)

[wiseheart]

I've managed to complete Page #1 of Ilonka's baby book. I'm really proud of this one.



The front of the page with the flaps closed:



The same with the flap opened:



And the fully opened page:




The next page will be of a really simple design I've done before... just to give my martyred brain a break. *g*

[badly_knitted]

That looks wonderful!

[wiseheart]

Thank you. I'm very happy with the way it's turned out. For a while I doubted I'd be able to put something together that actually works.

[badly_knitted]

Never doubt yourself. Sometimes it just takes a bit of thought to figure out the best approach.

[jupiter2932]

That is lovely :D

[wiseheart]

Thank you! :)

[spiralicious]

It looks so nice!

[wiseheart]

For a change, I'm well content with the outcome. ;)

[spiralicious]

:D

[jupiter2932]

Sitting down to make a birthday card for a friend's nephew. Not sure what I'm going to do, but I've got glitter glue and googly eyes, so it should be fun :D

[spiralicious]

Have fun :D

[jupiter2932]

Oh, I really did xD thanks!

[spiralicious]

Wonderful!

[badly_knitted]

Whatever you do, as long as there's glitter and googly eyes he'll love it!

[jupiter2932]

I think he did! I'm a horrific artist, so I ended up using a cookie cutter to outline a dinosaur and went wild with the coloring/glitter :D

[badly_knitted]

Sounds perfect!

I can't draw to save my life, but as you know, there are ways to get around that. All it takes is improvisation.

[wiseheart]

Googly eyes always lead to fun results. :)

[jupiter2932]

They do! Ended up making a glittery brontosaurus :D

[badly_knitted]

So fun!

[wiseheart]

Sounds like fun! I use cookie cutters for my felt ornaments, especially the Christmassy ones - they work like a charm.

[liminaltime]

My current knitting projects are going along slowly, row by row. I've been sick.

My most memorable crafting disaster: when I was making polymer clay beads and I set the oven temperature too high. Then I wondered what that funky smell was, why something was smoking in the house. The beads were bloated and burnt to an ugly dark color, and they smelled horrible. I started crying. We buried them in the yard, not sure what else to do.

[spiralicious]

Hope you feel better soon.

[liminaltime]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Hope you're feeling better! And slow progress is still progress.

Ugh, I can only imagine the smell of overcooked polymer clay beads! Giving them a decent burial was probably the only thing you could do.

[liminaltime]

Thank you! And yes, it was a very strange smell. They were bubbling, too.

[badly_knitted]

Yikes! That would be a bit scary!

[spiralicious]

Knitted on the hat while watching movies for stitch-n-scream. I did the day 3 movie, Poltergeist, then after a dinner break, I did the day 1 movie,Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I considered doing the day 2 movie as well to be caught up, but I decided that might be too much knitting for one day and the pattern hit a very frustrating part near the end of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark/I>.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for knitting and scary movies! Probably a good idea to quit after the second movie though, especially if the knitting was starting to get a bit tricky. Maybe you can get caught up today.

[spiralicious]

It an excellent combination :D

I am trying to learn when to stop knitting for the day, lol. I will catch up eventually. Most of the movies are still in transit from their home libraries as well.

[badly_knitted]

There's no rush to watch them then.

[spiralicious]

Nope, but I wish they would get here soon.

[wiseheart]

No need to overdo things, especially when you are frustrated with the pattern. You'll catch up with the program eventually.

[spiralicious]

*nods in agreement*

[m_findlow]

I started putting tassels on one end of my not quite finished scarf. It was a good idea as I then knew how many I had to cut and how much wool it needed so that I don't knit more scarf than I have wool left.


It took much more than expected so lucky I didn't just wing it. I've got all the pieces cut for the other end when it's done but my fingers are sore from knotting all the ends so that they don't unravel over time. Sixty eight tiny tight little knots! Poor fingers!

[badly_knitted]

It looks great, so it's worth the effort and the sore fingers, but yes, tying tight knows in wool hurts. I learned that doing the meece tails. Ended up resorting to my jewellery pliers to take some of the strain when pulling the knots tight.

[m_findlow]

Thank you. Hopefully I'll finish it today or tomorrow. I stayed up late last night to knit what was left and cast it off so I'm excited that one of my projects is nearly complete. First time tackling tassels so I'm happy with how they turned out, after a bit of research on how to go about them (first time knitting a scarf, so it's all learning as I go). Just in time, too as the weather has turned quickly back to cold mornings.

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations on your almost completed scarf! It looks very cosy so it should serve you well though your winter. I'd say your inaugural scarf is a resounding success!

[wiseheart]

Give your poor fingers a break. They deserve it.

[m_findlow]

Thank you. Yes, my left index finger bore the brunt and is the one most worst for wear this morning! It'll be worth it. :)