Check-In Post April 24th 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

[m_findlow]

Completed not one, but two projects!

First, the chunky scarf. It took two goes to put on the other end of tassels. The first time I had too many and it made the end of the scarf fan out (more so than it already did because of casting off row) so I undid them all and re-spaced them with slightly less. Looks better now and quite happy with it overall.



Second was finally getting to the framers earlier this week to get a coloured matt board picked out for my cross stitch and getting it cut to size.
I spent this morning stretching it properly with backing card (which I've cheated and not done in the past, but this one is much larger and at risk of shifting in the frame) and stitching it all tightly in place which took two hours, then fitting it snugly in the frame.
All that's needed now is to put a second hook in the wall to hang it, as it needs two hooks and the ones that were already there are spaced too far apart, so one has to be removed and another put in closer to the original. A lot of work but very worth it. The first time I've picked out a design specifically for a room and a certain colour scheme.
It's bigger than it looks in the photo, 55 x 75cm, which makes it look like a decent piece of wall art.

[badly_knitted]

The scarf looks super snuggly, should keep you lovely and warm, and your picture is huge! That must have taken a lot of work, but it's obviously been worth all the effort you've put into it. Well done!

[m_findlow]

Thank you! I think it was about a year to stitch it, but it was a printed cloth so that sped things along as I wasn't having to refer the pattern all the time. I could just pick it up and do an hour or two each night without too much brainpower. :)

[badly_knitted]

I'm so impressed that you can do that. I've never been able to get along with printed designs, my brain just can't seem to connect the threads to the picture without a clear colour key. =/

[m_findlow]

Oh, don't worry. I have the key printed, cut and pasted above each thread on the sorter so when I'm looking for red triangle, it's right there above the skein on the card. :)

[wiseheart]

That was a clever solution. The picture is beautiful, and the scarf looks so inviting! You've done a great job with both.

[badly_knitted]

Ah, I misunderstood, I thought it was the picture printed on the fabric and you had to select the colours like with tapestries, but it sounds like the chart itself is printed on the fabric, with all the symbols. That would be a lot easier.

[spiralicious]

Excellent work! The scarf looks so cozy.

[m_findlow]

Thank you! The weather has definitely started to turn so it shouldn't be long before it gets used! Just in time, really.

[spiralicious]

Wonderful!