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

[badly_knitted]

Finished the last of my tropical flowers! I still have to upload pictures onto my computer and re-size them, but they will be coming soon. Actually, it will be one pic of all three tropical flowers and a pic of my sister's birthday card.


And I'm onto my next project! I have a set of four floral designs inspired by Delft tiles. I already had the fabric cut out for them and they're relatively small, so I've started the first one. I'm working on 16hpi fabric with two strands of thread, which makes it a bit more challenging. For some reason, the first design in the set has a border that's not symmetrical, and the central flower design off-centre, so I re-charted the border to make it symmetrical so the flower (hyacinth in this one) will sit neatly in the centre. All the other designs have symmetrical borders, but it looks like they got sloppy with the first one. Anyway, I've stitched the four corners, rest of the border still to do.

[althea_valara]

Go you! And oooh, the new project sounds lovely.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I'm hoping they'll look good once they're done.

[wiseheart]

Oh, Delft tiles are so beautiful - but the pattern promises to be a real challenge.

[badly_knitted]

Not really, I charted out the changes on graph paper and it's pretty straight forward. With the corners completed the rest of the border won't be a problem. Each of the designs has a different border, which adds to the fun.

[darkcedars]

Sounds great, I'll hope to poke my nose in for pictures soon.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! Hoping to get the pictures sorted for tomorrow or the day after.

[m_findlow]

You're on a roll! Can't wait to see pictures.

[badly_knitted]

And I plan to keep rolling *grins*

Thank you! Hoping to get them sorted in the next couple of days.

[spiralicious]

Congratulations!

Have fun with the new set!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I'll do my best to!