Check-In Post May 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: What's the most complicated project you've ever tackled?


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

[yarnofariadne]

Two more rows on the beach cover-up!

[wiseheart]

Go you!

[badly_knitted]

WooHoo! Yay! Well done!

[badly_knitted]

I finished fairy number 3, but out of the 32 French knots there were supposed to be, I only did 11. There were supposed to be French knots for the eyes of the bluebirds, but for some reason I couldn't get them to work so I just made a few tiny stitches in black. The other French knots, in bright yellow, went fine, but because the g-flowers are so small, there was no point doing more than I did. It looks fine.


And now it's on to the next project, back to Anchor threads (including the one I'm still missing, so I really need to get that). I spent quite a while getting all the threads together, but I've made a start. The exciting thing is, this set of designs (pressed flowers) were created to be stitched on rustico fabric, which is what I'm using. Such fun to stitch on a different colour. Everything recently has been stitched on white. The flowers have a faint shadow behind them which is tricky to stitch as it's done in a shade of beige that almost matches the lightest parts of the fabric. It's a bit like stitching with white thread on white aida.

[wiseheart]

Sounds like a true challenge, but I'm sure you'll manage just fine. :)

[badly_knitted]

I've started and I'm enjoying it =)

[darkcedars]

32 is far too many French knots for any project XD

The next one sounds neat too.

[badly_knitted]

Really WAY too many for something that only measures 3 x 4.25 inches!

They're really neat. The fist one had two pansies and two daisies, all purple and yellow.

[yarnofariadne]

It sounds like a fun challenge!

[badly_knitted]

I was enjoying it so much I was still stitching at 5.20, lol! I was supposed to stop no later than 5.

[wiseheart]

Finally, some actual crafting! Behold the new page of the baby book that I've finished today. Six pages down, three more to go, and then the binding. Wish me luck! The baby is due around the end of August, but I don't want to leave things to the last second.



The long, narrow tag says on the back: "Welcome home, Little Princess!" *g*

[badly_knitted]

Beautiful!

[wiseheart]

Thank you. I'm going for simplicity in these days, for the reason that I'm severely lacking any ideas. And the things I find on YouTube don't appeal to me. No idea why.

[badly_knitted]

Sometimes simple is best.

[darkcedars]

Hooray for some craft time!

[wiseheart]

It was long overdue. ;)

[yarnofariadne]

Very cute!

[wiseheart]

Thank you very much!

[althea_valara]

Monthly crafting update, with a picture of the finish blanket here: https://althea-valara.dreamwidth.org/1192178.html

TL;DR: I kicked total butt this month, crafting on 29 days out of 31, for a whopping 68 hours. WOW!

[badly_knitted]

That is a huge amount of crafting! Your hands must be worn out.

[wiseheart]

Holy cow, that is a lot!