Check-In Post August 25th 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 is your most essential piece of crafting equipment?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

More shifting bags of coal into the shed, which isn't doing my hands much good, or the rest of me for that matter. Only worked on that for a little over an hour though, because it started to rain again, sending me scurrying indoors to do chores.


| did get a bit of cross stitching done this evening though, and finished stitching the leaves across the bottom of the design. There are more leaves further up, but they will have to wait until I've stitched the first flower.

[syderia]

The baby blanket was gifted to the baby's parents today, on the occasion of the baby's baptism.
Baby was actually born at the end of May, and what actually happened was that after my successful assembly test, I decided to add a white border to all 56 squares before assembling, so it would be prettier. And after taking that decision, I stopped until last Sunday, when the urgency came upon me and my best friend had to lend a hand.
The blanket was finished at 2:30am on Friday, promptly put in the washing machine programmed to end at 8, where I pinned it on the blocking foam and it took between 16 and 24 hours to dry. At 8am on Saturday, it was dry, ready to be wrapped in Kraft paper and taken on a train.
Next time, I'll try not to freeze in the middle, I'm not as capable of working a whole day on 5 hours of sleep.

[syderia]

What kind of design are you stitching?

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations on finishing the blanket and getting it to the recipient! I hope parents and baby liked it.

That was a bit of a rush at the end though, especially having to stay up so late to get it finished. Well done, and I hope you've managed to catch up on sleep now!

[badly_knitted]

It's the fifth in a set of six rose designs. They're really pretty. This one has three roses, two that are mostly open and the third just beginning to open. All I've done so far are leaves though.

[yarnofariadne]

5 more rows on the baby blanket - 37/119 complete!

[yarnofariadne]

Moving the coal must be hard work. Well done on the cross stitch, too!

[yarnofariadne]

Congrats on finishing it!

[wiseheart]

I've finished stitching Card #26 (Mary with the candle) and applied the finished work to a double card. I wasn't happy with the colour of the latter, so I added some sequins; I hope it didn't end up as total kitsch.

[wiseheart]

Congratulations, you are making impressive progress!

[wiseheart]

Good job, even if it was a bit stressful.

[wiseheart]

Ga, poor you, working so hard! But extra brownie points for managing a bit of cross stitch done.

[sister_raphael]

Sounds pretty!

[sister_raphael]

You got it finished in time though, so well done! Are there photos?

[sister_raphael]

Woohoo! 5 less to do!

[sister_raphael]

Xmas embraces shiny things so I'm sure the sequins fit well!

[sister_raphael]

My friend is casting a 14th century brooch from my collection and though it's just in wax form, it's so lovely! Spent time yesterday via text looking at it and talking production. So excited.

[badly_knitted]

Five! Wow! You're doing great! A third of the way there...

[badly_knitted]

It's very heave, and I'm not a strong person, so yeah, it's hard.

Thanks!

[badly_knitted]

Well done for finishing another card! Looking forward to seeing a picture at some point!

[badly_knitted]

It was a relief to relax with the cross stitch. I felt like I deserved it!

[badly_knitted]

They all are! There are three square ones with a single large rose, and three rectangular ones with open flowers and buds.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh! I hope there will be photos at some point!

[yarnofariadne]

Well done for finishing!

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh that sounds very cool!

[syderia]

Thanks!

[syderia]

Thanks!