Check-In Post - September 11th 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 piece of advice would you give someone interested in trying your favourite craft?


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

[badly_knitted]

Managed to move a few more bags of coal into the shed when it stopped raining for a bit. The rest of the afternoon, I worked on my cross stitch, finishing the backstitch on two of the roses, and most of the leaves. I also found I'd missed four stitches in one shade of green, but that's been corrected. Just got backstitch to do on a couple more leaves and the final rosebud. Don't know whether I'll get that done tomorrow or not, it'll depend a lot on the weather, but it's ALMOST done. The first of the rose designs took me 3 days, this one has already taken more than 2 weeks.

[wiseheart]

Some designs just refuse to cooperate. But you force them to their (hypothetical) knees anyway!

[badly_knitted]

It's more a case of me being occupied with other things, plus days getting shorter so I can't stitch in the evenings. I've lost my rhythm because I'm not stitching regularly, or even daily. Might not get many more designs stitched before spring brings longer days again.

Thread choices matter!

[wiseheart]

Compare these two cards, both the same motif, both hand-made by me. The one on the left was made years ago, the one on the right was finished today.



Do you notice how much better the older one is, just because I used thin thread for all the parts? That has taught me not to experiment with thick thread in paper embroidery, just because I believe the pattern would be more visible. *grrrr!*

Anyway, otherwise it was a fairly quiet day, just the kind I like. I made another tree gnome, prepared the next embroidered card (a fairly simple snowman), cooked lunch and wrote an acceptable chunk. If I can keep up this speed, the story will be finished before the next picowrimo session starts. *fingers crossed*

Apologies to those who've already read this on my LJ, I just didn't know how to shorten an already short entry even more. *ducks*

Re: Thread choices matter!

[badly_knitted]

They're both pretty, but I can see what you mean about finer thread giving a more even finish.

Yay for writing!

Re: Thread choices matter!

[wiseheart]

I can see what you mean about finer thread giving a more even finish.

Especially with the face!

Re: Thread choices matter!

[badly_knitted]

Yes indeed!