Check-In Post - November 17th 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: No question this week.


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]

And to make up for yesterday, today I added 40 rows to the second arm warmer! Only 20 rows left on this one.

[illariy]

Wohooo, lots of knitting today! Not much left on this arm warmer. Congratulations on a productive knitting Sunday. I am curious: how many arm warmers are you planning to knit after this one? Do you just have an endless stash of arm warmer yarn, hehe? :D

[yarnofariadne]

Wow, amazing!

[darkcedars]

I can't even check in often enough to know how many sets you've made this year already, but I feel like they are piling up!

[althea_valara]

40 rows is a lot, well done!

[sister_raphael]

wow! That sounds like a lot!

[spiralicious]

Great progress! You are just speeding through!

[yarnofariadne]

Up to 28 rows on the blanket done! Wanted to make it an even 30 but didn't manage it today.

[darkcedars]

Still good!

[badly_knitted]

Well done! Maybe you'll get to 30 tomorrow.

[sister_raphael]

still a lot of progress!

[spiralicious]

You are doing great :)

[darkcedars]

The weather has been weird all day (super dark, acts like will rain buckets any second). So I have stayed inside and am making progress on crafting:
1. Wove in ends on all the dishcloths I've made recently.
2. Felted the trivet in the basement old style washing machine.
3. Up to round 5 of 11 on this small doily.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent crafting progress! Dreary wet days are ideal for staying indoors and crafting. It's rained here today, but I was writing and didn't even notice until I got up to do chores.

[sister_raphael]

Lots of things done! :)

[spiralicious]

Well done :)

[althea_valara]

FOLKS FOLKS FOLKS!! I have just now finished the body of nephew's graduation blanket! It just needs four rounds of single crochet for the border and I am DONE!! I'm hoping to get this done ASAP, because I want to show it off at Stitch Club this week and it really needs a bath before I do so.

I did a bunch of pattern searching the past few days. The first session of my knitting class has ended. The new knitters didn't make too much progress in class but they continuously thanked me for my patience, and seemed to enjoy the classes regardless. The class was advertised for all skill levels, so there was one participant who already knew how to knit, but I still managed to teach her a few things! She signed up for the second session, too, so I've been looking for small projects that might allow me to teach her more, like how to use DPNs, how to do short rows, how to turn a sock heel, etc. I found a few free patterns that look promising! I need to find some time to bang them out, though... class starts this week. These are the patterns I have picked out:

* Christmas Cherub (in progress already)
* Pumpkin Spice cup cozy (cast on but otherwise not started)
* Lace Stocking gift card holder

In other news: the crocheted Christmas stockings have been steadily moving along, but have been slow going. I was despairing of getting them done before Christmas, which was causing me some anxiety. Thankfully, my patron is VERY understanding, plus a good friend volunteered to help out! The plan is to get two done by December 1st-ish, and the other three... sometime, we're not sure yet. Also, I have learned my lesson and NO COMMISSIONS ever again, I'm not disciplined enough for them plus they just aren't fun.

[badly_knitted]

YAY! Congratulations, and good luck with finishing it!

Those are cute patterns, I especially like the little cherub.

Also, well done on making progress with the stockings. That's the trouble with commissions, they are often not enjoyable to work on as well as being time consuming. I got volunteered into knitting a cardigan for my uncle once. Grey 4ply yarn and a large size, such a tedious project and I didn't even get paid for my time.

[darkcedars]

Congrats on the blanket and your class. Best wishes for the stockings getting done.

[sister_raphael]

You're doing so well! Congratulations!

[wiseheart]

Congratulations!

[spiralicious]

Congratulations!!

[fred_mouse]

Some progress on the two crochet projects while chatting. I still don't feel like I'm making 'enough' progress, but eh, there is stuff going on.

[badly_knitted]

Try not to be so hard on yourself! You're making progress, which is great, even if it isn't as much as you'd like.

[sister_raphael]

Woefully behind with everything, due to the post knee surgery which was doing well until a chair collapsed from under me and re-hurt me knee (back to the dr tomorrow). The green buttonholes are still not done, but the editor wrangling with the new book is happening. She changed the title and I don't like it now, but I'll whine about that on my own page :) I have a ton of website upgrades to do as well, which is sort of crafting if you really think about it.

[badly_knitted]

Ow! I hope the fall hasn't set back your recovery!

Everything else will get done when it gets done. Don't stress over it.

Sucks that your editor changed your book title =(

Journal user name change!

[sister_raphael]

Hi everyone. I've had a journal name change for continuity reasons with websites and instagram etc, so I WAS sister_raphael, but it's NOW rosaliesmedievalwoman. Pretty annoyed that the name is too long for the square picture icon frame, but I can't do anything about that. Sigh.

Re: Journal user name change!

[badly_knitted]

I will get your tag here changed =D