Check-In Post March 24th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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.


Today's Question: No question today.


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

[smallhobbit]

My sunflower is completed and ready to take when I visit my mother tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! I'm sure it will make her smile!

[smallhobbit]

I gave it to one of the carers when I went to visit, so hopefully they'll give it to her on her birthday.

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure they will.

[rellephant]

Hooray! I can't remember--have you posted any pics of it yet?

[smallhobbit]

No, I'll be doing a post on my own blog in the next few days and will add a link.

[rellephant]

RIGHT i knew someone here was doing a photo roundup but I could not for the life of me remember who!

[smallhobbit]

In fact, I'm going to do a full post here as well, so you will get to see what's been occupying me this month.

[badly_knitted]

A meagre 4 rows on the arm warmers. Couldn't spare time for more.

I've having a frustrating evening trying to research canon for a Babylon 5 fic and my DVD player kept spitting the disc out before telling me NO DISC *sigh* I did get it to load eventually, but there are times I feel like throwing my TV out the window.

[rellephant]

started the daunting process of turning my kitchen over for Passover--made it about halfway, and we'll wrap up the rest after work today! It's about to be a big ol' cooking fest once the kitchen's ready for passover. I'm hoping to get some crochet time in sometime in the next couple days--I'm apparently on a crochet rug-making kick and I've got another one in progress and another one in the planning stages.

(am i working my way up to finally being able to Finish A Blanket? MAYBE)

[smallhobbit]

Good luck with doing some crochet in between preparation and cooking.

[rellephant]

thank you! i'll need it :)

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like a HUGE task!

Excuse my ignorance, but is there a traditional meal made for passover?

Good luck with your rugs, and your possible blanket!

[rellephant]

there sure is! sort of. passover starts with a Seder (which translates to Order) that's got fourteen parts, one of which (part 10) is The Festive Meal. There are specific foods to the seder itself (more information about the seder itself here!), and the festive meal is a free for all! There are dishes that are common or customary based on ethnic group (e.g., you're almost guaranteed to find gefilte fish at an Ashkenazi seder but not at a Sefardi seder) but there's nothing mandatory about the meal contents itself.

fun passover fact: the halachic (jewish legal) definition of dessert at a seder is half a specific piece of matzah (called the Afikomen), the seder cannot halachically be concluded without the afikomen, and accordingly there is a long and storied tradition of The Afikomen Being Stolen And Ransomed For Prizes By The Youth Of The House

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like some fun traditions there, and quite a feast. Hard work for whoever is doing the cooking though. I hope you'll have help with the dishes afterwards!