Check-In Post - December 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: What's on your holiday wish list this year?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

No crafting again today, but I finished wrapping presents for the neighbours and all but one house has been delivered to. They weren't at home when I went. I'll try again tomorrow.

[sister_raphael]

I had some circlet making supplies arrive this week, two types of gold flowers and some garnets so I need to get organised and put some together!

[althea_valara]

Alternating "clean ALL the things?" with crafting. I did another petal for mom's poinsettia, and finished the lace cuff on a third stocking. Plus my room is starting to recover from being the Pit of Despair.

Part of the cleaning is trying new organizing tools. I'm undiagnosed but strongly suspect I'm ADHD (inattentive) for many reasons, including the fact that I tend to literally drop things when I'm done with them. That leads to a bunch of yarn projects right underneath my computer chair, and that is no bueno. I'm constantly having to untangle or throw out good yarn, and keeping track of my hooks is a lost cause.

So over the past few days, I've bought some things that I hope will help. I repurposed the top drawer of my nightstand (which is between my desk and bed, so easy to reach from both) from being a general disorganized "catch all" drawer to having drawer organizers. The organizers were from the dollar store, and they left just enough room for the cardboard box that I use to store my hooks/DPNs. NICE! The organizers themselves are holding pens and scissors.

I also bought a good-sized plastic basket for next to my desk, so when I drop things, I can drop them in the basket and hopefully keep the floor near the desk tidy. It's already holding several in-progress projects.

As for Christmas crafting: my spreadsheet is starting to look scary. I think I'll be able to finish mom's poinsettia and the kidlets' stockings on time, but I really wanted to do some wall hangings too and I just don't see having the time to do so. We'll see how the next few days go.

[jasleh]

now that I've finished up my gift cross stitches, I've returned to my Forever Project cross stitch while avoiding eye contact with the double knit scarf I have on needles *cough* which is... honestly an awful pattern that I bought before I knew better but am too stubborn to give up on lol. someone just... charted a jpeg photo and called it good. it has way too many colors

but! I must admit that it's nice to return to... I think this is 18-count canvas after doing 3 projects on 20-count

as this isn't a gift I need to be careful about posting, here's the last progress pic I took of it: https://i.gyazo.com/b12c64ffa65ec0bd6fe1429e1edabad6.jpg

six colors done, seventh in progress, and... I don't even know how many to go, I'm afraid to count them lol

I'll finish it someday

[readera]

I finished mending my oven mitt today. Yesterday I made a patch out of denim scraps. Today I sewed it onto the oven mitt. I'm fairly happy with how it came out.