Check-In Post - December 22nd 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?


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]

Knitted some more ion the second red arm warmer.


Also cut two sheets of white card into 6 squares, in preparation for putting them through the cuttlebug. The card is on the this side, but hopefully it will still be good enough for making the card toppers.

[wiseheart]

Good luck!

[althea_valara]

Did a cuff on a mini-stocking.

So earlier in the year, I made some petals for mom's poinsettia but used much thinner wire, so they are floppy. Today I took the two biggest petals and surface crocheted the thicker wire on the back. That took about 45 minutes to do both, but was faster than making the petals from scratch AND saves me some materials.

Finished crocheting a wall hanging. I need to do the finishing work which will take a while, but at least the actual crochet part is done.

Tried to progress on a matching pillow for nephew's graduation blanket. I haven't worked on it in months, and it didn't go well when I tried to crochet on it more (it's a C2C) so I gave up and started weaving in ends so I could at least SEE what I'm doing/get rid of some of the tangles. There's a LOT of ends.

Posted to discord:

* Doable if I work hard: 3 more mini-stockings, mom's poinsettia, finishing work on the wall hanging
* Want to also finish: a fourth mini-stocking, nephew's pillow
* Pipe dream: two more wall hangings

TBH, I feel like I dragged today. But really, I did pretty well considering all morning was spent at the gym/lunch/doing some grocery shopping for mom.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I just need to find time to do the cutting...

[badly_knitted]

You did get a tremendous amount done! I think some days we get into a mood where no matter what we achieve, we're still not happy. I know I get that way at times, especially in winter.

Good luck with your goals!