Check-In Post - December 26th 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, but HAPPY HOLIDAYS!


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]

Coloured in a few more toppers, but it's losing its appeal. The first few were fun, but there are only so many colours that can be used for the various parts of each picture. They're also very small, anywhere between 2.5 and 3 inches across, which makes the colouring fiddly. Still, I've coloured 7 out of the 12 I photographed.


Also knitted 10 rows on an arm warmer while watching strong men lift ridiculous weights =D

[darkcedars]

I could see losing interest given the colors. Are you planning to finish them?

Snickered at the second part.

[wiseheart]

I can understand why it's losing its appeal. Small, repetitive tasks tend to do that. Still, you've made good progress, and you can always take a break and do something else.

[darkcedars]

I've started on the sides of the basket. It will be wide blocks of color, I've started with a dark teal.

The amaryllis I ordered arrived just now and I potted it up.

[wiseheart]

That basket sounds like something with a nice colour scheme.

[badly_knitted]

Sark teal is a lovely colour! Good luck with the basket sides.

[sister_raphael]

That sounds great!

[jasleh]

home from spending christmas eve and christmas with my parents \o/ got a big pile of yarn for christmas that I've already started turning into a blanket lol - 10 rows in, it's going faster than I'd expected. looking like it's gonna be lap blanket sized more or less

hedgelog plushy is nearing completion, just have some final assembly to do, but it's gonna be tricky

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, sounds like you did well for Christmas! The blanket sounds like it's progressing nicely.

Good luck with the hedgehog assembly!

[darkcedars]

Oh nice, what are the colors?

[sister_raphael]

Looking forward to Hedgehog Plushy! :) Sounds really cute!

[wiseheart]

I'm slowly easing my way back to crafting. Today I've made the pattern for the rag doll. I could have downloaded it for free, but only if I had joined some obscure website. I decided against it. Perhaps I'm paranoid, but I don't like to download things I know nothing about onto my PC. Besides, the pattern is not that complicated. I draw it on checkered paper with the help of a ruler; and free-hand where the bent lines came. I've put together the paper parts, and the result looks promising. I hope it will work with the felt as well.

I've also selected the felts I intend to use, so I'm well prepared for the time when I'll actually start with the whole thing.

[badly_knitted]

There's little point in joining a website you might never use again. Plus they all use cookies, and you can do without getting more of those on your computer. I try to clear them off mine every week or so.

Hope the pattern works well with the materials you're using!

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I finished my last batch of cat beds for 2024. I'm going to work on other things until 2025.
You can see the last set of beds here:
http://www.mystery.com/lj/mrs_sweetpeach/just4fun/2024/Cat_Beds_20241225.jpg

[matsushima]

The cat beds look very cozy!

[badly_knitted]

They look comfy for cats! You've made A LOT!

[wiseheart]

Wow, that's a lot of cat beds - and they look lovely, too.

[sister_raphael]

They're really nice!

[matsushima]

I haven't done much/any crafting lately but I got my biannual nerve block injection yesterday and now my dominant hand doesn't hurt nearly as bad, so I should be able to do more crochet!

[badly_knitted]

Yay! I hope you can enjoy doing your crochet with much less pain!

[sister_raphael]

Glad you're getting some relief!

baby blanket in progress

[yarnandglue]

I posted about the baby blanket I've been working on!

https://yarnandglue.dreamwidth.org/919.html

Re: baby blanket in progress

[badly_knitted]

That's a very cool story, and a great use for vintage baby yarn. The pattern looks cosy. Hopefully baby and parents will appreciate your gift.

Re: baby blanket in progress

[mrs_sweetpeach]

That's a pretty stitch! And a great use of vintage yarn.

[sister_raphael]

Very Late to the Party here, but I hope you all had a nice Xmas and Boxing days! It looks like you all spent the day well.

[badly_knitted]

I had an okay day. Hope you enjoyed your own festivities!