Check-In Post - January 6th 2025

[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: If you're making any, what are your crafting resolutions for 2025?


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]

Another day of writing, chores, and not much else. Oh, and my back garden is flooded. Again.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, too bad about the garden!

[yarnofariadne]

I'm so sorry about the garden.

[malurette]

Once centimeter of knitting happened today!
This year I'll finish the scarf for my friend and hopefully do my new jumper and I'm not planning any other project in advance; they'll happen anyway.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Knitting progress!

As long as you know what you'd like to achieve, you can just knit when you feel like it! Good luck with both projects.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Progress is good!

All the best on your resolutions!

[yarnofariadne]

Well done on your progress! I hope your projects this year go well.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Today is celebrated as Sherlock Holmes' birthday so, per my tradition, I made an epiphany tart (jam tart, this year was strawberry and apricot) and did a collage. May the game always be afoot.

[badly_knitted]

The game will ever be afoot, as long as Holmes is remembered.

The collage is very fitting, and the tart looks scrumptious!

[yarnandglue]

I love your collage!

[yarnofariadne]

Lovely!

[wiseheart]

May the game be always afoot indeed! That's a great collage!

[m_findlow]

Lovely collage! And the tart looks yummy too!

[illariy]

Day 3 of 3 days off in a row concludes this evening. It's also the second day in a row of no letter writing. Oh well, I knew right from the start that my goal of getting my reply pile to 0 during Christmas holidays off from uni would be very ambitious so it is not surprising that it has failed. Who knows when I may next get to write a letter as exam prep season has officially started and that is usually when I fall very behind on letter writing. Now at the start of it, I am already behind, even "past my comfort zone behind". It does help that all my remaining penpals are very understanding about delays, hehe. Any goal setting in this area would be counterproductive so I am just going to leave it up to chance when my next letter writing session will be. XD

[badly_knitted]

Studying for exams has to take precedence over the fun things in life. It's good that your penpals are understanding. Hopefully you'll be able to do an occasional bit of letter writing to give your brain a break from studying. At least you got a bit of letter writing done on your time off, even if it was less than you'd hoped.

Good luck with your exams!

[yarnofariadne]

Best of luck on your exams!

[wiseheart]

Small step it is. No need to put any undue pressure on yourself.

[yarnofariadne]

88 rows done on the blanket!

[badly_knitted]

Woohooo! It's coming along well!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Well done!

[wiseheart]

I had an unpleasant day (dealing with authorities always is), so not much time remained for good things. The only thing I did for fun was to stuff both doll bodies, so that I'd be able to fit the clothes next.

BTW, I'm considering to relearn knitting by making cardigans for the dolls. With such small pieces it is less frustrating when I have to undo them. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Well done for getting the stuffing done despite your other frustrations.

That sounds like an excellent idea!

[aschooloffish]

Hi, I'm new here!

I'm trying to get back into knitting, which was my gateway craft hobby but which I abandoned years ago for being too complicated. I want to knit socks, so I'm re-teaching myself the basics of circular knitting with a pair of hand warmers. I'm still early on in my first one, but I'm getting back into the swing of it - no longer cursing myself with every stitch :)

[badly_knitted]

Hello and welcome!

Good luck with the hand warmers, and your future socks - there are several sock knitters dropping in here from time to time.

Knitting can be difficult to start with, but the more you knit, the easier it becomes. I'm sure you'll soon be back in the swing and wondering why you ever stopped.

[fred_mouse]

I measured the dog blanket against the dog, and added a couple of rows. I think it will need quite a bit more, as the dog is not small (labrador) but I'm going to keep going until the end of January and then call it done (or until the scrap yarn runs out, whichever happens first)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I measured the dog blanket against the dog, and added a couple of rows.

This is an awesome sentence. Well done!

[althea_valara]

I can't remember what I've posted here, but: I've started the cardi with a 3.25mm "D" hook, even though the pattern calls for 3.0mm. The designer must be an even looser crocheter than I am. Pattern gauge is 15 stitches per 4"/10cm. I'm getting more like 16-17 stitches in 4". But I dare not go up a hook size because it's already quite loose, so I am making a bigger size than I had planned to compensate. I'm on the 4th row I think? Not much of a start, but it IS a start.

Also started untangling yarn for the Central Park Hoodie, which I'm in the mood to work on. But the yarn is a mess because that's the one I was doing intarsia on, and wasn't managing my yarn well. Oops. I have plans to rig something up for the next attempt at it.

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with the cardi, I hope going up a size works out for you. It sounds like it should.

I love untangling yarn, it's so satisfying! Less fun when I'm in the middle of making something and can't continue though. Hope it untangles easily for you.