Check-In Post - February 9th 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: Have you ever made a Valentine gift or card?


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]

I managed another 4 rows late last night to complete the fifth pattern repeat, then I was examining what I've knitted so far, making sure all my cables were going in the right direction, I found a dropped stitch in one of the honeycomb pattern panels, all the way back at the start of the second pattern repeat, or the end of the first one, it's hard to tell. No way am I undoing all that work though, I caught it with a safety pin and pinned it in place, I'll have to get in there once I have an odd scrap of yarn at the end of a ball (still on the first ball) and do some stitching on the reverse side to secure it and close the small hole, which is what drew my attention to it. It shouldn't show once it's fixed, it's only a couple of inches at most from the bottom on the back, but I'm annoyed.


Still, I've managed another pattern repeat today, and I might see if I can do a bit more while Dancing on Ice is on, or later, when it's the Super Bowl... I usually watch the first half at least, I shall see.

[wiseheart]

My last elephant... for a while anyway. So, behold Lola:



Mum voted for the red flower eyes, and she was right: they look good. In exchange, the back of poor Lola is a bit... well, wavy, no idea why, but I think she's cute nonetheless.

[nagi_schwarz]

Puzzle purse all done! https://www.instagram.com/p/DF2md8LxbRq/?img_index=4&igsh=MTlxOXAydWxndHlycg==

Making a template and pre-measuring all the folded sections was definitely a good idea, so when it came time to cut and glue fancy paper I didn’t have to try to figure out all the measurements, could just cut and go. It’s not nearly as pretty as all the fancy painted ones from YouTube tutorials but hoarding all those stickers from K-pop albums has finally paid off.

[yarnofariadne]

Finished row 135 on the blanket!

[peaceful_sands]

Finally had time to sit and do a little more work on the rug. I made it through about a row and a half.