Check-In Post - May 26th 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: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?


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 won't get anymore stitching done tonight, it's too grey and overcast, and I need good natural light to distinguish between the two shades of yellow I'm working with, but I've made decent progress, so I'm satisfied.

[althea_valara]

Yay for being satisfied! Well done on all the stitching.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! Still a fair bit to do, and I only have 10 days left to get it done, but I'm making good progress, so I might do it. I'm cautiously hopeful.

[wiseheart]

Good luck! Fingers crossed for your success.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I only have 10 days now to finish it...

[nagi_schwarz]

Yay for progress! That’s what counts.

[badly_knitted]

It is indeed! Thank you.

[althea_valara]

This morning I did Alphinaud's ears, which means his body is DONE! Well, okay, I haven't placed the hair strands yet...kinda waiting for that until I get home to his twin sister and can use her as a reference.

Now comes the fun/challenging part: knitting his clothes by making up a pattern from scratch. First, I needed to decide what clothes to do. I gave a thought to doing his Heavensward outfit as that's the expansion his voice actor is currently playing, but I've decided to do his Endwalker (Sage) outfit because I think it will be more fun.

I have no work this week (both a blessing and a curse) so I have plenty of time to work on his clothes, but I doubt I'll finish all of it before month's end.

Because I am away from home dog-sitting, I also don't have any other obligations other than feeding self and dog and cleaning up after cooking. So yes, really hoping to get a bunch done!

[badly_knitted]

Well done, Alphi is progressing well! Enjoying designing the pattern and making the clothes! Also, hope you enjoy the dog-sitting!

[nagi_schwarz]

Fingers crossed you can get a bunch done! Good luck engineering his outfit. You can do it!

[wiseheart]

I took a break from crafting. Too many chores. We will see how tomorrow goes. I’d like to start putting my little kits together.

[badly_knitted]

Sometimes it's good to take a break. And sometimes there's no choice. Good luck tomorrow.

[nagi_schwarz]

I feel you on too many chores. But they must be done sadly.

[fadingfootsteps]

Togekiss complete! There's detail work I could technically do (color appliques on belly) but he's a functional plush now in the shape he's supposed to be in.

Scale lattice progressed on the bag, now about half done with the fifth row of Actual Scales.
(I had a car trip today. Very productive.)

[nagi_schwarz]

Car trips can be so productive for reals. Go you! You’ve got this! Congrats on finishing the togekiss!

[badly_knitted]

Well done! Would love to see him!

You're making great progress on the dice bag!

[fadingfootsteps]

Well if you figured out your ravelry accrount i've got him here but I haven't figured out how to embed images direct to site yet

[badly_knitted]

I can give you a quick tutorial if you need it.

I'll find my password eventually... I hope.

[fadingfootsteps]

A tutorial would be much appreciated!

Though with passwords, don't they have the option for a recovery email to be sent to your inbox?

[badly_knitted]

Possibly, but this is my umpteenth computer since then, so...

Anyway, tutorial. First, upload you picture to your computer, obviously.

Go to your dreamwidth. Click the Home tab under your username, top left of the screen.

Go to Create (top left), and select Upload images. Click and drag the image, or click on Choose File.

Fill in a title and any descriptions you want in the appropriate areas. Click Save Descriptions.

Scroll up and select View All your Images. Beside each image, there will be two links, for Image Embed and Thumbnail Embed. Just copy the link, and paste into your comment, or your post. I use the thumbnail one for comments. People can just click on the picture to see a bigger image. Then just post your comment or post, Voila!

Hope that helps. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense.

[fadingfootsteps]

Hopefully it has worked

[badly_knitted]

It has! What a cutie!

[nagi_schwarz]

Managed to do another row on the six point blanket this morning, which brings me to 26/55. Tonight is writing night so I don’t anticipate getting a lot more done but that’s okay.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like the blanket is going great, but the rows are getting longer...

(I have to find something to write today. I'm caught up with my challenges and I can't work on something I've started for a very old fandom until the DVDs arrive and I can immerse myself in the characters, get their voices down and their mannerisms correct. There's only one fic in the fandom on AO3, and the author has got the characters down so well, I want to try to make my contribution just as good.)

[tielan]

I sewed two seams on my handsewing project.

[badly_knitted]

Wow, well done!

[yarnandglue]

I finished a little cross stitch bookmark! https://yarnandglue.dreamwidth.org/13408.html

[badly_knitted]

Well done!

[yarnandglue]

Thank you!

[jeweledeyes]

I have at least been having crafty success lately even if I've been bad about checking in about it. Earlier this month I finished my first embroidery project in almost a year.

[badly_knitted]

That is so beautiful!

[jeweledeyes]

Thank you!

[althea_valara]

OH WOW THAT'S LOVELY!!!

[jeweledeyes]

Thank you!