Check-In Post - May 28th 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?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[althea_valara]

I have reached the part of designing where I am full of self-loathing and wondering why on earth I'm doing this. Answer: because the end results will be AWESOME, that's why.

So, I'm starting with Alphi's boots. They have these flaps on them, and it took me quite a while to figure out how to do them. First I tried starting from the flaps, because I did that with a similar boot for another doll, but I could not wrap my head around whether to knit or purl after the fold. I eventually gave that up and started with the boot proper. Took most of the day, but the boot is knit, and now I have to attach flaps kinda like doing a 3NBO but without the BO and it is FIDDLY and my needles keep dropping out and the flap keeps unraveling when the needle drops out and I am cursing up a storm.

I suppose I could just sew the flaps on, but I don't think I'd be as happy that way. Will think about it overnight. I'm DONE for the day. I've been at it on and off all day and my eyes desperately need a break, plus it's getting dark here anyway so difficult to see.

And the blasted dog has been barking all day. Did I mention I'm NOT a dog person? I can be apprehensive around dogs I don't know, but I know Charms pretty well and she's okay but I will always prefer cats. Just a few more days to go, though.

[badly_knitted]

I hear you on the frustration of knowing something WILL be awesome, but actually getting there is not. You WILL do it though, I have no doubt about that. Alphi is going to look amazing. Sorry your needles keep slipping out. That's hella annoying, especially when everything unravels.

You will survive the dog-sitting too.