Check-In Post November 21st 2020

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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.


Today's Question: What was the last thing someone made for you?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Last Christmas a friend sent me a beautiful handcrafted bookmark, so I think that was the last thing someone else made for me.

No knitting done yet, I'll be doing that soon, while I watch Strictly Come Dancing so I'll update this comment afterwards.

Managed 28 stocking stitch rows on the blobby sweater. Hurrah!

[falkner]

Today I got started on a pair of mittens. This pattern here. So far it's a relaxing pattern to work on, and I got really caught up in it, but I was sitting in a bad position and by the time I finally stopped and got up my neck was incredibly sore... (It even made a scary cracking noise...) I really need to start sitting in better positions when doing any crochet or knitting.

> What was the last thing someone made for you?
I don't think anybody ever made anything for me, which is kind of sad, in hindsight. But when I was working at the local elementary school I got tons of drawings from the kids, which was always nice. It kind of counts, right?

[darkcedars]

A cross-stitch from a friend that says "don't believe her lies, the dog has been fed." It is on a shelf above the dog dish. :D Lucy can be a terrible liar, to the point my husband won't feed her unless I've specifically said to.

I just finished hat #2 and am starting hat #3 in cranberry & navy. I will take a finished photo for the project when it is done.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

The last thing was probably a large junk journal a friend of Mom's made for me. I don't remember. The last thing from a family member was a replica (with some liberties taken) Fourth Doctor scarf. ^.^

[nagi_schwarz]

I totally failed to craft at all today but the last thing anyone made me was a pair of really cute K-pop themed beaded key rings!

[m_findlow]

I haven't checked in for a few days so this is a catchup.
I had to answer the question "what tool could I not do without". It's the world's thinnest stanley knife. Super lightweight plastic from a two dollar shop but it's been my constant cardmaking companion for twenty years. It's perfect for all the fidgety foil stickers and wording, for pulling away the backing from two-sided tape, making holes for split pins and using it to position pre-taped pieces into place. I use it for everything.
Todya I braved getting out all my cardmaking stuff, only to find heaps of stuff I don't even remember buying. It was a bit like Christmas. :) I made a couple of cards but didn't feel they were very good. I didn't have much inspiration, it was more just a desire to get it all out. Not the lounge room is filled with big boxes and two fold out tables. There's two more boxes but these had the stuff I was most likely to use. What a mess!

[moth2fic]

None of my projects are going anywhere - apart from some trying out of new recipes. I've been wrapping Christmas and birthday presents galore whilst husband was away and I could leave the diningroom table in chaos overnight. So that's my excuse. He's home, and I made him a special birthday dinner, and some of the wrapped presents are now unwrapped! I think I should now start to think about Christmas cards - and definitely those scrunchies.

I think the last thing anyone made for me was some chutney. Since I make chutney myself I now have even more jars on the shelf, but I do appreciate the work and thought that went into it! Oh - and my sister in law, who is a keen painter, painted me a beautiful watercolour birthday card which i must frame.

[froodle]

I got an adorable Eerie Indiana themed scarf and unicorn plush crochet'd for me by eviinsanemonkey a while back!