Check-In Post November 23rd 2020

[falkner]

Hello, lovely crafters! Welcome to our daily check-in post, where you can tell everybody all about your most recent progress (or lack thereof). Feel free to also chat with other members and generally enjoy yourself!

Check-in is not compulsory, you decide if and when to take part in these posts.


And for an optional question, what about:

What time of the day do you usually work on your crafty projects?

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Comments

[froodle]

I do somethings craft in the evenings after work, but my favourite time is early in the mornings on my days off - I get up, grab a shower, and settle back on the sofa with a cup of coffee that will inevitably go cold and a crumpled paper bag full of doll parts in my lap.

I might put on a podcast or an audiobook, or I might play one of those YouTube spooky soundscapes videos. I don't usually listen to music while I craft as I'm a subconscious bopper and I've been known to jiggle a project off my lap when I'm really enjoying a song!

[darkcedars]

a crumpled paper bag full of doll parts
spooky soundscapes

Watch out for a bunch of kids in a van with a Great Dane.

I watch a lot of waterfall and ocean but should look for spooky.

[froodle]

Some kids bring a Great Dane to my door, that ridiculous giant lad isn't going to have a chance to meet any ghosts because he'll be too busy getting fussed over and told how ridiculously giant he is!

[darkcedars]

My tiny one met a great dane once. She didn't know what that thing was, wouldn't look at or respond to him in any way. He was very disappointed.

[froodle]

Oh no! I once thought a St Bernard was running up to me t say hello, I crouched and out my hand out and everything... and he ran straight by me to greet another dog that was walking up behind me. I was legit crushed.

[falkner]

I usually put true crime documentaries in the background, I should try spooky ambient noises for a change!

[froodle]

I like a true crime podcast, but they tend to make me a bit jumpy so combining that with something that makes me focus can end up with a bit of startled shrieking on my part!

[badly_knitted]

Nothing more relaxing than a bit of crafting.

I dance in my seat too, which does odd things to my typing as it's often when I'm replying to emails and comments.

[froodle]

I discovered during lockdown that, without an office full of people to keep me civilised, I will bop and jiggle to the sort of extent that puts my work-issued laptop in danger of falling off the sofa. Switched to podcasts early on, to avoid a conversation with the boss about what exactly happened to that brand-new bit of equiptment..

[badly_knitted]

Eep, that would not be good, breaking work equipment!

[rellephant]

> I'm a subconscious bopper

mood I’m physically incapable of sitting still! I end up mostly crocheting in my rocking chair so I can hold still by being aggressively in motion.

[froodle]

Rocking chair is the dream!