Check-In Post June 7th 2021

[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: No question today.


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

[wiseheart]

My little flock of paper owls is nearly finished. The last 12 birdies got their wings attached and their contours drawn, so all I still have to do are the beaks. Which will take me several days, most likely, as cutting out and applying such tiny parts is finickly work. But it will be done till next Tuesday... I hope. *fingers crossed*

[badly_knitted]

Great progress! Do you use crafting tweezers for handling the fiddly bits? I only have small fingers, but they're still too clumsy for dealing with small embellishments, so tweezers can be really useful for getting things in exactly the right place.

[wiseheart]

I know that... in theory. In practice, even tweezers are sometimes too delicate for my sausage fingers. They are excellent for kneading dough or massaging people's sore backs, but for fiddly work... not the ideal size. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like what you need is a larger set of tweezers with a fine tip, so there's enough of a handle for you to get a good grip on but the business end is still delicate enough for picking up and manipulating small items. I wonder if anywhere out there makes something like that.

[wiseheart]

Oh, it isn't of vital importance. My sausage fingers and I manage well enough between us, even if we have to fight the tiny parts sometimes. ;))

[badly_knitted]

You're better than I am then! Even with my little fingers I'd be lost without my tweezers. I use them for so many things when I'm crafting.

[alafaye]

You got this!

[wiseheart]

I hope so. Working with such a close deadline is a bit stressful.

[medievalrosalie]

Did you decide about the legs? I may have missed that post.

[wiseheart]

Nah, you haven't. I haven't discussed that part here, but in the end I decided to take the coward's excuse and pretend they are hiding their feet under their feathers. Unless I go briefly insane within the next day and change my mind, that is. It's known to have happened before. ;)