Check-In Post June 12th 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

[badly_knitted]

Progress at last! 20 rows. Only another 18 to go, including the shaping rows.

Cooking book progress, take one

[wiseheart]

Behold Pages 2 and 3 (Page 1 will be the front cover, but I'll leave that to the end):



On the left side you can see the little felt chef peeking out from behind his window. On the right side, there are some introductions how to prepare for cooking. I thought it would be funny if the paper they're printed on was cut in the shape of a chopping board. *g*

Then come Pages 4 and 5. Well, actually, Page 5 is quite unfinished so far, but this was the best way I could take a photo of the closed flap on Page 4. There will be pockets for recipes on the right side, eventually. At least that's the plan, but we all know that the best laid plans can turn out very differently sometimes.



And finally, the opened flap of Page 4:



Basically, it is an introduction of the kitchen utensils that might be needed. Since my printer is black-and-white, I decided to print on coloured paper; that way it looks better.

Again, partially cross-posted to my LJ, so apologies if you get to see this twice.

[smallhobbit]

I've finished the little cross stitch bookmark for The Daughter:

[m_findlow]

Thought I’d better post an update before I get distracted. Made a few cards yesterday with my new papers and a couple last weekend. Even though I’ve only been dabbling here and there since my past update, my pile of cards has grown considerably more than I thought when archiving pictures of them.
Other new thing I discovered this week is that I can use my crimp edge scissors for more than just straight lines. They are very handy for making fancy borders on plain circle and oval cut outs. Just when I thought I’d never use them again!

[nagi_schwarz]

After ages and ages I knitted today! I am finally good enough at knitting and Korean that I can watch a K-drama with subtitles and knit at the same time. I managed six rows on the baby blanket.

[medievalrosalie]

I'm behind in my reading again, but I have been crafting! Today I pinned a veil and a wimple and have almost finished sewing the veil, which is a semi-circle of gauzy linen. I hemmed a silk veil and wimple for my friend though it was already hemmed on three sides and I only needed to finish of 2 x sides. I fixed another guy from our medieval group's hood (which he spent a lot of money on and it doesn't fit him) and to make up for his disappointment at spending so much money at a recommended retailer, I'm going to make it prettier by cutting daggues into it. Daggues are the decorative shapes which dangle around the edge. This poor guy has bought almost an entire outfit from a certain vendor and almost all his stuff has been substandard and needed substantial fixing. And he paid good money for it. Anyway, going to fix his new hood and make it pretty.

I've still got a lot of sewing to do before the deadline.