Check-In Post June 19th 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]

The sleeve seams are sewn up and the side seams are pinned ready to be sewn. When I say 'pinned', it's just two safety pins in each side so I can quickly work out where I'm going without all the tedious matching up of edges, which is already done.

Still going on...

[wiseheart]

Here are Pages 22-23:



I also worked on Pages 24 and 25 in the afternoon, but they need some more prettying up yet. So, more pictures tomorrow.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I am working on my cross stitch gift for my sister. I am almost finished with one of four panels. Her birthday isn't until mid July so still on target.

My sons are out of school so it's craft time. We are working from a book called Star Wars Maker Lab. Older son is working on Anakin's Mechno-Arm and younger son on Death Star Tractor Beam. The latter required us doing paper mache, him for the first time and me for the first time in a long time. Messy!

Also, I want to mention a post pensnest did [https://pensnest.dreamwidth.org/705412.html]. It's getting a lot of varied and interesting responses. It's a question from reddit: help, my grandma made me a swastika-looking quilt that I don't feel comfortable with; what do I do with it? I thought it was interesting reading the different responses--from quilters and non-quilter alike.

[alafaye]

I come bearing a photo of the scarf:



This week's progress is in purple. I'm aware I dropped some stitches, but it's also a smaller size yarn. I only realized it when I switched hooks and had a much easier time with it. I'm not planning on fixing it because I don't think it's too bad...and my sibling doesn't care. They just want the scarf, lol.

[darkcedars]

I've mostly been doing food chores today, so I'm only just now getting to crafting.

To answer yesterday's question from badly_knitted, I think it will be a table runner. My mom was very impressed with the entrelac, I have extra of this yarn.

[m_findlow]

I managed a little crafting this weekend. It was a bit cheating because I decided to make some mini cards (only 80x90) but they turned out okay. Some of my papers are actually better suited to smaller panels as they're too busy on larger cards, and they require less composition elements. Mind you, they still take almost as long to make!
Also, I promised to badly_knitted and wiseheart that I would post a picture of the mask I made years ago, so here it is. Just click on the thumbnail for the proper image.

[nagi_schwarz]

I managed, er, three rows? During an hour-long K-drama episode (it was a watch party with my friend in Alaska, so the two of us constantly texting each other slowed me down, but either way it was a fun time).