Check-In Post November 29th 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.

No optional questions today, but in exchange I'd like to encourage everybody to share pictures of their favorite projects! Whatever it's old or recent, show us what you're proud of having made!

If you have questions or suggestions about the community, requests for tags, or want to host the daily check-in posts, head over to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment there.

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[falkner]

Today is my last day of playing host (for now, as if you could get rid of me so easily). If you want to join in the fun and want to host some days of check-in, make sure to drop by the Suggestions post linked above!

[badly_knitted]

You have done a great job this week, thanks so much! It's been a big help with me heatless and having to adjust to new tech.

I'm still struggling with the new version of windows and with MS Office. They're designed to torture!

[falkner]

You're welcome! And I hope you do find a way to be warm again :(

Honestly, I think that once my laptop bites the dust (it's very close) whatever I get next I'll give Linux or another open-source OS a try because even Win 8 drives me mad, I can't imagine moving up to 10.

[badly_knitted]

So do I. I've ben told to burn kiln dried logs, not coal at all, but all my heating is run off the fire, the logs are barely warming the radiators, and I have to throw another one on every half an hour. I'm almost out, and there's no way to keep the fire going overnight when it's coldest. Only managed to keep it burning for 6 hours yesterday, which did very little to warm anything.

Avoid 10 however you can, it's dire. I can't find anything.

[darkcedars]

I have a lot of makes I love or am proud of. I've been reminded of them a lot as I worked through backing up my project data on Ravelry. I posted on Twitter about a couple of colorful doilies earlier this week if you don't mind clicking.

Also, I posted in yesterday's a bit ago because I didn't realize what day it is. HA! Getting back to working on my headband shortly, I just ate lunch.

[falkner]

> Also, I posted in yesterday's a bit ago because I didn't realize what day it is.
That's on me, I got this post up way late.

I will check out that link later, colorful doilies sounds right up my alley. (Twitter is refusing to load on my laptop for some reason, so I'll click on it when on phone!)

[darkcedars]

Nah, the way I am today I'm surprised I didn't post to last week. :P

Twitter links are weird sometimes. I just was too lazy to re-upload elsewhere.

[smallhobbit]

They're lovely!

[badly_knitted]

They're so pretty, they make me think of peacock tails!

Hope the headband is going well.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very pretty!

[smallhobbit]

Have some origami lanterns, made in preparation for a Brownie zoom meeting:

[badly_knitted]

How cool!

[smallhobbit]

The result of lots of practice in order to give instructions over zoom!

[darkcedars]

Haha I bet. Hope they had fun.

[smallhobbit]

They did. Although some had to rope in their mums to help.

[badly_knitted]

Practice makes perfect!

[froodle]

I finished Frankenbeanies 99 and 100 today. Made both out of leftovers from the scrapbag, and the long multi-legged design for Doctor Tad Winslow is something I'd not done before.

[badly_knitted]

Such fun! I like the Pterodactyl headed one best.

[darkcedars]

Ha, love those.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

How fun are those! So creative!

[badly_knitted]

I was rather pleased how these came out (the only knitting pics I have posted online), Made them many years ago from the same basic pattern but I experimented with different stitches. They're very cosy.

https://badly-knitted.dreamwidth.org/5645.html#cutid1

I've finished knitting my arm warmers except for casting off. They're both 120 rows so should cover my forearm and come down over my hand. I need the cosiness badly. I did have some heat for a while today but it didn't last.

[darkcedars]

Glad you have that basically done since no heat. Erg.

Those vests are great!

[badly_knitted]

Tell me about it! And it's only going to get colder for the next week, highs of 4 or 5 C in daytime.

Thanks, I was really happy with them. Still am!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Those vests look beautiful.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! They're all Aran wool but I didn't have enough of any colour for a sweater so I made these instead.