Check-In Post August 10th 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]

I have successfully completed the back! Admittedly there wasn't much to do, I could have finished it yesterday if I hadn't messed up and wasted time having to unpick, but it's done.

Also knitted the first 12 rows on the front, so the pattern is set and I should know what I'm doing. In theory at least. Just got to work straight for 4 pattern repeats, then figure out the neck shaping.

[smallhobbit]

Yay for completing the back!

[badly_knitted]

Yay indeed! I seem to have been knitting the back forever - mostly because I knitted part of it and then made two sleeves before going back to it *grins*

[peaceful_sands]

I’m seriously contemplating asking you to make me up a few things out of my yarn with the speed you’re working at 😁 You’ll be finished before you know it!

[badly_knitted]

Yikes! And I still have a roomful of yarn to work my way though, which is why I'm trying to knit fast *grins* Another dozen sweaters and I might start to see a small dent in it...

[wiseheart]

And then you can open a small clothes shop for knitted goodies. *g*

[badly_knitted]

I used to knit baby clothes for a shop, but it closed down.

These days I want to keep everything I make to wear myself.

[peaceful_sands]

I have finished one broom and his buckets of water (and associated splashes). I will still need to do the outlining but that will get done later. I think there is probably enough time for me to do a little more in order to complete the other broom (but not the bucket of water it’s carrying).

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, sounds like you're making excellent progress! The elements of the design are taking shape. Good luck with finishing the second broom!

[althea_valara]

Seven rows on the blanket, woohoo!

Also, a totally unexpected project: I was taking a break from knitting by browsing threads on Ravelry, as one does, and I found a thread where someone was asking for a crochet mandala pattern that looks like a floor of a dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV, which happens to be the MMORPG I'm obsessed with. Since I am a designer myself, I couldn't help but think, "...challenge accepted." So I've been playing with that today, too. It's going to be HUGE when done, and to be honest I'd love to do more tonight because I want to get to the fun part (it starts out with a plain circle, so right now it's boring) but my body says NO. Wrist/shoulder needs a break. But I've done what, 13 rounds so far on it? Yeah.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress on the blanket, and WOOHOO for the crochet mandala! Hopefully you'll get to the fun part soon.

[wiseheart]

Getting to the fun part is important, but you must listen to wrist and shoulder. Or else there would be no fun at all.
That said, you've made terrific progress. Congratulations!

[m_findlow]

I have been so terribly absent (again!), though I have done a little crafting here and there. A couple of very simple generic cards, and I also finished my seashells cross stitch. I'm looking for new kits but not much is exciting me because I'm so picky about what I want to spend months stitching.
I do have one that's in the maybe pile (though it's mostly black-stitch which I've never done before), and another I'm waiting to buy online for a friend who is having a baby girl at the end of the year.

[badly_knitted]

Hello *waves*

I know how busy you get (especially now with the house as well), and check-ins here are for when people feel like it / have time / have something they want to show off / whatever. Just drop in and out whenever you can.

Yay for finishing your cross stitch! Also well done for getting some cards done as well.

Hope you can find a design you like enough to spend months stitching. I wish I could find the time and energy to start one of the many big kits I've got. There always seems to be something else to do though. *sigh*

[m_findlow]

Yes, I'm a bit over the house organising. With all the rolling lockdowns we've been having all I can do is browse the internet which isn't great for buying furnishings. I want to see and feel, so it's all a little frustrating. I've looked at every online store a dozen times. All I can do is gather ideas for a preferred style, but all that could change if I saw something in a store that looked nice. I suspect it's going to take a long time if we can't go to shops.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, I imagine that would make things extra difficult. Still, as long as you have the basics, other things can wait until you can find exactly what you want and try it out. Always best to see before you buy if at all possible.