Check-In Post October 4th 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

[tathra_inth]

Newcomer here, checking in very late!

I finally learned how to knit the brioche rib. I found a nice pattern for a basic beanie hat specifically designed for beginners to learn and get used to it and it looks great (if not perfect, I've definitely had to go back and fix purl stitches that I accidentally knit and yarn overs that didn't get picked up).

I've been using a leftover yarn for my contrasting color, though, and I'm definitely not going to have enough of it to make it as long as the pattern wants it to be with a pretty wide flipped up brim. I'm just hoping that it's long enough to have some brim.

[slightlymotheaten]

Hi there! I'm new too :) Brioche is tricky but sooooo satisfying once you get the rhythm down. So squishy!

[medievalrosalie]

I'm not a knitter but I've not heard of that either! (and welcome)

[tathra_inth]

It really is, I just have to keep remembering when I'm on a purl row and stop trying to knit everything, lol.

[slightlymotheaten]

One of my favorite parts of brioche is the abbreviations. Burp! Bark! Burp! Bark!

[peaceful_sands]

I've never heard of Brioche rib - I'll be interested to see the finished result when you reach that point.

[tathra_inth]

Lol I definitely spent the past two days writing a fanfic instead of knitting the last couple of rows, but I should be finished by tomorrow and I'll post a pic on that check in post.

[badly_knitted]

Writing fanfic is important too ;)

Good luck with finishing the hat, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished result!

[badly_knitted]

Welcome to the community, we're very happy to have you join us!

Congratulations on learning a new stitch! It should be a very cosy hat, and I hope you do end up with a decent brim. Yarn can be deceptive, sometimes it goes a lot further than you think it will.

[tathra_inth]

Thanks! It's nice to be back on a journaling site after so long.

And so true, especially since these yarns were both balled instead of wound, I always underestimate how much yarn is left when it's balled.

[badly_knitted]

I've been on dreamwidth for a looong time *grins*

Must admit I always use balled yarn because I'm on a very tight budget, and most of what I have was bought cheap many, many years ago. But it's good enough to make hardwearing sweaters for myself, so I'm not complaining even though I like to look at pretty, expensive yarns that I know I can never afford. I've got more than enough as it is to last me for years.

[tathra_inth]

I tried a couple times after the great LiveJournal abandoning, but I don't think I ever actually joined any comms and no one I knew was really active here, so naturally I wasn't actually doing anything but posting into a void. Trying to fix that this time around, lol.

My partner bought me a yarn winder a few Christmases ago and it's been a life-saver just because I always get annoyed at the way the balls try to run away even when I think I've found a position they'll sit mostly still in, also on the occasion I end up with a hank because I always end up knotting those even when I'm just trying to ball them. But these were already in balls, and we moved in April and still haven't unpacked everything so I'm not entirely sure where the winder is, and runaway yarn balls aren't enough of an annoyance for me to dig around for it.

[badly_knitted]

I'm on LJ too (and so is this community although there aren't any members there, or no one active), but I prefer DW for things like this.

With shop bought balls, I usually start from the inside, then the ball doesn't roll around. With self-wound balls, I put one in a plastic carrier bag with the handles tied. Then the ball unwinds in the bag without escaping across the floor, and if you put one foot on a bag corner, it keeps the bag still.

[medievalrosalie]

Fingers crossed for enough yarn!

[tathra_inth]

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

The only brioche I know is the baked sort. *g* But again, I can't knit at all and am always impressed by everyone here who are wizards with the knitting needle.

Welcome to the club!

[slightlymotheaten]

Fun bit of trivia - brioche stitch was named in the Victorian era because they thought it was as soft and fluffy as a baked brioche bun! :)

[tathra_inth]

That is a fun bit of trivia!

[tathra_inth]

Lol, not as tasty but just as squishy!

Knitting is a great fidget for my personal brand of ADHD. Less so some other yarn-centric crafty things for reasons I'll never comprehend.

Thanks!