Check-In Post December 8th 2020

[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: Have you ever taken classes, either to improve your crafting or to try out something new?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I haven't, or at least not since school, but my mum took a lot of classes over the years, especially after she retired. She tried everything from drawing and painting to woodwork.

72 rows knitted on the latest pair of arm warmers.

[nagi_schwarz]

Today Boo and I painted the apron for Lola's Christmas gift! It needs to dry before we can perforate the hem to crochet an edging on it.

I have taken crochet lessons, knitting lessons, spinning lessons, and shuttle tatting and bobbin lace classes. The crochet and knitting lessons were informal, from kind neighbors. The spinning, shuttle tatting, and bobbin lace classes were all at the craft store down the street from my office and quite formal affairs. I taught myself needle tatting.

I also took a workshop on illusion knitting, which was pretty cool.

I should finish that scarf sometime...

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, you and Boo have been busy!

|Wow, that's a lot of classes. So cool that the craft store does classes.

I've not heard of illusion knitting. Now I'm curious!

[nagi_schwarz]

Illusion knitting is also called shadow knitting, where a piece looks regular but from an angle has a picture knitted into it.

[badly_knitted]

Intriguing, I'll have to look that up.

[nagi_schwarz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_knitting

[badly_knitted]

That is so cool!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Answer: No, I'd love to take some art classes one day (painting, drawing, anything really).

More cross stitch. I think I'll do 2 more squares and call it done.

[badly_knitted]

I hope some day you'll get a chance to.

You're steaming along with the cross stitch squares!

[darkcedars]

No, no classes.

After not being able to craft for a few days I got the first headband finished tonight. Behind schedule. Hope to knock the other out tomorrow, I'm going to hold two threads together to make it go faster.

[badly_knitted]

Life can unfortunately get in the way of crafting, but kudos for getting the first headband finished! Good luck with the second one!

[moth2fic]

Yes, flower arranging. I learnt a lot. It isn't one of my hobbies but at least I know how to make flowers look good and last and I can recognise different styles. And we had a guest speaker who introduced us to 3D decoupage which did result in a hobby! Win all round!

[badly_knitted]

How awesome! sounds like you learned more than you expected to.

[bunn]

I'm still in the middle of house-moving, so not much crafting going on here, though I am doing some drawing in pencils to make a gift booklet for my husband (full of his roleplaying OCs!)

Courses are great! I don't care about qualifications, but I like the social angle and also the fact that I've gone somewhere specifically to work on whatever it is for several hours without being interrupted! I have taken wood-carving classes in the past, and more recently, painting classes. Both tutors were really expert craftsmen in their field and I learned so much from them. It's also really handy to have guidance in what tools and equipment are really essential and what's less important, because I could cheerfully spend far more than I own on supplies :-D

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like a really thoughtful gift. I'm sure your husband will love it!

Yes, it's great to learn from someone who really knows what they're doing. It's all too easy to spend too much on non-essentials.

I'd love to try woodcarving but I'd be scared for my fingers!

Hope the move goes smoothly.