Check-In Post December 9th 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: There's so much waste these days, so do you have any crafty ideas on how to recycle things that otherwise might get thrown away?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

The beads I used for my googly bugs came from a broken bead curtain so I guess that's kind of recycling. The cellophane and foil from Christmas choccies are good for cardmaking, and I'm hoping to experiment with my die cutting machine and some old Christmas cards, see what that looks like. Christmas trees and baubles cut from Christmas cards...

Not much knitting today, a mere 3 rows on arm warmers, but I did sew up the light bluer pair so they're finished. I was on the last bit of the last seam when I dropped my sewing up needle., so then I had to hunt around for that *sigh* Turned out it fell in my bag of knitting. I hate losing needles, even blunt ones.

[darkcedars]

Of course you dropped the needle. You were getting done.

Die cutting sounds fun.

[badly_knitted]

It involves a lot of cranking a handle, which does my arm in, and I haven't done much with it yet due to lack of a suitable surface to work on, but I hope I'll get to do more soon.

The needle slid right off the yarn. The eye is too big, I need to get some smaller ones because I lost the ones I used to have.

[darkcedars]

Oh yes. I used a die cutter to make my mom's bulletin boards at school as a kid.

Which I'm now realizing is WEIRD. Half the time I wasn't allowed to use a paring knife. Why was I using a huge machete paper cutter and a die cut machine? Adults, bonkers.

[badly_knitted]

It's true, adults are weird. I'm one myself now, but I was always weird anyway.

[darkcedars]

I have a bunch of fabric saved up I need to mess with. Cruddy t-shirts to turn into rag rugs or something.

I'm not going to get done with MIL headband #2 tonight, but hopefully tomorrow. Some photos: MIL headbands

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with the rugmaking!

Oooh, pretty! Hope you get time to work on headband #2 soon.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Missing needles! I've lost 2. I haven't found them yet. Ugh.

I am not good with recycling but I try to remember that all parts of a package (the box, the bubble wrap, etc) are fun for the boys (toilet paper and paper towel rolls, too) and keep things for them to destroy.

I planned my last two cross stitch squares but haven't actually started yet. Wednesday is shopping day so I was toodling hither and thither and dealing with the World Outside.

[badly_knitted]

Losing needles sucks. At least I found mine. Hope yours turn up without causing any painful problems.

It's amazing what can be done with toilet roll tubes, they're quite versatile. My rabbit used to love playing with them.

Some days are just not good for crafting because of RL stuff. Dealing with the outside world these days is never fun.

[darkcedars]

I don't even go out, but it seems like dealing with the groceries husband and brother bring back to the house takes longer and more energy than necessary.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, yes. Getting everything home (well, almost everything, I always forget at least one thing on my list. Or I forget the list!) is only have the battle. Putting everything up is another battle. The only part I don't do is carrying everything from the car to the flat. My sons' father and my sons do that. When everything is done, the only thing I feel like doing is jigsaw puzzle. Even a few minutes seems to wipe the brain free of all the grime and dust of the world.

[badly_knitted]

I have a friend who does my shopping because even without the pandemic I can't get out often, but sorting and putting things away, then paying him, it all takes time. Going out is best avoided, especially now.