Althea Valara is checking in!

[althea_valara]

I've been quiet here, mostly because communal_creators is still going on and I've been lurking/chatting there instead. But I figured I might as well check in here with an update:


[Image Description: A pivot table showing I crafted nearly 12 hours in October so far, just missing one day.]

I touched eight different projects. Some of those are LARGE projects - I'm making a Central Park Hoodie and a Motion Picture Mosaic Cardi. I do not expect to be done with either any time soon, but any progress is GOOD progress.

I play in a crafting game on Ravelry called Nerdopolis, where we get themes to craft to each month. One of the themes this month is "The Games We Played" - craft something inspired by a board game you played as a child. I immediately thought of Mousetrap and thus tried to make an Victorian Mouse but the start was more fiddly than I wanted to deal with at the time, so I gave that up. I considered other patterns inspired by Mousetrap, but eventually decided to make the pair to my In the Weeds Legwarmer that I made earlier this year. My inspiration will be Hungry Hungry Hippos which has a red playing board. I need a legwarmer more than another amigurumi, so this is a good decision on my part.

I don't have any finished items that I care to show off yet. I did freehand a Final Fantasy XIV Ascian Crystal in crochet for a Nerdopolis challenge, but it only came out so-so, alas. But I'm hoping to finish some small-to-medium projects this month.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

any progress is GOOD progress

Hear, hear!

That crafting game sounds like a delightful idea!

[althea_valara]

Nerdopolis is awesome! I've been playing since its inception, and we're ending our eleventh year this tournament. Sometimes I feel like its biggest cheerleader, because I'm always mentioning it other places, plus not only am I captain of my team (which is for players of ALL kinds of games: board, video, tabletop RPG, etc), I also wrangle the Rogues (individual players not playing on a team). Nerdopolis keeps me crafting, and it's fun to come up with a project to fit the themes (or vice versa: fit your planned project to one of the themes). I love it dearly, and hope it continues for many more years to come.

[ladythmpr]

progress IS progress! It's neat that you keep track of how much time you spend.

It's perfectly acceptable to show your unfinished work here; I do it all the time. :)