Check-In Post April 17th 2022

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, 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.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Spent a couple of hours in the garden again, clearing more brambles and ivy off the roof of the greenhouse. There's still some up there but progress has been made.

Tomorrow is supposed to be considerably cooler so I might stay in and do some crafting instead. I could do with a rest.

[smallhobbit]

The brambles and ivy have gone from the roof
But it's really hard work, ain't that the truth
So now it is time for having a rest
When doing some crafting is all for the best

[badly_knitted]

Aptly summed up =)

[sister_raphael]

You really are powering through it all! An inside day sounds like a nice break!

[badly_knitted]

It'll probably be an inside week since it'll be chilly out and I have to conserve energy for Friday's trip to get my booster. Still, I got done most of what I needed to, the way is clear now for my neighbours when they want to replace the fence panel damaged by winds a few weeks ago. It conveniently fell down completely last night.

[pensnest]

I've been knitting a feather-and-fan scarf in a lovely red-purple-orange yarn.... I'm good and ready to *stop* knitting a feather-and-fan scarf, but I don't want to end up with one that's just a bit too short to be what I need. How long do people think a scarf ought to be?

[smallhobbit]

Have you tried wrapping the scarf round you to get some idea?

[pensnest]

I have, though it's a delicate process while it's still on the needles. And I suppose it will grow when blocked!

[badly_knitted]

It sounds lovely! But yeah, that's why I don't knit scarves. They go on forever.

Lengthwise, I guess it depends on how many times you want it to wrap around your neck.

[pensnest]

I've taken to folding a scarf in half, wrapping it round, and posting the ends through the loop these days, but I think the feather-and-fan is pretty enough for me to want to wear it flat and show it off!

[badly_knitted]

It is a lovely stitch that deserves to be displayed so it can be seen.

[sister_raphael]

The sounds very colourful. I'm a fan of long scarves, so I'm not good to ask.

[pensnest]

It's turning out very pretty! I'm also a fan of long scarves, but knitting them tends to get a bit dull.....

[smallhobbit]

In preparation for the KnitALong I finished another square:

[wiseheart]

That is a lovely pattern!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I like it too.

[badly_knitted]

I love that pattern!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you!

[sister_raphael]

oooo very nice!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you 🙂

[pensnest]

That is a very handsome square!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I love your icon!

[wiseheart]

Another page for The Thing of Beauty is finished. Two more to go, and then I can bind the book.

[smallhobbit]

That's great - it's really coming along.

[wiseheart]

Thankfully, it really is. Although everything can go down the toilet when I arrive at the binding part, so wish me luck!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress!

[wiseheart]

Thanks. Let's hope I can keep it up!

[badly_knitted]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

[sister_raphael]

Wow! Only 2 more to go! Go, you!

[wiseheart]

Thanks, I'm trying my best. Working on 3 major projects at the same time is stressful - although I don't have to tell *you* that, right? ;))

[celli]

I made a bunch of progress (at least by my standards) today!

[sister_raphael]

That is absolutely adorable!

[smallhobbit]

That's really sweet 🐘

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo, great work! You'll have it finished before you know it!

[pensnest]

So cute!

[chromaskies]

I haven't fully completed things, but I've made some progress with making scrunchies! I don't usually finish one scrunchie then start on another. Instead, I'll sew them to the point of needing elastic put in and then I'm on to the next one. Rinse and repeat. It may seem odd how I do this, but it works somehow? Lol. It does help, though, to put the elastic in, reinforce it with glue, let the glue dry and then finish the scrunchie.

Is anyone else similar with their crafting?

[sister_raphael]

I like to do things in step too. Get everything to a certain spot, do the next then to the next point, then do the next bit. I think it's easier to, say, do all the gluing at once step, for example.

[smallhobbit]

I think that works really well with smaller items like scrunched. Much less fiddly.

[badly_knitted]

I was the same when I was making knitted mice. Knit some, then sew them up and stuff them, then attach all their ears, then do all their tails, then stitch all the faces. Making things in batches can work really well, especially with the smaller items.

Congratulations on your scrunchie progress!

[sister_raphael]

Roses with centres are finished!
I'm up to pinning the panels, then sewing.

[smallhobbit]

Those are so pretty 🌹

[badly_knitted]

YAY! You've got all the painting done so fast!

[pensnest]

That looks very pretty and cheerful.