Check-In Post May 11th 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]

No gardening today, and no crafting either. I was out in the pouring rain for my sight test, and I'd planned to pick up some bedding plants, but I couldn't have managed them while juggling my umbrella. It was quite blustery.

At least I have my new glasses ordered, regular and reading glasses, with lovely blue frames. I'm lucky, I have a narrow face, so I get to choose from the junior fashions frames. Less expensive, and more choice. Yay!

Came home wet and exhausted, put I picked up an orange danish as a treat, and it was yummy. Of course, as soon as I put my car away and came indoors, it stopped raining and the sun came out. =/

[wiseheart]

Of course, as soon as I put my car away and came indoors, it stopped raining and the sun came out. =/

That is Murphy's Law for you. But at least you got the glasses ordered.

[badly_knitted]

It was practically inevitable.

It'll be a couple of weeks at least before I get them, my lenses are quite complicated, but the process is underway, which is a relief.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm glad you got a tasty treat out of it at least! ♥

[badly_knitted]

And new glasses in the works, that's important too ;)

It'll be nice to be able to see what I'm doing...

[yarnofariadne]

I'm sure the glasses will be wonderful :D

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure they will, once I get them adjusted so they're comfortable.

[smallhobbit]

Hooray for new glasses!

[badly_knitted]

I shall be very glad of them. After three and a half years of daily use the ones I'm wearing are getting rather scratched.

[peaceful_sands]

Great news that you've found some new glasses that you like. Absolutely typical of the sun/rain though!

[badly_knitted]

I love trying on frames, I've had some awesome ones. I wanted blue the last time I got new glasses but there were no blue frames, so this time I'm getting blue for both.

Today, quite naturally, is dry. The weather is not my friend at present.

[wiseheart]

I've finally got around to make the fish-feeding part of the deep sea page (at least one of them), decided to redo one of the jellyfish because I wasn't happy with it, sewn on the other one as well as one of the seahorses. That should be enough for a lazy day, right?

[smallhobbit]

That sounds like plenty - very impressive!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like quite a bit of work there, especially with redoing a jellyfish. I hope it looks better now.

[peaceful_sands]

It sounds like a lot to me!

[smallhobbit]

I finished the son's anniversary card and it's been hand delivered today, ready for the anniversary tomorrow:

[yarnofariadne]

Lovely!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Wow, that's lovely! So personal for them.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[peaceful_sands]

It looks gorgeous.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[tielan]

I did another four seams - these ones on the Restless Hands Of Sel quilt.

[badly_knitted]

Four in a day! That's great going, well done!

[tielan]

Sometimes you take the win and RUN WITH IT.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like you did!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - that sounds like great progress.

[tielan]

It's all I can seem to manage right now amidst everything going on!

[smallhobbit]

That's beautiful.

[tielan]

Thank you!

[peaceful_sands]

Finished Eeyore's feet and worked on some grass (this is the cross-stitch project). Didn't get the rest of the thread wound but that's not a problem - there's no rush as I want to finish Winnie the Pooh cross stitch before starting anything else.

[smallhobbit]

All good progress. Is the grass easy or different shades of green?

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Glad you got to do some cross stitch. Now Eeyore can go walkabout and enjoy his grazing.