Check-In Post May 19th 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 crafting (my crafting time is being used for sorting files on my old computer). I got an hour out in the garden though, made good progress, but... the geranium is still there. I chickened out and cleared behind it instead. It's supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow so the geranium is getting a stay of execution until the weekend. With any luck the rain will flatten it so much I'll be glad to pull it up afterwards.

Also cleared some more brambles, because it's garden waste bin emptying day tomorrow, and that will get them gone. The last thing I want is thorny brambles in my compost heap!

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds like good progress. Do you have garden waste collection? That would be amazing!

[badly_knitted]

We do! Here on mainland Britain at least. We have to pay to subscribe, but the bin is emptied every two weeks except in winter when it's once a month.

[darkcedars]

That sounds great. Maybe we'll have that some day. We have special yard waste pickup days but I always seem to have missed it.

[badly_knitted]

Perhaps someday the scheme will reach you. It's so useful for getting rid of the stuff I don't want to compost.

[peaceful_sands]

I'd love it if they could add something like that to our recycling collection - we get plastic, cans, card/paper and glass collected once a month and I thought that was doing well (not everywhere here has those collected).

[badly_knitted]

Everywhere needs to do more recycling. Today was our recycling collection and the garden waster collection, AND the glass collection, which if just bottles and jars so I don't have much for that, just empty honey jars.

[darkcedars]

Brambles might root in the compost and take over that area too!

[badly_knitted]

That's one of my concerns, the other being that the thorns don't seem to rot down and I don't want to stab myself when spreading compost.

[sister_raphael]

hooray for clearing brambles!

[badly_knitted]

They're everywhere, I keep finding more!

[spiralicious]

Sounds like excellent progress

[badly_knitted]

It all helps!

[darkcedars]

About a round and a half on the afghan border. I also washed the last bit of the winter linens, so instead of a big pile of dirty, I now have a clean pile. I will put them away soon.

The dark pink peonies are just about to bloom.

[badly_knitted]

Success with crafting AND chores! Go you!

[wiseheart]

The best part of washing is when you are done. ;)

[badly_knitted]

And yet, when you turn around there's always more laundry...

[darkcedars]

Indeed, I have finished just in time for regular sheet changing tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

Isn't that always the way?

[sister_raphael]

well done on all fronts!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done.

[spiralicious]

Go you! That's great!

[wiseheart]

The seaming is finished. I've put up a few pictures to my personal journal of the octopus and matc-the-shape pages. :)

[darkcedars]

Those are amazing! The octopus is so cute.

[wiseheart]

Thank you!:)

[badly_knitted]

Marvellous! And you've managed to make each book unique despite having the same pages.

[wiseheart]

The colour concept mirrors the different personalities of the boys - or so I hope. :)

[sister_raphael]

Just saw them. So adorable!!!

[wiseheart]

Thank you so much! :)

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - that must be a relief!

[wiseheart]

It is, although there still is the dreaded seaming to do.

[spiralicious]

They're so cute!

[sister_raphael]

Getting a bit overwhelmed with all the things I need to do, but the last week I've worked on modifying my medieval tent and starting a silver circlet and still going on the blue cloak. I did finish a red cloth for a backdrop which was just hemming on the machine. Hopefully, another catch up over the weekend.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done for getting some things worked on. Don't let the amount of things overwhelm you, just enjoy things one at a time - there will always be more to do than time.

[badly_knitted]

You're certainly keeping yourself busy! So many different projects, you're doing great!

[darkcedars]

Hope you can take a little time to just rest too. I peeked at your journal and that's a lovely blue.

[wiseheart]

You are multitasking with alacrity! ;)

[spiralicious]

You have been busy!

[peaceful_sands]

I didn't even manage to get one whole length of thread sewn in. I was working on the bank again - lots of counting around spaces where other colours are going to go and my eyes kept drooping because I was too tired for words, so I had to give up before I ended up making a mess and having to undo it all. Hopefully I'll get more done at the weekend.

[badly_knitted]

Here's hoping you'll be less tired over the weekend and able to get more stitching done!

[darkcedars]

Definitely time to stop!

[wiseheart]

I admire everyone who can do stitching where counting is involved. I'd fail miserably. But you are right: if you are tired, you better rest a bit first.

[spiralicious]

Hope you were able to get some good rest.