Check-In Post June 4th 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]

Still feeling crappy so I've had as relaxing a day as I could manage, basically the same as yesterday — writing, solitaire, fanfic reading, posting fanfic too.

Now I'm going to check my emails, maybe play some more card games before bed.

[wiseheart]

If you need to rest, then you should rest. I hope you'll feel better, soon. Perhaps this is the backlash of all that meece-producing frenzy? ;))

[badly_knitted]

More likely it's the cold, damp weather.

I went to bed early last night but today is even colder and wetter so I'm just going to huddle in front of my computer all day, trying to keep warmish.

[stationblorbos]

Get some rest! Feeling awful is the worst. I hope you feel better soon

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I hope I feel better soon too. I did get an early night last night and hope to do the same today, but the weather is foul and I don't want to do anything.

[wiseheart]

I've worked on the central motif of the birthday cake page today. It proved a lot more fussy than expected, as the felt I chose for the cake body was fairly soft (though also on the slightly thicker side; I chose it for the colour concept), and so it had to be stabilized by several stitched lines to keep the zipper I embedded functional. Then I had to remove the decoration I'd already sewn on because the outcome was too kitschy. Not fun!

But at least the cake itself is almost done now. I need to sew it onto the page base, add the Velcro for the candles and do the bunting above, but that is roughly a day's work. Two days, tops. Afterwards, I have to stitch it together with the front cover and seam the whole thing, which is tedious and boring, but that won't happen until next week, I'm afraid. Or the week after, as next week is supposed to be very busy.

[stationblorbos]

That's exciting that part of it is close to being done!

[badly_knitted]

Cakes with zips... *grins* Sounds delightful! You're progressing well, even if some parts are proving fiddly.

[pensnest]

My Stephen West Painting Honeycombs shawl is close to being done. After starting with more than 280 stitches in a row I'm now at around 100, and the decreases are coming thick and fast! It's a lovely knit, a pattern I would happily recommend: just one colour in a row, but gives a lovely textured effect. I am, however, getting a bit bored with it, so it's good that the rows are now quick to complete.

[stationblorbos]

Very cool! I wish I could knit but it's not for me. Crochet all the way.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent shawl progress! Aren't decreases lovely? Rows get shorter and shorter while the item grows faster. I'm looking forward to seeing a picture of the finished shawl =)

[stationblorbos]

I did a bit of fic writing this morning. Saturday is my at home spa day. I do a scalp facial, and I full face mask.

Playing my sims challenge while I binge watch Halo with my aunt has been fun too.

Might work on my fic later tonight as well, but I'm not sure

[badly_knitted]

Yay for fic writing, self care, and fun games! Good luck with your fic! Sounds like you had a good day.

[celli]

I finished that kpop project today! Just a little bit ago, actually. Here it is! It still needs to be washed, ironed, and hooped, but omg I feel very accomplished!

[badly_knitted]

That looks really great! And the background is very effective, worth the effort. Well done!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Well done!