Check-In Post June 12th 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]

Got some time out in the garden again today and started tackling the sticky weed. Usually I throw weeds on the compost heap, but this stuff was already producing seeds and there was so much of it I decided to put it in the garden waste bin.

I filled four buckets with the damn stuff, and by 'full' I mean cramming as much as a could in, packing it down, and then piling more on top until I couldn't see where the handle was. I cleared maybe two thirds of the biggest patch, and had to untangle it from a rambling rose, so I shredded one hand and got scratches up both arms.

Couldn't wear gardening gloves because sticky weed sticks to everything, including bare skin although to a slightly lesser extent than fabric, but I feel like I've been sandpapered. I hate that stuff, I was pulling yards of it out and ended up with literal green fingers. Now, after umpteen washes, they're just stained brown. I still have the rest of the weed to clear, and I know most of the roots are probably still there, not to mention seeds... *sigh* That's what happens when it's wet out. Everything grows like mad.

[wiseheart]

My Dutch friends used to borrow the goats from the neighbours to get rid of the weed. ;)
You are a hero!

[smallhobbit]

But lots of seeds - the perfect prompt for fan_flashworks ;)

[yarnofariadne]

Oof, that sticky weed is a nightmare. Well done and good luck with the remainder of it!

[darkcedars]

OH no that sounds awful. I get a little of that sort of thing but not that much.

[peaceful_sands]

You have my sympathy for the trials of dealing with the sticky weed - and my admiration for how much of it you managed to deal with.

[wiseheart]

I tried to work a bit on the deep sea page (made one jellyfish that turned out so horrible that I cut it in pieces and threw it out - there went an hour of devoted work down the drainage). I still got some pearls sewn on to the coral and cut out the bases for two more Big Fish(TM), but that was all about crafting today.

Of course, the fact that we had our concert today did play a small role in the somewhat stressful nature of the day.

[badly_knitted]

Poor doomed jellyfish. At least you made some positive progress though.

The concert must have taken most of your time so it's amazing you found any time at all for crafting.

[smallhobbit]

There's some progress, if not as much as you had hoped.

[peaceful_sands]

Sorry to hear the jellyfish didn't work. I hope the concert went well.

[smallhobbit]

I'm currently working hard on a cross stitch initial for a bookmark for a friend's birthday on Wednesday.

[wiseheart]

Cross stitch is hard work indeed. You need good eyes - and lots of counting is involved.

[badly_knitted]

*cheers you on* You can do it!

[peaceful_sands]

Hope things are going well.

[yarnofariadne]

Absolutely nothing today, spent 9 hours with a migraine :(

[smallhobbit]

Very sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon.

[wiseheart]

Oh, poor you! Get better, soon!

[badly_knitted]

That really sucks, I'm so sorry =(

Hope you're feeling better now though.

[darkcedars]

gah, sorry. Hope it is past now and you can get a good night's rest to recover.

[peaceful_sands]

Hope you feel better soon.

[darkcedars]

No crafting, but I finished weeding the big flowerbed, planted more nasturtiums, and did a bunch of kitchen work today.

[badly_knitted]

A busy and productive day by the sound of it!

[peaceful_sands]

That's a lot to get through - so well done on being so productive.

[yarnofariadne]

That's a lot! Well done!

[peaceful_sands]

I haven't done any crafting this weekend. I didn't get home from work until quite late on Friday, made some dinner and then had to do some more work - I finished about 11pm. I went walking on Saturday and did some shopping - then was so tired I fell asleep on and off for the rest of the day. Yesterday I caught up on household chores - the free time I did have I did a bit of reading.

[smallhobbit]

Crafting will keep till you have some more time.