Check-In Post June 16th 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.
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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]

Been working hard in the garden, trying to clear the path behind the greenhouses., pulling weeds, sweeping up soil, twigs and leaves, dumping it all in the hedge, shifting rocks, and bricks from where the old compost bin has fallen down, cutting branches off the laurel so I can get past it...

I'm most of the way along, but the last part is hardest, with the tumbled bricks buried under laurel leaves and tangled with garden fleece that used to be in a bag in the the greenhouse but has come out because of the glass breaking. That'll have to go in the dustbin if I can untangle it from everything. It's ruined.

[yarnofariadne]

It sounds like you're making amazing progress. Best of luck with the hardest and last part ♥

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! Progress is good, even if the path (poured concrete that my dad made 40+ years ago) is crap.

[wiseheart]

Well, you know what they say: We won't last forever, either, so we can't expect the things to do so..
But you're making amazing progress indeed.

[badly_knitted]

Oh, the path isn't crap because it's old, it's crap because my dad was no good at DIY of any kind. It's wider at one end than the other, it's not level, it's right up against the hedge, and it's only about 15 inches at its widest,when there's about 3ft between the hedge and the greenhouse. He tried, that's about the best that can be said about it.

[smallhobbit]

There are fairies at the bottom of the garden
But they're putting rocks and bricks and weeds in the way
They're plaiting the laurel branches to block the path
They're not planning to be disturbed by BK any day

[badly_knitted]

Sorry, fairies, you'll just have to move somewhere nicer, lol!

I'll be glad when the laurel is gone. I'll get more light in that part of the garden and then maybe I can clear the greenhouse out and repair it.

[darkcedars]

A lot to do but sounds like good progress!

[badly_knitted]

I'm very pleased with progress today, especially as I only have one more day of good weather before it turns cold and wet again. Sorting the path out really requires dry weather.

[darkcedars]

Right, mud and wet leaves would make that much worse. At least you can sweep when it's dry.

[badly_knitted]

Exactly, it makes the job so much easier.

[yarnofariadne]

A few more rows on the scarf, and I'll probably keep going through Taskmaster tonight. Made great progress on editing, though; this first draft had two major plot problems and I've now untangled both of them, so going forward I'm feeling good about it!

[wiseheart]

You have every reason to feel good! Congratulations!

[yarnofariadne]

Thank you!

[smallhobbit]

That sounds good - your scarf must be growing well.

[yarnofariadne]

It's actually coming along quite slowly because I keep having to stop and double-check my count, haha. But I wanted this project to take me a while so it's all according to plan :D

[darkcedars]

Congrats on untangling the writing problem!

[yarnofariadne]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like you're doing really well on both the scarf and your editing! Well done untangling your plot problems.

[yarnofariadne]

Thank you!

A radical solution

[wiseheart]

Re: the deep sea page. Since I've botched up two different sea creatures, I decided to leave their places empty and add them later, when I'm more inspired. They'll be fixed with press studs, so I can add them any time I want, even when the book is finished and bound already. Instead, I sew on the rest of the applications, like the seashell-shaped sequins and the sparkly pom-poms that are meant to represent sea-hedgehogs, as well as a lot more pearls for the coral. I'm fairly pleased with the outcome, and this way I'll be able to stitch the deep sea page together with the castle puzzle page, even though two elements are still missing, and seam them.

Other than that, I worked a lot on my Big Fishies(TM) - two of them are nearly done, another two only missing the eyes, and another three bases are cut out. The cunning plan is to make all 7 of them so far ready that only the mouths would need to be added. We'll see.

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[yarnofariadne]

Sounds like an excellent solution. I love the sound of all the pieces you're including!

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[wiseheart]

TBH, I was dying to use the sparkly pom-poms for *something*.

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[smallhobbit]

All the smaller deep sea creatures sound wonderful!

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[wiseheart]

And they came ready-made, too! It's great that one can get sequins in so many different shapes.

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[badly_knitted]

Great idea! It'll mean you can continue with the book.

Great progress on the fishes!

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[wiseheart]

It'll mean you can continue with the book

That is the plan, yes.

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[darkcedars]

A good idea, to finish this one later when you're less frustrated with the creatures. I will look forward to sparkly pom-pom photo in the future.

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[wiseheart]

I will look forward to sparkly pom-pom photo in the future.

Soon, I promise. ;)

[darkcedars]

Forecast says it will be overly hot for another week. I got out this morning before it heated up too much. Pulled a few weeds, swept the porch and some of the sidewalk. Little stuff.

A lot of cooking today. It's my brother's birthday (he lives with us) so I made a beef roast, parsnips (we had not had them before), and portobello mushrooms sauteed with onions. And a loaf of light rye bread from some frozen store bought dough.

Now I've finished dishes and am going to work on the baby blanket.

[badly_knitted]

Poor you and your poor garden. Too much heat won't do either much good.

Mmmm, parsnips!

Enjoy your crocheting!

[darkcedars]

We have air conditioning at least.

So far the native plants are looking awesome.

[badly_knitted]

No air conditioning where I am, but it seldom gets hot enough here to need it. Which is good, I suppose...

Native plants can cope better because they're more tolerant of the conditions in their native areas.

[darkcedars]

Yeah, it's in the upper 90s and then there's the humidity. We're in "excessive heat warnings" and my phone keeps beeping me about it. Yes, I've noticed, THANKS.

[wiseheart]

Gadgets! You can't live with them and you can't live without them.

[badly_knitted]

That's hot! It's ben about 80F here today, which for me was fine because I was working in the shade and it's quite windy. Tomorrow though, highs of 60F are forecast =( From comfortable heat to shivery cold overnight.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm glad you got something done before the heat overwhelmed! Everything you cooked sounds lovely.

[darkcedars]

I rather liked the parsnips, though they weren't the freshest. The store sells a frozen mix of carrot and parsnip. That would be easy.