Check-In Post June 22nd 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.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Dashed into town this morning to collect my new glasses, which I will start wearing tomorrow. I'll probably need to get them adjusted, but I've got them. Only did a small amount of shopping so I got home quickly.

Spent the afternoon in the garden, shifting old branches, most of which aren't dry enough yet to break up for the fire so I'm just moving them from beneath the tree I want removing and shoving them elsewhere. I did break some up, but most will need to be sawn up and left to dry further. I only managed to shift about half the pile though, and I still need to find somewhere to put the logs from when the conifer was cut down last autumn, but it's supposed to rain on Friday and that's when the chimney sweep is coming... It's a bit of a crazy week.

[smallhobbit]

At least now you can see all the branches properly ;)

[yarnofariadne]

Hooray for new glasses!

[peaceful_sands]

You’re having a very busy week but you’re doing well.

[sister_raphael]

Sounds like you still got an awful lot done! Go You!

[smallhobbit]

For those who haven't seen, I was painting with plants yesterday: on my DW

[badly_knitted]

You created some lovely pieces!

[darkcedars]

That's neat!

[peaceful_sands]

Looks like you had fun

[sister_raphael]

I saw the post! very cool!

[darkcedars]

I meant to work on repotting more plants today, but then had to run back to the doctor. We didn't get one of the tests done when I was there Monday. So that sucked out all my energy.

I've been sitting with the baby afghan but not really working on it. I'm half waiting on the postal carrier supervisor. We want to move the mailbox and he has to approve the location. Since we are moving from one on the wall of the porch to one at the base of the steps, I'm sure he will agree.

[smallhobbit]

If it means less work for the mailman, what's to object to?

[peaceful_sands]

Sorry you had to rush back to the doctor for missed tests. Hope things are okay and that you get things sorted with the mailman.

[wiseheart]

Poor you, what a stressful day! A bit of rest might be in order.

[badly_knitted]

Hope you got the test done.

Wow, you have to have permission to move a mailbox? How strange. Mind you, we mostly don't have mailboxes like you do. Mail slots in front doors in most cases.

[yarnofariadne]

I dropped a stitch on the scarf and I have no idea how; I don't recall anything going wrong but suddenly it just wasn't there. At least I wasn't too attached to this scarf, but I'm still pretty bummed. :( Luckily I made a cake today so I have that to cheer me up.

[smallhobbit]

How frustrating! Is it going to be possible to rectify it?

[peaceful_sands]

How frustrating to lose a stitch. Hope things are okay though as you continue

[wiseheart]

Gah, how annoying! But a cake always helps.

[badly_knitted]

It happens to al of us. I dropped on doing the neckband of my sweater the other day and had to fish for it. I got it back though.

If you can catch the dropped stitch with a crochet hook, you can hook the loops between stitches one at a time to make stitches all the way up to your current row. They'll pull a little tighter than the rest of the scarf, but after a while it probably won't be noticeable.

[sister_raphael]

Cake fixes everything.

[wiseheart]

Fish count: 3 done, 5 more to go. No progress on the quiet book, though. For that, I need longer undisturbed time slots.

[badly_knitted]

The fish flock is coming along well! Hopefully you'll soon have more time for the quiet book.

[peaceful_sands]

Tonight I’m working more on the sock while watching TV and checking election results online (not ideal for when I should be stitch counting!)

I’ve put two of the cross-stitch patterns into cards this evening. The other is way too tiny for the cards I have at the moment, so I’ll need to look for an alternative. Anyway here are some photos (clicking on each enlarges it)

[wiseheart]

They are lovely!

[sister_raphael]

Has a busy afternoon styling one of my assistants in medieval clothes and finding her "look." In the process I discovered I hadn't finished sewing up her sleeves, so there's another job to do. 2 more blog posts done, so I'm catching up, but more to go. One post with pics for the bentwood box I'm painting and another on the finished medieval style we ended up with.

[badly_knitted]

Oops! Better get those sleeves finished sharpish!