Check-In Post August 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.


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]

Just gardening again today, battling brambles, rose briars, and bindweed. The more I cut down, the faster they grow =(

[wiseheart]

Oh dear, that has to be frustrating!

[badly_knitted]

It is. I cleared them in one place back in April, but now there are 12 foot long briars going in every direction, and blackberries that I picked for a neighbour.

[sister_raphael]

On the plus side... BLACBERRIES!!!

[badly_knitted]

But a lot are out of reach and will drop to the ground where new brambles will start growing... There is good and bad in a blackberry...

[wiseheart]

I worked a tiny bit on my creche scenes; figured out a very sneaky way for the hangings. Do you know those terrible buttons they have on bedlinens? The ones that consist of a small metal ring and lots of thread twirled around it? Well, I sacrificed one pillow-case (will sew on sensible buttons later), removed the thread and used the little metal rings for hangings. That way, whoever gets the little felts, can hang them on the wall as well as on the Christmas tree.

[badly_knitted]

Can't say I know those buttons, we don't have buttons on bedlinens here, cultural differences perhaps, but that sounds like a great idea for the hangings =)

[wiseheart]

I actually hate the stupid buttons, the thread tends to become loose after a while and all you have on your pillow cases are the metal rings. So I'm replacing them with ordinary little buttons (plastic or old mother-of-pearl ones) and put the rings away for my crafting.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds sensible, especially if you can make better use of the rings.

[sister_raphael]

That's a great idea!

[wiseheart]

And the big advantage is that they are made in one piece, no breaks like in the chain links.

[sister_raphael]

As promised... photos of the cardboard kitty house...


and a link to a bigger photo here:
https://sister-raphael.dreamwidth.org/file/37240.jpg

[badly_knitted]

That is so awesome! Hope your kitty is enjoying it!

[sister_raphael]

She hasn't touched it. Gave it a small sniff.

[badly_knitted]

What does it take to impress her?

[sister_raphael]

The good news is that the lady next door with 2 small kids loved it and if Gummibear doesn't warm up to it in a few days, there's a loving home for it next door with them!

[badly_knitted]

At least all that hard work won't be wasted then!

[wiseheart]

Fantastic!