Check-In Post August 21st 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]

More battling with brambles and bindweed. made good if painful progress because i had top squeeze past thorny gooseberry bushes to get at the thorny brambles. I've been thoroughly prickled.

Best news is that all the seed trays and most of the plant pots I'd put out in the driveway have gone! YAY! Can't help wondering if whoever took them didn't want to appear too greedy so left a few *grins*

[wiseheart]

Well, at least most of them are gone and you don't have to worry about them. Tend to your battle wounds and rest. :)

[smallhobbit]

The brambles are all very thorny
The gooseberry bushes are too
You may think my rhymes are quite corny
But frankly they are the best that I can do!!

[sister_raphael]

Oh I was just reading about bindweed for a medieval recipe wondering how the heck I could get some. So, it grows as a weed in England then. I'll have to look into it here.

[wiseheart]

I taped together the front panels of my little felt creches. The roof, the manger, Mary and Joseph are all fixed with double-sided tape (all 10 of them); next week I can start with the actual sewing/stitching. I decided to give my fingers a break today.

[smallhobbit]

Excellent progress. That should keep you busy stitching them - very wise to give your fingers a break.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, that's great progress! And yes, your fingers can probably do with a break.

[sister_raphael]

Getting them together is great!

[smallhobbit]

I completed square 25 of my throw and the last of the building squares - this one's Berlin. Now I'm taking a break because we've got a few days away in a week's time and once we're back I shall begin the rest of the Christmas knitting - there was a book of Christmas mini knits for sale half price...

[badly_knitted]

For some reason the picture of your knitted square isn't showing =(

The Christmas mini knits book sounds fun!

Enjoy your time away. Where are you off to?

[wiseheart]

Yay for Christmas mini knits! I bet they are cute!

[darkcedars]

Have a good trip!

[sister_raphael]

Christmas knitting! Gosh!

[ripplestitch]

I went to the park today! This is a big deal because it's the third time I'd been outside since I got covid early last month. It was a big park in the city which required a trip on the bus and then a tram. Am Cream-crackered.

Putting off going upstairs to grab my knitting bag because I am simply too tired, but in a good way.

[badly_knitted]

Ugh, poor you getting Covid!

By the park, would you by any chance mean Wollaton Park? (I don't know anywhere other than my neck of the woods that says Cream-crackered *grins* and lo and behold, when I checked your profile to see if you mentioned where you're from... Hi, neighbour! *waves*)

[sister_raphael]

I sometimes take sewing to the park. :)

[darkcedars]

I cleaned up my project bag this morning and loaded it with cotton yarn for dishcloths. Started the first one a bit ago. Leaning more pastel this round. After I do a few of them I might tackle my last longer-term WIP. I did put it in the basket (a doily).

Still healing from tonsil surgery. I am feeling much better and finally sleeping through the night. I tire quickly, so another good reason to work on mindless projects in the afternoon. Getting completely sick of scrambled eggs and macaroni cheese. Food choices additionally limited due to lack of fridge space (our fridge died and we have been using a mini fridge for just a few things). New fridge comes Thursday!

[badly_knitted]

Mindless projects can be very handy! Glad you're recovering, and I hope you get your energy back soon.

Also, hope the new fridge arrives on time to give you more food space.

[sister_raphael]

glad to hear you're getting better and in the mood for crafting. That's how you know you're getting better, right?

[sister_raphael]

Cut out more buttons, and virtually helped a girl with her sewing issues. I'm trying to connect to my website and put a new banner up so hopefully after that's done and the bathhouse page is loaded, I can sew on the pink kirtle for a bit before bed.

[badly_knitted]

You're such a busy beaver!

Oh dear, more buttons means more buttonholes, doesn't it?

[darkcedars]

Busy day! I can barely sew at all, the thought of making buttons / buttonholes is quite beyond me.

[m_findlow]

I've been terribly absent and only checking in every now and then. This year has just been so damned hard for so many reasons it's all I can do to just keep my head above water and not push myself.
I did manage to finally get five of my old cross stitches framed and they're now hanging proudly around the new house. I've also dabbled with my old hama beads and done a few cards here and there, and made a spice rack from a DIY kit (still to be varnished). I upcycled a couple of side tables my old home owner left me and gave them woodgrain wallpaper tops so they match in better with everything else. The house throws up all kinds of odd little projects so I just tackle them when I feel up to it.
I started a little cross stitch bookmark kit whilst I'm waiting for my next kit to arrive. The next one will probably take me a few years to complete - it's huge 36" x 41"- but will hopefully look nice in the main living room. (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32867035210.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.0.0.3482f19ceGrArq)

Hope everyone else is doing okay (or at least better than me!)

[badly_knitted]

You've been so busy with work and the new house, everyone understands that *hugs anyway because you sound like you could use some*

You've worked your way through a fair few projects, with all the framing, upcycling, cardmaking, and so forth, so kudos for that. Sounds like your house is becoming a home.

The new kit is stunning, I love Irises, and it will look gorgeous on your wall once it's done. =)

[darkcedars]

You'll get through it! Sounds like you're getting a lot of things done. We moved into an older home a year ago, I know what you mean about the odd little projects!