Check-In Post September 3rd 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

[smallhobbit]

Back from holiday so I've been finding the fabric and threads for my cross stitch Christmas cards, as well as opening the kit to knit a Christmas angel.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like you'll have plenty to play with over the next few months!

[smallhobbit]

Yes, I'm looking forward to it!

[badly_knitted]

With the weather getting cooler I'll maybe get around to crafting again before too long...

[wiseheart]

Haha, the Christmas spirit seems to be spreading! :)

[smallhobbit]

I definitely need to get started!

[darkcedars]

Hope you had a good time! I really should get out my card decoration stuff and not leave it until November.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Yes, my reasoning being that if I leave things I will get too busy to do what I want to do. I'm aiming for 7 to 8 cards plus a few gift tags.

[badly_knitted]

Miraculously it stayed dry today so I was able to finish clearing the ivy and stuff out from under and around the holly. Now I can see all the places it's rooted - seems even time a holly branch touches the ground it roots, so there are a lot of rooted stems, some of which will have to be dug out, but not until the berries are gone. The birds might need them over winter.

While I was under there I could hear birds, either coal tits or blue tits I think, I couldn't see them so I can't be sure, but they sounded like a flock of squeaky toys, so cute!

Next stage of the clearing is to finish getting the ivy out from under and behind my baby yew tree. It's only about 30 years old, and 4 foot tall, but I hope it will get the chance to become one of those magnificent ancient specimens. Only trouble is, it's so close to the hedge I'm worried my neighbour might accidentally lop the top off. Maybe I should tie a ribbon to it so it's easily visible.

[wiseheart]

Perhaps you should. It would be a shame!

[badly_knitted]

I'll have to find something suitable.

[smallhobbit]

Seems appropriate - the holly and the ivy ...

[badly_knitted]

That song has been running through my head all week...

[darkcedars]

Keeping it decorated with a colorful ribbon sounds both fun and a good way to protect it.

[badly_knitted]

As long as the ribbon stays put... Maybe I need to plant a sturdy post with the ribbon attached.

[wiseheart]

The first batch of my rosy-faced little angels is now finished:



They are a bit (a BIT?) more sparkly than the original, and the faces turned out more ruddy than originally planned, even though I used a pale pink felt-tipped pen, but other than that I like them just fine. I'll have to look around in my craft cupboard for more felt rests, because all other ornaments have at least a set of 10 - having only 8 angels just wouldn't do, right?

This project has also moved a bit forward the sorting of the star-shaped sequins - not that I'd have finished it, it's a nightmarish work (and no Cinderella around to give me a hand), but I've made some progress, so that's good.

[smallhobbit]

Those angels are so cute!

[wiseheart]

Thank you. :)

[darkcedars]

More sparkly sounds good to me!

[wiseheart]

The spark is okay. I'll have to see if I can make the faces a bit less rosy. Perhaps with a white acrylic pen. We'll see.

[badly_knitted]

They are delightful! And yes, you do need at least 10 angels ;)

Glad to hear a bit more progress has been achieved on the sequin sorting.

[wiseheart]

It is a never-ending process... and dull, so very dull!

[badly_knitted]

I know that feeling.

[darkcedars]

Started a new set of dish scrubbies. I wasn't going to do any gardening aside from some watering this morning, but the one stand of peonies was looking so moldy. I went out, cut them back, took a shower, and then my aunt showed up with a daylily my mom had ordered. So I went out and planted that in my jammies.

[badly_knitted]

An interesting choice of gardening wear!

Day lilies are gorgeous. Maybe when I get enough garden cleared I'll get some more. The one I used to have is no more. I do have a lot of euphorbia seedlings coming up in the ground that used to be shaded by the juniper. The remind me of a wind farm, all those rows of wind turbines, lol!

[darkcedars]

Yep, thought "I have garden mildew on me, I don't want to bring this in to the african violets." Not expecting special lily delivery. This one is supposed to be red.

[badly_knitted]

That's understandable, infecting the indoor plants would be bad.

Red, that will be stunning! Mine was yellow.

[smallhobbit]

I'm sure the daylily wasn't bothered by the unusual clothing.

[celli]

I took some time in the middle of all my new home prep to sit in the park that's part of my condo complex and do a little stitching, and I'm very glad I did.

[smallhobbit]

What a pleasant way to spend time.

[badly_knitted]

What a lovely place to sit! Definitely a good idea to take a break and sit in the fresh air stitching. Great that you have a place like that so close to your new home where you can go and relax.

[sister_raphael]

Did some more on the centre opening of the pink kirtle, sewed the neckline, pinned the button reinforcing on the sleeves, became disheartened at exactly how many buttons there will be, went and found the blue, silk kirtle which was on hold and decided because it has infinitely less buttonholes to do that I'll work on that instead. Walked past the Polish Kontuscz a few times and feel guilty I haven't been working on it, so there's that also.

And I treated myself to some specially woven silk fabric for a new project which I wanted to make years ago but the fabric wasn't made, then I missed the first weaving run (because the price is a bit on the exorbitant side) but have finally decided to get. My theory of "The Sooner I Make It The More Wear I Get Which Makes It Better Value Theory" applies very strongly here. There will be posts and photos of all those things later in the week as I get time.

[badly_knitted]

Buttonholes sound daunting, but they'll have to get done eventually. At least you have other projects you can switch to when one gets to be too much.

The silk is gorgeous (I saw the post on your journal earlier), and it's good to get it now before it runs out or the price goes even higher, which it could. You deserve an extravagant treat after Covid and everything.

[wiseheart]

I second both points. That silk is simply amazing, and you so deserve to have it!