Check-In Post November 5th 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

[badly_knitted]

Still worn out from yesterday, but my arm isn't too bad. Of course, that might be because I've taken painkillers, something I seldom do. Took the first one when I got home, even though my arm was only a tiny bit sore. It was very bad with my last booster, so I figured I'd try to head it off this time. Seems to be working.


It's bonfire night here in England, so people are letting off noisy fireworks. They did that last night too, so I can look forward to an evening of loud bangs *sigh*


I've knitted another mini meece body and crocheted some ears. Planning to knit a few more while I watch Strictly. I've cast on for the first of the two black and turquoise ones. This one is cast on in black, the other will start turquoise so the stripes are reversed.

[smallhobbit]

I had my flu vac in one arm and covid one in the other - no problem with the flu arm, but the other ached for a couple of days.

So far we've not had too many loud fireworks - I think the weather has dampened things down!

[badly_knitted]

I got my flu shot a couple of weeks back so I wouldn't have to deal with two at once. There's mild discomfort in my arm, but no worse than I sometimes get with the flu shot. Would have probably been worse without the painkillers so I think I did the right thing. It hasn't hampered me when doing chores this time around.

It's dry here (amazingly) and I haven't noticed the fireworks much while watching Strictly. The music and applause drowned a lot of it out.

[darkcedars]

Hope the fireworks don't bother you too late. And good meece luck.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I managed 5 meeces, and I don't think the fireworks are as loud as last night. Not so far anyway.

[wiseheart]

That was wise foresight with the painkillers. Why suffer when you don't have to?

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. I have high pain tolerance so I usually don't bother, but paracetamol helps reduce fever too, so it seemed a good idea on two fronts. I did get a fever after my last booster, and prevention is better than cure.

[smallhobbit]

Finished another Christmas card today:

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Hey that looks really good! Wow. I'm impressed.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[darkcedars]

Cute! I like a snowglobe.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I liked the pattern, so thought I'd try it.

[badly_knitted]

Snow globe! Yay! Looks wonderful!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[wiseheart]

This is really beautiful!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[darkcedars]

I'm up to 6 peppermint hearts now.

It finally stopped raining about 9am. I went out and raked the leaves out of the gutter so the street would drain. The dog zoomed around a lot (I'd finally done as I was told and turned off the rain).

I also worked on sanding the new plaster. There is one area that is a lot lumpier than I thought. Just a corner. Tomorrow is over 3 weeks since I did the plaster and it should be safe to paint now.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Great work!

Happy dog is happy! I'm sure the gutters appreciate you clearing the leaves from them too.

I imagine corners would be the hardest points to apply plaster smoothly. Good luck with the sanding and painting!

[wiseheart]

Your workload is impressive. I'd be hard-pressed to do all that stuff.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Two collages. I think my skills are improving!

[darkcedars]

I really like the fruit one. Are those wood pieces?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, those are wood! The last of my packet. I really liked them as embellishments.

[badly_knitted]

The one with the eye is a bit creepy, lol!

I love the pears! Then again, I'm a pear fan.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Pears are great!

[badly_knitted]

I definitely agree.

[wiseheart]

I think my skills are improving!

I think you are right. *g* Although the earlier ones were pretty, too.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

I bought earlier in the week the Stamperia Classic Christmas scrapbook paper pad. The really big one, with 30cm by 30cm pages. This one:



The rest of the sheets can be viewed here.

It wasn't exactly cheap, but it is so beautiful. Which is probably the reason that I had already bought it last year and happened to forget about it. In any case, I decided to make collage-like Christmas cards. I've been keeping a stack of ready-cut cards someone gifted upon me back in the Stone Age; very thick ones with a glossy surface and a yellow frame on 3 sides. In other words: not very useful. Perfect for collage cards, though, so I dug them out (miraculously remembering where they had been buried) and made 6 cards already. Inscriptions and small embellishments might come yet, but I decided to make the cards themselves first.

The quiet book project (Dani's transportation book) is also making headway. The background for the "Funny train" page is basically done, and I've started on the train itself. I'm still of two minds about the sliding mechanism (especially because of a small mistake I managed to make), but one way or another, the train will move. *adopts determined look*

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ooo! I like it! I like the vintage ad ones especially. I am also going to do my own cards and am collecting materials. I bought some washi tape yesterday.

[wiseheart]

Making cards is fun! I didn't get around to do some last year, but before that, quite often. At first I used paper embroidery, and in 2022 I made these. Of course, not getting all the cool stuff under the rock where I live, I had to cut out all those window frames by hand; it was really hard work. Still, the results were worth it, I think.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh wow. I'm so impressed you did the windows yourself. I bought a set of windows and doilies. I like the effect so far.

[wiseheart]

THB I'd love to get such things ready-made, but they are not available in our craft shops, and I'm utterly hopeless with online shopping. I won't even try it on my own. So I'm restricted to handmade crafts - literally. ;))

[badly_knitted]

Lovely! Have fun with the collage cards.

Also, great progress with the quiet book!

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I need to press on with the book, since it ought to be done by February.

[badly_knitted]

Still plenty of time, you'll get there!

[smallhobbit]

Making the cards should be great fun.

[wiseheart]

Oh, it is! Which is part of the problem, of course; I get so easily distracted by them.