Check-In Post November 23rd 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]

It was supposed to pour with rain all day, but it's been mostly dry and sunny since around noon, meaning I had good daylight this afternoon. Once I stopped writing, I managed to get 6 mini meece bodies sewn up and stuffed, leaving 11 more to do. Of course after that I'll have ears to sew on, then brooch backs, then the tails, and finally the faces, but at least I made some progress.

[smallhobbit]

I think we had your rain. It was sunny this morning, but all afternoon we've either had heavy showers or it looked as if we were about to have heavy showers - and half an hour ago we had thunder and lightning!

[badly_knitted]

Wow! We didn't have a storm forecast so I don't know where you got that from!

The forecast online had my area down as heavy rain. I looked at that, looked out the window at bright sunshine and a clear blue sky, and told the computer it was wrong.

[yarnofariadne]

We got your rain up here XD hooray for more meece!

[badly_knitted]

So sorry you got the rain =(

Thanks, glad to be inching forwards with them. I'd really like to get them finished before I turn my attention to something else.

[wiseheart]

Part of your rain crossed the pond and ended up over here - it's been raining for two days!
Congratulations to the meece progress.

[badly_knitted]

Sorry, but after all we've had we really didn't need more, and we have heavy rain forecast for tomorrow too.

Thanks, I'm glad to be making a bit of progress, even if it's not much.

[darkcedars]

Meece assembly does sound easier in the light.

[badly_knitted]

It's because these are all mini meece with black stripes. Even in good light the black makes sewing up difficult, especially the ones where I cast on with black. Gathering the meece rear end is tricky.

[wiseheart]

Gathering the meece rear end is tricky.

Now *that* sounds a bit bizarre. ;))

[badly_knitted]

Lol! It sounds weird, but it has to be done. A thread has to be run through the stitches and pulled tight to close the hole the meece is stuffed through.

[wiseheart]

I assumed it was something like that, but it does sound hilarious. *g*

[badly_knitted]

I'm tired, I wasn't phrasing things well, and it's a bit hard to put into words anyway. Would 'finishing off the meece bums' have been any better? *grins*

[wiseheart]

Hardly.*g* Besides, there's nothing wrong with a bit of hilarity, especially by weather like this.

[badly_knitted]

Exactly! There's really no good way of putting it o_O Glad it gave you a laugh anyway.

[yarnofariadne]

A bit more progress on the scarf! Still have not ordered more yarn for the slippers up next, oops.

[wiseheart]

Progress is progress, even if it is small.

[darkcedars]

Good! Are you using the same yarn for the slippers?

[yarnofariadne]

No, I'd like something softer than this one I think! If I can get more of the same one I used for an infinity scarf a while back that'd be ideal, but that's been out of stock for months.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! But better get that yarn ordered fast!

[wiseheart]

I've started on the back cover of Dani's quiet book. The original design idea was just a pocket with a zipper; this is a toy to help develop fine motoric skills, after all. That would have been easy, even though sewing in a zipper is bothersome. But nooo, I just had to get the brilliant idea of having 4 teddy heads above the pocket, with 4 bowties that all could be removed and recombined at will, as they all have different colours. Plus I've had those machine-cut teddy heads and bowties in my stash for years, without knowing what to do with them. I just bought them because they were so darn cute.

Anyway, this seemed to be a good idea and I'm sure it will have a great effect - except for the fact that it will mean a great deal of Velcro work. 32 individual pieces, to be more accurate. My poor fingers! But knowing what a self-punishing fool I am, you can be certain that I will do it, in the end. Oh, and the teddy heads are merely outlines, so I'll have to add 4 pairs of eyes (tiny white felt circles, which I have to cut out by hand as my puncher isn't strong enough for felt, and black beads) to the programme. *groans*

So far, I've sewn in the zipper and am about to stitch the pocket to the page base. The rest (which was supposed to happen in one day originally) will take days. And I mean days, considering that the only time with enough natural light is around 10am in these days. *sigh*

[darkcedars]

I swear, I'm only laughing a LITTLE at your self-punishment. Good luck!

[wiseheart]

Oh, feel free to laugh as much as you want. I know I'm insane. *g*

[yarnofariadne]

I hope all the work will be worth it!

[wiseheart]

It better be! It's going to be a painful exercise.

[badly_knitted]

That's going to be hard work, but it sounds like a wonderful idea. I'm sure it will look great once it's done. Good luck!

[wiseheart]

Thanks, I'll need it. And new fingertips probably too, once I'm done.

[badly_knitted]

Your poor fingers.

[celli]

It sounds lovely though punishing!

[wiseheart]

True, on both points. *g*

[darkcedars]

I finally got the sand dollar doily blocked, and packed up for mailing to the little cousin. I send crocheted items and recipes when they get married.


I went out and planted the final coneflower and milkweed seeds. It felt nice to dig in the dirt. I should have been resting, I'm not looking forward to having to do Thanksgiving tomorrow and wanted to do something relaxing.

[yarnofariadne]

Looks beautiful!

[badly_knitted]

The sand dollar doily looks wonderful! Also yay for planting seeds. May they flourish!

Good luck with Thanksgiving. I'm officially thankful we don't celebrate it here. It sounds too much like hard work!

[wiseheart]

Oh, but those look amazing!

[celli]

Oh, lovely!

[sister_raphael]

Just cutting dust jackets today. I wish I'd remembered that the publishers changed the size of the book (so the dust jackets I printed last time wouldn't fit.) These new ones do fit, bit I would have put the text over a bit on the spine if I'd remembered.

[badly_knitted]

Argh! The dust jacket saga must be so annoying. All because some people have fits if they see the word sex and a bit of boob. *rolls eyes*

[wiseheart]

Unfortunately, you can't force them to grow functional brain cells.

[celli]

Made some progress on my revamped project - i had to bring in some Korean-speaking friends because part of it is a few words in Korean and I had to make sure they were readable words!

[badly_knitted]

Very important, that! You wouldn't want it to say something you didn't intend!