Check-In Post January 23rd 2023

[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!

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[badly_knitted]

Today has been quite eventful! Sent my car for her MOT test and she passed, no repairs required, so YAY! Only had to pay the test fee.


I happened to glance out the window while working on my computer and saw something odd in the sky so I whipped my reading glasses off and put my regular glasses on so I could see properly... There were two paragliders drifting past, on a bitterly cold day in January. I live in the suburbs, so where they took off from and where they were headed I have no idea.


On the crafting front, I had to adjust my plans for the sweater slightly because I miscalculated and increased to 122 stitches but when I added up the panels I had planned, it came to 120. I didn't want to undo the increase row so I fiddled with the layout and went with cables over 8 stitches instead of six between the pattern panels. I've done the first 26 rows, but it's a 38 row pattern repeat for the main panels. It's looking good so far.

[wiseheart]

I was less than lucky today. After I had sewn in the last page of Dani's quiet book and was about to fix the other edge of the spine, I realized that the distance between the last page and the previous one was half a cm wider than between the other pages. It looked ugly, and I refuse to hand out ugly things. Not after I'd worked on it so much. So I swore a blue streak, and then undid the whole thing, pinned it together again and started anew. It isn't finished yet, as the time wasn't enough for that, plus my fingers rebelled, but I have high hopes for tomorrow.

[darkcedars]

I'm on the fifth round of blue on the first half of the cardigan (I think I need 10 rows).

After telling myself I would only put out some seed on a dish, I bought a suet block feeder and put it out this morning. It was quickly being snacked on (though I did not see it in action). I also worked on moving a pile of leaves that had accumulated to the south side of the house.

[celli]

I have been AWOL of late due to some stressors, but I have been taking out my stress via stitching - my friend L calls it "productive stabbing," which makes me laugh every time. I'm almost done with two samplers for my stitching class, and then there's only one left to catch up on 2022! I haven't decided if I'm doing it again in 2023. I have that booth at the art show in August and I should probably focus on the stuff I want to show there.

[spiralicious]

Today was the first day this year of weekly crafting sessions with an elderly friend of mine. It's something we started last year, but had been on hold for the holidays. She didn't feel up to doing anything after we got things set up, so we had tea while she talked, then she made pushy suggestions while I made Valentine's day cards. She said she had more fun with that than making cards herself.

Next week, I'll try to talk her into doing one of the unopened kits she has. She does pretty well with those. And I'll try to remember to bake something in case all she wants to do is talk.

The downside to all this is that she is trying to bully me into coming more than once a week, but 2-5 hours on Mondays is about all I can handle.

After a few hours of recovery time, I did some stich and stream. I got another 10 rows done on the new scarf and watched the limited series Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure.

[althea_valara]

Carbuncle is nearing completion! It took longer than I expected - I thought I could whip it up in a day, but it's taken four days so far with at least an hour of work each day. I need to attach the ears and nose, make eyes (I started the eyes tonight but I am using black floss for them and I can't see the stitches this late at night), do the back stripes, and finish the tail. I think I should be able to finish tomorrow. Tuesdays are usually non-busy for me.

I also took a break from Carby yesterday and worked on my crocheted hoodie. The hood is complete and I've started the body. It's a good thing I can read stitches in both knitting and crochet, because my stitch count is off a bit - I have more than I should. I decided not to sweat it, because it's not drastically more and besides I'd rather err on the big side. I'm just making sure to place the raglans correctly. Hopefully this will work fine.

[sister_raphael]

See how I feel, but I might tackle that hem tonight after work... maybe.