Check-In Post February 10th 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!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

20 sleeve rows so far, and I'm going to watch TV in a bit and see how much more I can get done.


I did screw up again earlier, missed twisting one of the two cables, but I managed to just undo the two rows on the cable itself and fix it. A bit fiddly, but it looks fine.

[wiseheart]

You seem to have a lot of bad luck with this one. *is symptathetic*

[badly_knitted]

I was mostly fine until I got to the sleeves, which are my least favourite part because the rows get longer the further up the sleeve you get. Hopefully I'll get the second sleeve right first time.

I battled on and managed 58 rows altogether tonight. Now my hands feel like they might fall off, but I'm almost up to the length I'd reached before I undid the sleeve, and I've completed all the increases, so I van just work straight until I have the length I want.

[wiseheart]

I wish you better luck with the rest. And give your poor hands a break before you damage them. :)

[badly_knitted]

They can rest overnight. I need to finish this sleeve tomorrow so I can do the ribbing for the second one on Sunday. Trying to get back on schedule.

[wiseheart]

You've got a deadline for this?

[badly_knitted]

I was trying to do one section a week, so I could do the ribbing for the next part while watching Dancing on Ice on Sundays. I managed well until the sleeve issue derailed my plan.

[spiralicious]

Sorry the sleeves have been giving you such issues.

[badly_knitted]

That's life for a knitter, as I'm sure you know. Sometimes things just don't go the way they should. I ended up knitting 58 rows last night though, so I only have about 32 to do.

[wiseheart]

I had to go to the Savoy park shopping mall today - and fell victim to my paper love again. Remember, I said yesterday that I'd like to use up some of my stored papers before buying new ones? Well... it didn't happen, obviously. You won't even want to know the indecent amount I spent on craft papers - some with hotfoil, some without - but they were so beautiful! And imagine how much I could have spent, had I bought one of each collection available! But at least I worked up *some* self-discipline in the end...

No actual crafting was done as I took a nap afterwards - and it lasted nearly two hours. Tomorrow. There's always tomorrow.

[badly_knitted]

Tomorrow maybe you'll find some of your new papers are perfect for the baby books you're working on. You never know!

[wiseheart]

Oh, definitely! I selected the papers with that particular thought on my mind.

[badly_knitted]

Very sensible *nods*

[spiralicious]

Ah, the siren song of paper is always strong

[wiseheart]

Oh, YESSSS! I know I already have more than what I'd probably ever use up, but they are just so PRETTY...

[spiralicious]

As someone who just bought yet another new 12x12 paper storage box from the thrift store, I understand. We don't even have a store that sells craft paper anymore and it still keeps multiplying.

[spiralicious]

I did some stitch and streaming today. I watched a bunch of random anime episodes trying to decide what to watch and I'm not sure how many rows I added to the scarf, probably about 10, but I have also realized I am not going to have enough of the yarn I'm using to finish, it'll be close, but not quite. It's a mystery yarn from the thrift store, so there is no hope of matching it - it looked like a full skein, was sold as a full skein, and would have been enough if it had been. The person I am making the scarf for is also getting a bag, and I have extra of that yarn - an ombre green that goes from almost white to dark green. So what I think I am going to do is start working the green in now, making stripes with what's left of the pink and green until the pink runs out, then finish with green and tell her it's watermelon inspired. She likes watermelon and it will go with her bag.

While I thought on that, I did the border of the baby blanket. It's not the yarn I wanted to use for it, but after waiting for almost 2 months for the yarn I wanted to use to be in stock, this was the next best choice. I do like the yarn, I'm just not sure how I am going to like it as a baby blanket. It's good practice regardless.

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like a great idea for the scarf, I'm sure your friend will love it because it's so individual and matches her tastes.

Good luck with the baby blanket!

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

Crafting is full of compromises. It seems to me that we can never find just the paper/felt/yarn/whatever we truly need. Or want to. *sigh*

[spiralicious]

Isn't that the truth?

The extra kicker here is that the yarn I was trying to get was on discount last month and they still never got any in.