Check-In Post February 26th 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]

Done the ribbing for the back of my next sweater while watching Dancing on Ice. Yay!

[celli]

yay to both the ribbing and the watching!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I'm off to a good start!

[wiseheart]

You are frighteningly productive! How many self-knitted sweaters do you own already? *g*

[badly_knitted]

30? 40? A lot, lol, although there are a few so old they're falling apart, some of my earliest attempts from nearly 40 years ago. I get very attached to things I've made.

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I even did the increase row!

[wiseheart]

Having finished the baby book page from yesterday, I also cut out the page bases for the next page of all three baby books... after my nap. There will be at least a week of work on those, but having the bases cut out makes me feel good. An illusion, I know, but we all need our illusions, right?

[celli]

We absolutely do! I also support napping.

[wiseheart]

Napping is important! *nodnod*

[badly_knitted]

Yay for finishing that last page and getting preparations underway for the next one! Hope this one goes smoothly.

[wiseheart]

Your word in God's ear! Unfortunately, every single page requires a great deal of little details - and I've got to make everything trice!

[badly_knitted]

And you will do it by taking it step by step.

[spiralicious]

Napping and cutting out bases are both vital activities.

[celli]

I ended up frogging my scarf entirely, but I think it's going to look better the second time around and hopefully I'll get the ends right this time!

I also made some good progress on Pluto, fixing the orbits that went wonky and starting on the sun. Next, the planets!

[badly_knitted]

Better luck second time *cheers you on*

The Pluto project is looking really great!

[celli]

Thank you so much!

[wiseheart]

We all learn by making mistakes. Next time will be easier, I'm sure.
Oh, and I love your icon!

[celli]

Thank you! It makes me smile. :)

[spiralicious]

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[spiralicious]

Today was odd, but productive.

Very first thing, Lynn canceled on me for both the play this afternoon and our weekly crafting tomorrow. I'm not 100% sure what is going on, but if she doesn't feel up to it, I'm not going to push her. Part of it is we had/have a storm coming in tonight for a couple days of our normal rain and wind variety. I may bake her something to bring over to her.

This freed up my next couple days and I did end up napping instead of all of what I had planned, but I cast off the scarf, started knitting the bag, made slow, but decent progress on some of the tags for the altered book, and found a bunch of missing supplies, most of which are still in good shape. It made a huge difference.

My gesso is still missing, which is a problem, but not an urgent one.

Back to the bag, it's the same green I finished off the scarf with. This first part is just knitting a 22 inch long garter stitched rectangle. I'm about 2 inches along now.

[badly_knitted]

I hope your friend is okay. Maybe she doesn't feel like venturing out in wind and rain and doesn't want to make you do that either. Baking her something is a nice idea.

Sounds like you made some great progress, and finding things you lost is always good.

Only 20 more inches to go on the bag!

[spiralicious]

Me too. The weather is definitely part of it, but she also spoke very cryptically about some other stuff that is worrisome. I figure I will hear all about it soon enough though.

Thanks!

[badly_knitted]

*hugs*

[spiralicious]

*hugs*