Check-In Post March 19th 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.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

20 more sleeve rows! Only 18 to go!


I went out in the garden briefly to check on my wallflowers. One is rather feeble, but the other 40+ are looking good and some are close to flowering. I think they'll be yellow, which I love. I pulled a few weeds while I was out there.

[darkcedars]

Oh great! I have 3 crocus blooming so far. White, yellow, and purple. I like when the "mixed bag" is actually mixed. Instead of "all purple but this one."

[wiseheart]

Wow, you've been busy!

[yarnofariadne]

Almost there!

Great news on the wallflowers, too :D

[celli]

Yay to both things!

[spiralicious]

Wonderful :)

[darkcedars]

My attempts to make up my own tulip wall hanging failed, looked a little more and found a potholder pattern that worked with a couple small tweaks. Up close:



From a distance -- it looks really nice from the street. I need to write down what I did in case next year I want to add a couple more.

[wiseheart]

Really nice indeed!

[yarnofariadne]

It looks lovely!

[badly_knitted]

Pretty! Well done for making it so fast!

[celli]

It looks great!

[spiralicious]

It's lovely

[wiseheart]

Very little was done today: I replaced the rugs with smaller ones and printed out a few templates for beds, bathtubs, etc.

[darkcedars]

At least you could do a little! None would have been very frustrating at this point.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm glad you were able to get a little done!

[badly_knitted]

You still made progress. The printing had to be done.

[celli]

I'm glad you were able to get those things done, at least.

[spiralicious]

But all important

[tielan]

Cut out pieces for a pouffle. Got stuck on the point where I don't have any cording to make the 'rim thingy'.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, interesting new project! I'm sure you'll be able to sort the rim, even if you have to get some cording. What shape will it be? I have a round one in green.

[celli]

Can I ask what a pouffle is? I tried to google it and got food, which doesn't sound right.

[spiralicious]

Good luck on your pouffle!

[althea_valara]

I've had a very rough couple of days, so haven't touched any crafts until this morning, when I started poking at this:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-felted-heart-bowl

It's for Nerdopolis, of course. Using some of the brown yarn from the bag I'm slowly knitting. The Nerdopolis theme is "Trees" and hey, trees are brown! Also, the innermost wood of the trunk is known as "heartwood" so I thought this bowl is appropriate.

I have about five more rounds of the sides to do, then I can felt it.

[celli]

Oh, that looks so cute!

[celli]

Working on Pluto...which will look more planet-like in context. I'm pretty sure.

[badly_knitted]

It's going to look amazing, I'm sure!