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."

[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!

[wiseheart]

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

[wiseheart]

Wow, you've been busy!

[darkcedars]

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

[darkcedars]

I'm already plotting to make a butterfly in summer.

[yarnofariadne]

Almost there!

Great news on the wallflowers, too :D

[yarnofariadne]

It looks lovely!

[yarnofariadne]

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

[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]

I love crocuses, but the ones that I used to have all vanished. *glares at squirrels* I know who's responsible! I have some very healthy looking hardy cyclamen though.

[badly_knitted]

Pretty! Well done for making it so fast!

[badly_knitted]

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

[badly_knitted]

Wasn't a lot really, I was outside for maybe 10 minutes at most and pulled one handful of weeds, but it was at least a bit of gardening. Got to start somewhere!

[badly_knitted]

Definitely liking that idea!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I'll be glad to get it done so I can focus on finishing the back and making the front. It took less than a ball for each sleeve so now I know how much I've got left to play with.

I'm very glad the majority of the wallflowers have survived the weather.

[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.

[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]

Yay to both things!

[celli]

It looks great!

[celli]

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

[celli]

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

[celli]

Oh, that looks so cute!