Check-In Post April 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.


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]

It's been one of those days when the sun's shining brightly one minute and the next it's pouring rain and howling gales. Needless to say, I haven't done any gardening.


On the crafting front, I've joined a shoulder seam and done some rough calculations for the neckband. Having neck shaping at the back as well as the front makes a big difference. Not sure how it's going to look.

[wiseheart]

Oh, I'm sure you'll do it splendidly! With all your practice and experience...

[badly_knitted]

I will. Just might take more than one attempt to get it to sit right.

[yarnofariadne]

The weather's been like that here, too! Wild. Well done on your progress!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

Spring weather is often unsettled.

[spiralicious]

Ah, isn't spring weather grand? ;)

That sounds a bit tricky, but I have faith in you *\o/*

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, and today there's bright sunshine and a cold wind, but by the time I'm finished with other things it's going to be raining.

I'll figure it out, but it might not be on the first attempt.

[spiralicious]

Isn't that just the way?

Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

More of the same today.

Thanks, I'll need it.

[wiseheart]

I decided to do some minor crafting and finished decorating the gardening notebook for a friend. It is basically a hardback notebook I got years and years ago, with lined pages, but I can't write into hardback notebooks very well, so it was just sitting on the shelf, gathering dust. Now I've prettied up the inner cover (no need to do so with the outer one, it's pretty enough) and will give it to Evie as an Easter gift.

Lookie, lookie:



That means another project finished, and I can turn to the Hello Kitty booklets next.

[badly_knitted]

So pretty, I'm sure it will be appreciated!

[wiseheart]

It was a very short and quick job. The card on the left I made back in 2018 but never used for anything. And the owls were decoration on Pepco's craft supply bags that I cut out and saved for later. Now the time came for both items to unite. *g*

[badly_knitted]

So many things can be recycled.

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh that's beautiful!

[wiseheart]

A stellar example for recycling, actually, but I thank you nonetheless. :))

[spiralicious]

Lovely and thoughtful!

[yarnofariadne]

I got the third and final skein joined in on the rainbow scarf last night so it's all knitting downhill from here. Working on it a bit more this evening!

[wiseheart]

You're making excellent progress! (And that icon of yours is so pretty!)

[yarnofariadne]

Thank you! magicrubbish made it :)

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! You'll have it finished before you know it!

[spiralicious]

Excellent progress!

[althea_valara]

SO many things...

1. Cast on for a hat today, with a cable pattern that looks quite a bit like the Winter Sweater gear from Final Fantasy XIV. This will be for a Nerdopolis challenge theme of "Fiber Arts in Games".

2. Working on the Woolly Bully bag. I'm up to round 30 on the body, so about halfway.

3. Cast on for some Cube Things. They will fit in the Nerdopolis "Geometric" challenge, plus I am thinking of giving them to the kiddos I'm tutoring as an end-of-semester gift next month.

4. Went back to working on the Aspen Hooded Sweater, doing at least a row a day.

5. Amigurumi just needs a leg and a half crocheted, then I can assemble it!

6. Did yet more browsing of blanket patterns on Ravelry in an attempt to find one for my niece. I did indeed find some contenders which were added to my blanket bundle, hooray! Still haven't decided on one though.

I'm supposed to be streaming on Twitch tonight but I'm taking the night off because my throat feels weird and I don't think I'd be up to talking for two hours, so instead I am likely going to knit or crochet some more.

[badly_knitted]

So many projects!

Sounds like the bag is progressing well, and those cube things look fun!

Hope to see a pic of the amigurumi when it's finished.

Good luck picking a blanket, and I hope your throat feels better soon.

[spiralicious]

Good luck on your many projects! They all sound so fun.

Hope your throat feels better!

[spiralicious]

My back is better than it was yesterday (still hurts, but manageable) and it was hard not to give into temptation to over do things, especially as I am a bit anxious about how behind things have gotten.

But I managed to behave and stick to little things while feasting on the remains of my chocolate bunny.

As far as crafting goes, I tried to contemplate the best way to go about getting some things printed off for my altered book and I got a bit carried away knitting - I meant to be in bed over an hour ago. There is only 18 rows and the bottom border left on the not-a-baby-blanket.

[badly_knitted]

Glad your back is improving, but it's important not to overdo things. You don't want to make it bad again.

Wow! So much progress on the blanket! Well done.

I hope your printing plans work out.

[spiralicious]

Yes, very much so. I'm still behaving, honest.

Thanks! It's such a tiny thing.

Thanks. I'm still figuring those out a bit.

[badly_knitted]

You'll figure it out in the end.

[spiralicious]

Thanks :)