Check-In Post April 18th 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]

No crafting yet again, although I'm starting to think about getting back to some cross stitch. I did get out in the garden though, pulling weeds on the banking, paths, and on the lawn. A lot of bending. Filled my bucket 4 times. Most of the weeds were big ones.

[wiseheart]

That is a lot of work!
I didn't do any crafting today, either. Still too tired from the Sunday horrors. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Maybe you'll be less tired tomorrow.

I enjoyed being outside but it was quite breezy so not as warm as I'd expected.

[yarnofariadne]

Well done on the weeding! Cross stitch would be fun.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! It hasn't made much difference, but it's all worth doing.

I have several small designs I ought to finish.

[yarnofariadne]

A few more rows on the rainbow scarf, and I'm starting to get down to the latter half of the last skein. The person I'm making this for is very tall and likes an extra long scarf so I'm basically going until I run out of yarn.

[badly_knitted]

Long scarves are the best. Let us know how long it ends up being when it's finished!

[obstinatecondolement]

I have all my motifs finished and pinned out to wet block. It might have been a mistake to wet block instead of just misting them or giving them a steam block, but I guess if I end up taking a day longer than I thought then that's not the end of the world.

[yarnofariadne]

Well done! They look beautiful.

[obstinatecondolement]

Thank you! I exhausted a very large tin full of pins getting them all pinned out, haha.

[badly_knitted ( as admin)]

They look amazing! Hopefully they won't take too long to dry.

[obstinatecondolement]

The blocking boards are out on the trampoline in the sun, so hopefully the warm weather will help!

[badly_knitted]

That should do the trick, as long as nobody wants to use the trampoline...

[obstinatecondolement]

It actually wasn't as sunny as I thought it would be, so they're still pretty damp. But it's okay, I am under less time pressure than I initially thought I was and taking one more day won't be a problem.

[badly_knitted]

That's fortunate.

[wiseheart]

They are amazing!

[obstinatecondolement]

Thank you!