Check-In Post May 16th 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]

I managed to punch out bases for the rest of the spider bodies I already had. Then I cut out another 40 bodies, so I need to make bases for all of those next.


After that, I'll need to pick out the yarn to make the twisted cords for each spider's legs. It's a good way to use up some oddments. I need about 12 inches of yarn for each pair of legs.

[darkcedars]

ah your hands! I bet the legs will be all sorts of great colors.

[badly_knitted]

They're not too bad, considering. I'm surprised.

Yep! I'll try to pick colours that tone with the bodies, and each spider should have legs that match, but beyond that anything goes because I'm using random scraps of fabric. There will be a few unpatterned spiders, but there will be spots, stripes, checks, florals, abstract patterns... Spiders are less creepy when they're pretty colors.

[wiseheart]

Wow, that is a lot of finicky work!

[badly_knitted]

It is. Ironically, the hardest part is drawing around the cup I'm using as a template. The pen I'm using doesn't always leave a clear mark. The different fabrics affect how clear the end result is. I need the circle because that's the line I'll be stitching around.

[darkcedars]

It's laundry day, and earlier we worked together on some food prep. I finished the green dishcloth yarn I had and am planning to test out a different yarn brand for scrubbies next. I had bought the test yarn and then forgot about it.

[wiseheart]

I had bought the test yarn and then forgot about it.

Sounds familiar. *g*

[darkcedars]

I may have found 2 other skeins that are forgotten test yarn too.

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the dishcloth making and good luck with the scrubbies, I hope the yarn proves suitable.

Alas, laundry is never done.

[darkcedars]

Only dishes will tell. I've finished one and put it next to the sink.

[badly_knitted]

*fingers crossed*

[wiseheart]

I worked a bit on my textile book cover, which meant putting in more temporary stitches and ironing the two parts. Alas, I only realized that I'd ironed a crease into the outer cover when the lining had already been ironed on. I'll try to lessen the damage when the book has been put together, but it still will remain slightly visible, I'm afraid. *sigh*

I also did a bit more knitting and discovered that I might have made a mistake in the pattern. It doesn't really matter, as this is merely a practice piece, and I'm learning by trial and error. The problem is, Mum no longer remembers how she's created the pattern originally, so I think I might have put in a row with the wrong stitches and turned the pattern around for the next section, but it's not so bad. Next time I'll know better... unless I forget it. Perhaps I should assign a notebook to my knitting experiments, so that I won't make the same mistake again and again. *g*

Additionally, I've started my research re: the next baby book and found an absolutely gorgeous YouTube vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be8PJVevZgA&t=15s

Clearly, I won't be able to reproduce it in its entirety (no access to the wonderful papers and embellishments these ladies always have), but there are a great many good ideas I can use, so wish me luck!

[badly_knitted]

How annoying for you! Perhaps you can have the creased part at the back of the book?

Good luck with the knitting. It would definitely be a good idea to make notes as you go. I do that with anything I'm knitting so I don't ned to remember.

Good luck too with the next baby book.

[wiseheart]

It promises to be one of the more elaborate ones. But I'll only have to do it once, which is a relief. *g*

[darkcedars]

Ironing is another thing I've never been great at. Sounds like a good busy craft day.

[wiseheart]

It was. Too bad that I suck at ironing, too.

[althea_valara]

Well, not only did I not finish the piece I was working on yesterday, or even get to the halfway point, but I decided today to partially frog it and redo the colorwork in a needle size several sizes bigger. Because right now it's coming out pretty tight and *short*. Which, okay, I haven't done much colorwork so I probably can be excused, but really, I feel I should have known better.

It's in timeout to think about what it's done, and in the meantime I am knitting Cube Things. I just have two weeks left with my students, and some of them I'll see for the last time next Tuesday so I want to get the Cube Things done by then. I'll be busy over the next week!

[badly_knitted]

Making something up as you go along does involve a lot of trial and error, but you'll get there.

Good luck with your cubes!

[wiseheart]

It is annoying that you have to redo all that work, but you'll be (hopefully) happier with it when it's done.

Good luck with the Cube Things!