Check-In Post May 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.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Last night I cut out some more spider bodies, and today I cut more yarn for legs. Most of this afternoon was spent outside though, doing battle with the front hedge which is completely out of control. It's about 3 feet taller than it should be, but reducing the height will have to wait. Today I focused on cutting it back so it's not sticking out across the pavement so far. That's still a work in progress...

[wiseheart]

Wow, that sounds like a lot of effort! Quite the contrast to the making of little spiders.

[badly_knitted]

It was a huge effort. There's still a lot to do with it, and I'd much rather be making spiders *grins*

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, that sounds fun: spiders!

[badly_knitted]

The spiders are WAY more fun than battling the hedge, for sure. I'm still in the cutting out the various pieces stage. As with the meeces I plan on making a lot while I have the materials available.

[wiseheart]

Moderately crafty, that is. I've put on the penultimate temporary stitches to the inner cover of the textile book and started sewing on the finished page bases. That will be harder than expected, especially with the middle panel, as there isn't a good way to get to the places where I have to work. But I'll manage... eventually.

I also practiced my knitting a bit and cut out the cardboard pieces for the baby book cover. Still haven't found the scrapbook paper for the covering that I'd really like, but I'm not giving up just yet. I've got a huge stash of amazingly beautiful craft paper, there *has* to be something that will fit. In the meantime I'm continuing to make drawings of the pages shown in that inspiring video. This time I want to make something really memorable. *fingers crossed*

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Good luck! It sounds very crafty to me!

[badly_knitted]

You've had a very busy day! I hope you can figure out how to sew in the page bases.

Good luck with the baby book, you sound quite excited about it. I'm sure you'll find a suitable paper for the covering.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I finished my miniature garden porch. So now I have a three part miniature world: library, coffee shop, and garden porch.

[badly_knitted]

That is so wonderful! Well done!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

Amazing! That must have been so much fun!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! It was fun to see it come together piece by piece.

[spiralicious]

It's wonderful!

(Aren't a library, coffee shop, and a garden porch the essentials? )

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! Yes, indeed, what more do you need?

[spiralicious]

Exactly ^_^

[readera]

Last night I worked on my bralette. I got the main body done & did the set up rows for the two fronts. I had to redo the 2nd set up row a few times since I kept missing up the center single decrease. But I found a video with another way of doing it & that worked. I'm hoping to work on it more this weekend but I'm not sure if I'll finish it or not.

[badly_knitted]

You've made amazing progress, and kudos for finding a method for the decrease that works better for you. Even if you don't finish it this weekend, you're getting there!

[readera]

😀