Check-In Post May 27th 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]

Cut the yarn for the legs of 40 more spiders! I only have two more stacks to cut legs for, and one of those doesn't have bases yet so I can't choose the yarn yet. I'm waiting until my new felt arrives hopefully early next week.


I went looking for dome hideous lime green yarn that I thought I still had a bit of, but I didn't find it. I did, however, find the black fabric I'd lost so I'll be able to cut out a dozen or so black spider bodies. I intend them to have black bases but bright legs — yellow, shocking pink, red, orange, bright green, purple... I might do a couple that are black all over except for the eyes. Goth spiders *grins*


Also managed to rip a few more CDs, so it's been a busy day. I even pulled up a few weeds this morning, mostly sticky weed and grasses.

[wiseheart]

Yay for psychedelic and Goth spiders! *g*
You've had a very successful day. Mine was completely craft-less, full of housework and other chores. Such days always leave me slightly depressed...

[badly_knitted]

Days like that are frustrating, when you want to do something but other responsibilities take priority. *hugs*

I think I should be able to cut at least 15 bodies out of the black fabric I've got. It's silky, but I've made spiders from it before.

[yarnofariadne]

I don't even like spiders but I love the sound of these! The colours are fantastic :D

[badly_knitted]

Neither do I, the big ones creep me out, but mine are sort of cute.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Sounds like very 80's spiders with their neon leggings.

[badly_knitted]

LOL! They might be, I do have a rather fluorescent orange...

[spiralicious]

You have been very busy!

You would have Goth spiders and Cybergoth spiders :D

[badly_knitted]

I'm equal opportunity for spider-kind!

[spiralicious]

:D

[yarnofariadne]

Another few rows on the infinity scarf!

[badly_knitted]

You're plugging away at it! Must be nearly 4 inched by now =)

[yarnofariadne]

It's just past 4 inches! I'm going to have another podcasting and knitting session later today so hopefully will hit 5 :D

[badly_knitted]

WOOHOO! Really storming along now!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yay!

[spiralicious]

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[spiralicious]

I've kept things as low-key as I could today - watched the parade with my dad, scored a pie from the church pie sale, took a nap, and settled in with DVD of Letterkenny season 1 while I knitted on the shawl.

The shawl is coming along okay. It's hard to say how far long it is because I'm at the point in the instructions where it tells you to repeat the pattern until it's been increased to 290 something stitches a row (which is not helpful). And at some point I made a weird looking mistake on the "spine," but I have no clue what I did or how I would fix it if I ripped back to it. Hopefully, it's just cosmetic.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, pie! What kind?

Good luck with the shawl, I hope the error won't be noticeable.

That's going to be an awful lot of stitches!

[spiralicious]

It was simply labeled berry, but it seems to be blackberry, raspberry, and something. But very tasty regardless.

Thanks!

So many stitches.

[badly_knitted]

Yum! Sounds delicious!

[spiralicious]

It is very delicious :)