Check-In Post June 3rd 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]

Only 10 sets of spider legs today. That's partly because I was doing other things, and partly because I didn't get much sleep last night. My physiotherapist told me the pain would get worse before it go better, and he wasn't kidding. I couldn't find a comfortable position to lie in, plus I was cold because I let the fire out a couple of weeks back and of course the weather immediately turned cold. I think it was about 6C last night. So I'm worn out.


Anyway, I cut spider bodies out of the larger piece of black fabric, got another 16, so I have 30 altogether. Yay! Then I decided to punch the bases, but my punch jammed up completely and is now unusable. So I've been cutting bases out by hand. They're not perfectly circular but they'll have to do. I cut out a few green bases too for the orange spider bodies.

[darkcedars]

Being cold doesn't help with pain either. :/ Sorry

And ugh that the punch is completely jammed!

[badly_knitted]

No, it doesn't, gets me all tense *sigh* I can hardly walk, and the stairs are a nightmare.

I'm not happy about it, that's for sure, but it I splash out on a new one, chances are that'll just get jammed too and I will have wasted money =(

[darkcedars]

I hope it warms up so the cold isn't adding to it.

[badly_knitted]

Keeping my fingers crossed, maybe next week. I should not need a hot water bottle in June, but it did help my hip last night so I'll be having one tonight as well.

[wiseheart]

A jammed punch is a serious setback. :(
Your colour combinations sound... interesting, to say the least.

I hope your pain will ease off, soon.

[badly_knitted]

Spiders come in all colours, when I'm making them ;)

Thanks, so do I. I can barely walk at the moment but I still have to do my exercises >.< I have a high tolerance for pain, but this is just exhausting and I'm scared my leg will give way when I put weight on it.

[m_findlow]

Argh, I hate when punches jam or break! I lost my favourite one during lock down because the handle snapped. The punch is fine but no way of exerting enough leverage to make it work now, and they don't sell ones like that anymore. Grr.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, it's really annoying. The punch does actually move up and down, but not far enough to get even a sheet of paper in, never mind felt =(

[spiralicious]

Oh, dear. I hope it warms up a bit, so at least that won't be contributing to things.

You are making a lot of progress.

This might be completely unhelpful, but when you say jammed, is it locked into cutting position and won't release or is something stuck in it so it won't complete the cutting action? Because sometimes a good, hard smack to the side (possibly with a rubber mallet) can get them to release if it got locked while cutting and won't open back up. Granted, it can also finish breaking a punch completely if you do it too hard or in the wrong spot, and it doesn't prevent future jams, but I thought I would toss it out there.

[badly_knitted]

Still waiting for properly warm weather. It's only 14C at present. Might reach 18 later.

It's neither really. The cutting action is working, but the cutting edge isn't lifting high enough to even slide a sheet of paper in, and I have no idea why =(

[spiralicious]

That's about our average here year round. (Our winters have been getting really cold though.) Hopefully, it will warm up for you soon.

That is weird o.0

[badly_knitted]

I prefer temps of at least 20C in summer, but not into the 30s. When I let the fire out the house cools down fast, and then stays cold unless the weather is warm enough. Not fun.

Yeah, I'm wondering if the springs have got stretched.

[spiralicious]

I can see that. That would not be fun, no.

That would make the most sense.

[badly_knitted]

I shall take another look at it at some point.