Check-In Post July 6th 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]

Another 7 spiders completed, and hoping to do 3 this evening.


I'll be out all morning tomorrow, eye test and other things, so I don't know if I'll have time for crafting. Have to wait and see.

[wiseheart]

Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I think I'll need it!

[spiralicious]

Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I'm worn out and I doubt I'll craft today, but I got home in one piece.

[wiseheart]

I had a day full of chores and unpleasant appointments, but I managed to make a cart for Page 3. That is, I cut out two, but only stitched on the one for the book with the deadline.

[syderia]

Are the two books the same?

[wiseheart]

Basically yes, with the inevitable differences caused by the fact that they are handmade.

[badly_knitted]

It's another step forwards despite all the other things you had to do.

[spiralicious]

It's still progress. And you managed to wade through the unpleasant things. Always a win.

[wiseheart]

That is true.

[matsushima]

I'm finally making progress on that damn blanket! I got all the pieces together and now I'm securing the weaving parts and adding a border.

I also started yet another project, a granny square scarf with nazar motif granny squares. I'm TA'ing, so I needed something mindless to work on while I'm sitting in lectures.

[wiseheart]

Go you!

[badly_knitted]

Well done for making progress!

Mindless crafting comes in handy in a lot of situations.

[spiralicious]

Way to go!

[knittyskitty]

anyone doing westknits mystery sockalong that started today? im so excited about it! im just using stash yarn and theres no true contrast but i think the colours are really pretty together so 😬 heres hoping!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like fun for anyone who enjoys sock-making! What colours are you using?

[knittyskitty]

peach and a variegated wheaty colour. idk how to describe it, pic on my ravelry

[badly_knitted]

Sounds gorgeous!

[spiralicious]

Good luck!

[althea_valara]

Stitch club today! I brought along nephew's blanket and got a good number of rows done. Just a few more rows on the initial stripe sequence to go, and then I'll be starting the interlocking section. Fun!

Also knit two rows on the Glacier Sweep shawl this afternoon.

[spiralicious]

Excellent

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! Sounds like the blanket is coming along well, and the shawl is progressing.

[readera]

I finished my bralette! I'm so much happier with the length. I ended up using Jenny's strechy bind off which worked well I think. Now the only thing left is to wash & block it although I may wear it first.

Plus I knit a few rows on my sock during a meeting. Yay for autopilot knitting I don't have to look at.

[spiralicious]

Woot!

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations! Now to see how comfy it is to wear =)

Isn't it fun when you can knit without having to pay attention to it?

[spiralicious]

Yesterday (Wednesday) was my birthday and I just got nothing done.

Today I was very sickly and still had to do all the things. Well, I needed to, but I did what I could, then curled up with my knitting and some movies. I completed an unfinished row and started the next one. I should have done a stitch count in-between, and I did try, but by the third failed attempt, I gave up and moved on.

[badly_knitted]

Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one!

Sorry you're not well now. Feel better soon! Well done for getting knitting done.

[spiralicious]

Thanks x2! It actually was really nice this year :)

[badly_knitted]

Yay!

[wiseheart]

Happy Birthday! I hope you are feeling better by now.

[spiralicious]

Thanks so much!

[nerdsorrow]

making a pair of mittens with handspun laceweight, some of which is hand dyed. Lost momentum to play with web design for a bit. Pics later!

[badly_knitted]

Those sound lovely and quite delicate. Looking forward to pictures!

There's so much in life to distract from what we're doing.

[nerdsorrow]

Here it is! I only dyed the yellow, but I'm on the hunt for red dyestuff (alkanet/ratanjot which I guess is an ayurvedic medicine, so potentially sourceable at indian grocery stores...)

[badly_knitted]

They look amazing, very colourful!

Good luck getting what you need for the red dye