Check-In Post July 11th 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 8 spiders completed and 2 more to do.

[yarnofariadne]

Hooray!

[wiseheart]

Cool!

[syderia]

Yay!

[spiralicious]

Woot!

[yarnofariadne]

No knitting today, but I did dye another cover-up I have yesterday and it finished drying today. It started out aqua and I thought that might be light enough to take it right to black, but it's gone solidly navy instead. I don't mind navy, though! I know it's not ~done~ but I rather like black and navy, so I'll be going ahead with my plan to dye my swimsuit black (but I'll do a dye remover first this time). And since the cover-up I'm knitting now is white, I don't think I'll have an issue dyeing it black, too. Whee!

[wiseheart]

Navy and black sounds good.

[badly_knitted]

Navy is fine, so is black. We like what we like, who cares what anyone else thinks? Good luck with dyeing the swimsuit!

[darkcedars]

I think navy and black are fine too.

[spiralicious]

Great job. Sounds like fun :D

[wiseheart]

I've finished the background to Page 4 and made half a finger puppet when the thread ended. By that time the walls were glowing with heat so I opted for a nap instead of continuing.

[syderia]

What is this finger puppet going to be?

[badly_knitted]

Well done for making progress!

When it's too hot, doing anything is impossible. Napping is sensible.

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[darkcedars]

I finished the circular placemat. It's laundry day, so at least 95F is helpful for that.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for finishing the mat!

That's hot! Drying the laundry shouldn't be a problem.

[spiralicious]

Woot!

Yeah, that makes for a fast drying time.

[tielan]

My quilt 'Surplus To Requirement' has been accepted for a quilt show!

Now I just have to dig it out of storage, quilt, and bind the damn thing. Yeesh, where did I put it?

[spiralicious]

That's awesome! Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations! Hope you can find it and get it quilted in time!

[spiralicious]

Today I didn't do anything. I briefly mentally plotted what to do with the "baroque seahorse" I started a month ago, but didn't actually do anything to it. It's something we were roasting in the current bookclub book at the last meeting. Tomorrow we will be discussing the book and I hoped I would be done with it by now, but I haven't touched it since I started. So much for that.

Since I last checked in, I have been knitting pretty steadily on the shawl, but stopped last night when it became obvious that I am going have get more yarn to finish the last 7 rows.

I also have continued to be sick. The day after I checked in last, I was doing better, fantastic even, which was great as I had to help my dad grocery shop, but that night I got significantly worse and have pretty much stayed there. Today was better enough that I think I can manage book club tomorrow, but we'll see tomorrow. (No, I am not contagious.)

[badly_knitted]

So sorry you're having such a rough time healthwise. Hope you'll be better soon.

Congrats on the shawl knitting but it sucks that you don't have enough yarn =(

Hopefully you'll get back to your seahorse.

[tielan]

I think mentally plotting things should count. You're getting your mind in the right frame to be GO for creativity when the moment comes.

[wiseheart]

Awww, that sounds awful. I hope you'll recover, soon.

[readera]

I have been knitting on my sock and am almost ready to do the heel. I've got about .5 an inch to go.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! You'll reach the heel next knitting session by the sound of it!