Check-In Post July 31st 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]

More dreary weather, and more spiders. Up to 450 now.


Next step will be to get all the rings ready for them, and I'll need to make sure I have enough shirring elastic to dangle the spiders from.

[althea_valara]

SPIDERS SPIDERS EVERYWHERE!!! I like spiders, so I'd be cool with this!

[althea_valara]

It's only 1:54pm and so far today I have finished a keyhole scarf. Now, I really should be working on the crocheted shawl, but I'm tired and thinking of just saying eff it, and calling it a small scarf and submitting it to Nerdopolis as is.

[wiseheart]

450! That's incredible!
What kind of rings are you going to use?

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[wiseheart]

Behold the chicken and the unproportionally giant ant sharing the bread:



With this, all individual pages of the songbook are officially completed. Now to put the actual book together...

[syderia]

You're almost there!

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[syderia]

They're so cute!

[badly_knitted]

I'm not a fan of big spiders, but I like the ones I'm making. They're pretty colours and have fluffy feet *grins*

[badly_knitted]

Well done on the keyhole scarf!

You can always submit the shawl as it is, then make it bigger at a later date if you want to.

[yarnofariadne]

Lost my morning to another migraine and spent all day busily trying to catch up - managed exactly one row on the cover-up but that feels like a win with the day I've had!

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[badly_knitted]

It's Mighty Ant! So sweet! I like the flowers too.

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh I like the sound of what you're going to be doing with the spiders!

[yarnofariadne]

Congrats on finishing the keyhole scarf! I wouldn't blame you for calling the shawl done; discretion is the better part of valour, or something.

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[yarnofariadne]

I love them! :D

[badly_knitted]

Definitely a major triumph after a migraine, so well done!

[badly_knitted]

I am! Only 70 spiders to make before I add their elastic.

[badly_knitted]

They should be bounce-able once they're on elastic. That's part of the fun *grins*

[wiseheart]

I know I'm very ignorant, but what is a keyhole scarf?

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[wiseheart]

Mighty indeed! The flowers and the leafy branch are the only things I haven't made by hand... which explains their nice and regular shape. *g*

Re: Page 8

[wiseheart]

Thank you, although I'm not sure I'd trust the ant. It looks like someone who's full of mischief.

[wiseheart]

I'm so sorry that you have to suffer from migraine so often! *hugs*

[badly_knitted]

The original idea was to use 1 inch plastic curtain rings, but it turned out they were 20 for £5, which is ridiculous. I can't afford £130 for curtain rings. So instead, I have the flexible plastic rings from around the neck of the bottle my daily yogurt drink comes in. It's a pain trying to snip off spiky bits on them, but it has to be done. Then I crochet around them so they look nicer and any rough bits left on the rings are covered. As of tonight, I have 200 mostly done. I just need to weave in the yarn ends.

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[badly_knitted]

Well, I think the whole page looks wonderful, the flowers are just an extra bit of decoration.

[wiseheart]

Actually, that is a fantastic idea! A lot of work, for sure, but you do your recycling part at the same time, too. ;)

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[wiseheart]

That is exactly their purpose. :) The original had much prettier flowers, but I didn't find anything similar, and they seemed way too complicated to make by hand, especially with my deadline, so I compromised.