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Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 07:41 pm


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.

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Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 07:25 pm (UTC)
Fantastic! :)
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 08:38 pm (UTC)
Yay!
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 07:27 pm (UTC)
I've laid the baby book aside for a bit (it's my horrible custom to delay the binding part as long as possible; I hate doing it) and picked up the felt songbook again. The individual pages are all done, thank goodness, so I started sewing together the corresponding pages. Three out of five double pages are done, two more to go. Of course, these three were the "easy ones": it's an absolute misery to stitch through five to seven layers, but at least it's simple blanket stitch.

The front and back covers (that need to be stitched to the first and last page, respectively) will be much more complicated. And then comes the binding that I still dread.
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 07:37 pm (UTC)
Best of luck with the binding, and well done on the felt songbook progress!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 05:35 pm (UTC)
Thanks. :)
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 08:38 pm (UTC)
Yay for progress!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 05:36 pm (UTC)
Yay indeed. :)
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 05:36 pm (UTC)
Thank you, I'll definitely need it!
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 07:38 pm (UTC)
Finished row 69 today; I was hanging out with a friend today and was too tired to get much more done, but I'm glad there was a little progress, at least!
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 08:37 pm (UTC)
Yay!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 06:48 am (UTC)
Very true!
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 08:36 pm (UTC)
Between yesterday and today, I managed one back leg of the unicorn. Next up is probably the horn, then the other back leg.
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 07:03 pm (UTC)
Yup!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 06:48 am (UTC)
Glad to hear the unicorn is taking shape!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 07:03 pm (UTC)
Thanks!
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 09:01 pm (UTC)
Still learning my way through crochet basics, going back to square one (no pun intended) with some books mum bought with loads of different squares in increasing levels of complexity. The blue squares are the first four from the book, the others ones I've retried since brushing up on some basics.



These are the books I've been using. Lots of good little tips in them and lots of photos step by step. Includes both UK and US versions of each pattern. She also does a YouTube channel that shows you each square as well if you get stuck.

Edited 2023-08-15 09:02 pm (UTC)
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 06:48 am (UTC)
Ooh very cool!
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 07:04 pm (UTC)
They look great!
Saturday, August 26th, 2023 01:13 am (UTC)
You're doing great!