Check-In Post September 19th 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

[wiseheart]

I've glued in the gatefold cards. I worked a bit on the felt songbook. I've made another mini purse.
Considering that we had family over in the afternoon and thus I had to bake in the morning, plus the hairdresser came to Mum around noon, it isn't too bad.

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like an insanely busy day! Well done for fitting in so much crafting.

[wiseheart]

Needs must - and doing something different was nice.

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure it was =)

[darkcedars]

Yeah, that's a busy day!

[wiseheart]

But a good kind of busy, which makes all the difference. :)

[yarnofariadne]

Well done!

[spiralicious]

That was quite the busy day!

[badly_knitted]

No crafting activity today, more... crafting adjacent because I went back to the craft shop again, but for a very good reason. When I was there yesterday, there were two plastic storage units with drawers that had held some of the shop's wares but were now empty and up for sale. So I called first thing in the morning to check they hadn't been sold, reserved them, and drove down to buy them. Actually, there are really three, one with 4 drawers and two with three drawers which will stack comfortably one on top of the other, as the shop had them. So I spent most of the afternoon giving them a good clean. Tomorrow they should be dry and ready to put into use.


They were labelled as pre-loved but they're in excellent condition, and the price was ridiculous — £1.50 for the 4-drawer, and £2 for the 6-drawer, and they're big drawers, nice and deep. Might store yarn in the 6-drawer, haven't really decided yet.

[darkcedars]

Those drawers are super handy, that's a great price!

[badly_knitted]

An amazing price. I was so trilled! I was thinking about them half the night, so I had to try to get them. Really got lucky!

[wiseheart]

That was a good catch! Storage space in valuable.

[badly_knitted]

Yes it is, and these storage things are expensive!

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh excellent!

[badly_knitted]

It really was! I was lucky no one snapped them up.

[spiralicious]

An excellent score!

[badly_knitted]

I am thrilled, although I don't know where to put the 6-drawer unit - or two 3 drawer if I don't stack them
- yet.

[darkcedars]

I haven't crafted today as laundry has taken much of my time, but I made some oatmeal muffins.

My brother (lives with us) tested positive for COVID this morning. He doesn't feel that bad so far. Cross your fingers and if I don't check in for a while I'm probably sick.

[wiseheart]

*fingers crossed*

[badly_knitted]

Oatmeal muffins, yum!

That sucks! Mask up and avoid your brother. Hoping you stay healthy!

[yarnofariadne]

Yay oatmeal muffins!

Keeping fingers crossed for you ♥

[spiralicious]

*fingers crossed*

[yarnofariadne]

Two more rows down on the beach cover-up!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! You're making great progress!

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[althea_valara]

Two rows on the hoodie today.

The fic I wrote this weekend needs some re-writing, but I already have Plans for that, so it's just a matter of sitting down and getting it done.

It's an off month for Nerdopolis, but we always have some fun times threads during off months, and this month's thread is about Holiday crafting. Which I didn't want to think about until after my birthday (it was on the 15th) because holiday stuff before my birthday is an abomination. :p Anyway, I am now considering plans to make these placemats for my sister, as she will likely be hosting us for Christmas:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/celtic-placemat

I've downloaded the pattern and priced the thread out. The thread isn't too expensive, but still, I was nervous about my finances (I'm not working at the moment, and have made some unwise spending lately) BUT THEN I remembered I have a Joann Fabrics gift card! I checked the balance and it will cover the entire cost of the thread, score!

[badly_knitted]

Editing can be a pain, or it can be fun, depending on your mood. Good luck whipping your fic into shape!

The placemat pattern is gorgeous, and yay for having a gift card to cover the cost of the thread!

[spiralicious]

Very nice all the way round!

[tielan]

I have sewed elastic on the sides of some casual shorts that I have had for twenty-five years. The original elastic on them held up admirably for that length of time but no longer gives any assurance that the shorts will remain up once put on.

It's a very rough elastic job but these are my comfy shorts: solid cotton, loose fit, half-thigh length, with enough space for my waist which has slowly expanded over the last two decades, and voluminous pockets to boot.

They have served me summer after summer after summer, and I will wear them until they come apart at the seams and fall off my butt. And then I will probably find someone who can make me another one exactly like it.

[badly_knitted]

Those sound like awesome shorts! May they last as long as you do.

[spiralicious]

Long live the summer shorts!

[spiralicious]

The internet has gone out 4 times while I was trying to check in. Will respond to people tomorrow.

Today, I added 6 rows to the drop stitch shawl and did 3 exercises in my art journal.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent crafting progress!

Boo for internet issues. Hope that settles down and behaves.

[spiralicious]

Thanks.

I hope so. It's always bad, but the last few weeks it's been like this. We tried changing providers, but that's been an almost 2 week nightmare and today , I tried to cancel the tech coming out to do the changes, but his phone was being weird and I have no clue if the message got left.

[badly_knitted]

Gah! Internet can be such a nuisance!

[spiralicious]

Indeed