Check-In Post October 7th 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]

Sorry for the late post, it'll probably be that way most Saturdays while Strictly is on because it starts early and I'm not always going to have time to post.


No crafting done today. It was warmer out than it has been, and not raining, so I was outside clearing weeds and moss from the driveway in preparation for Halloween, which is only a few weeks away! I got most of the weeds out of the cracks in the concrete, and scraped up as much moss as I could. If it stays dry I might be able to get rid of more, but because the concrete is rough and pebbly, the moss is in all the dips and crevices. Not sure how best to get it out. =/

[wiseheart]

Ouch! That sounds like a lot of hard work!

[badly_knitted]

It was. I'm going to feel it tomorrow. Most of the job was done by wielding a heavy spade. *droops*

[yarnofariadne]

It sounds like you got a lot done, even if it wasn't crafting!

[badly_knitted]

I did. It was something that needed doing, can't have trick or treaters tripping on clumps of grass.

[darkcedars]

I've heard of people pouting near boiling water to do that, but I would probably trip while hustling outside with the kettle.

[badly_knitted]

I don't want to make anything wetter out there. There was some rain during the night, which won't have helped. The moss has spread so much because there's been so much rain this year. It loves the wet.

[spiralicious]

Well done on the driveway clean up! As for moss in the crevices, boiling water can work and my mother swears by vinegar (or leftover pickle juice).

[badly_knitted]

Not really wanting to wet anything down more, I'd rather dry it out because it's easier to get rid of when it's dry. The reason its such a problem at present is because everything has been too wet.

[spiralicious]

That makes sense

[wiseheart]

I had a very busy day but I made some crafting progress, too. 9 out of the 12 mini sewing kits are now equipped with the little lashes that will close them, complete with the decorative buttons and half the Velcro work. I'm proud of myself!

[badly_knitted]

That's excellent progress, especially for a busy day!

[wiseheart]

I'm trying to put every free minute to good use. The workload still before me is moderately frightening.

[badly_knitted]

Just don't try to do too much, or is it already too late for that advice?

[wiseheart]

Nah, I'm trying to be reasonable about the whole thing.

[badly_knitted]

Very sensible. *nods*

[yarnofariadne]

You should be proud of yourself, excellent work!

[wiseheart]

I am! I didn't expect to get even this much done.

[darkcedars]

That is a good lot. And *Velcro.*

[wiseheart]

Yeah. Velcro. Only half of it - and the easier half at that. When the other half is done I'll breathe easier. Stitching on 12 pieces of self-adhesive Velcro patches is a real punishment, even if it's only one stitch a piece. I don't trust the self-adhesive part to hold on its own when a mini-kit is opened frequently enough.

[spiralicious]

Excellent!

[yarnofariadne]

Made it through one row today, even though I messed up because I thought I could multitask and it turned out I could not. All good though! Just too busy to get any work done on this before it needed to be finished (in 10 days haha).

[badly_knitted]

Well, at least you're still working in it when you can! It's a huge project, and you're still doing so well with it!

[darkcedars]

Lol oh no.

[spiralicious]

You are doing great

[darkcedars]

No crafting for me either. I did work at John's house for a bit.

[badly_knitted]

How are the repairs coming on? Poor guy. I hope it will all be fixed soon. It's been a long year for him.

[darkcedars]

He's trying to make some sketches for contractor quotes.

I walked around with him and I am going to specifically organize the metal recycling. He's done a big load before but there's a lot of little stuff.

[wiseheart]

You are such a good neighbour!

[badly_knitted]

Poor guy. Sounds like there's still a long way to go. He's lucky to have you for a neighbour

[spiralicious]

Yesterday and today, I knitted my first ever mitten. Technically, the pattern is for fingerless mittens, so really a wrist warmer? Still counting it for the mitt-athon. One is completely knitted and sewn together and I'm halfway through knitting the other. I'm using scrap yarn, so they won't match, but they coordinate. The pattern is full of problems, despite it's simplicity and made slightly more complicated in that the pattern exists in written form and video tutorial form and they don't match, even though they were made by the same person. The video did help a lot, but I am not recommending this to anyone.

Today, I also tried working on the knitted web again and I am just not getting it. The first three rows, I think I am doing okay, everything goes wrong with the 4th row. I'm not sure if I'm too inexperienced and just missing something or if the pattern is bad or part of it is missing maybe? I don't remember what site I originally got the pattern link from and the website the pattern was originally on is gone, so the pattern is actually off the way back machine... so I may be just stuck.

I also did more prompt research, mostly to avoid my own writing, cause that's not going great.

I'm hoping tomorrow I feel a bit better. The weather pattern is supposed to change and that usually helps.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for the Mitt Knit! As long as you end up with something you can wear, that's all that matters.

As for the knitted web, sounds like the pattern was bad enough to get taken down. Maybe worth trying to find another pattern if that one's not making sense for you.

Hope your writing problems will go away soon!

[spiralicious]

Thanks! :D

Yeah, I'm going to have to. It's just disappointing.

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully you'll find one that works.

[spiralicious]

Thanks :)

[darkcedars]

I agree you should look for a different web pattern.

Congrats on your mitten!

[spiralicious]

Pattern hunting is next on the knitting agenda :)

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

Yay for the mitten!
It's frustrating when you try to work with a bad pattern. *commiserates*

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

It really is >.>