Check-In Post May 8th 2024

[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.


This Week's Question: What's the most complicated project you've ever tackled?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I had thought I might finish stitching the anemone design today, but there's more backstitch than I realised, it's very fiddly, and I spent two hours out in the front garden cutting back overgrown stuff. It's a jungle out there!


Still, I did the fiddliest backstitch, which was the leaves, and the easiest (in theory) part, which was around the vase, although my stitching has gone wonky down one side. Ah well, adds character. Still got the backstitch to do on the flowers, but that all, so I got most of it done.

[wiseheart]

You've done a lot, despite having to cut your way through the jungle with a machete!

[badly_knitted]

I have made good progress with everything so it's been a satisfactory day. =)

[darkcedars]

Outdoor chores all raised their head at the same time over here too.

[badly_knitted]

This time of year, there's always work to do outside.

[jupiter2932]

Sounds like some good progress--especially on your hedge!

[badly_knitted]

My neighbour tamed the beast on the street side, which means I can work my way through the jungle from the house side without worrying about pedestrians =)

[jupiter2932]

Oh, that's great!

[badly_knitted]

I didn't even know he'd done it. I went out to do some work on it myself and found the bin half full of clippings! Stealth gardening, obviously, lol!

[jupiter2932]

Aww, that's sweet. I've had similar help from a neighbor in mowing my parents' lawn when I was ill and completely forgot to arrange to get it done (we haven't been able to sell their house yet).

[badly_knitted]

Kind of them! Too bad you can't get the house sold though.

I knew my neighbour was going to do it sometime this week, he offered when he saw me struggling and I was happy to accept. But I didn't hear a thing!

[jupiter2932]

Hopefully we'll be selling it soon--it's not actually selling it that's the problem, it's been getting the will probated/all the title and paperwork sorted. In the three years since my parents passed away, I've been sick, and my sister, who's the one taking care of it, has had two children, gotten married, and moved out of the country, so we literally just haven't been able to finish things up.

[badly_knitted]

Wow, and I thought it was complicated when my mum died! Hoping it all gets sorted soon.

[jupiter2932]

Thanks :D. Fortunately, my sister's a lawyer, but with two little ones under three, she's had her hands pretty full, so it's just taking a while.

[badly_knitted]

It's a lot for her to juggle!

[wiseheart]

Today I did a bit crafting again. The 20 teddy bear keyrings are halfways done. The back panels are all finished, that is, all 20 bow-ties are stitched on, all 20 snouts are glued on and all 20 faces are drawn with permanent marker. I'll start stitching the faces next; then sewing the front and back panels together. My fingers are still in no shape to deal with the next page of the felt book, so I do such small jobs until they recover completely.

[darkcedars]

Twenty Tiny Teddies sounds like a book in itself! ;)

[wiseheart]

If you write the book, I'll provide the pictures. *g*
They are really colourful, from pink over purple, white, yellow, blue and grey till brown...

[badly_knitted]

They're coming along really well!

The song book will just have to wait between pages until your poor fingers are up to the task.

[wiseheart]

That is the plan, yes. :)

[jupiter2932]

That sounds like such a cute project! Hope your fingers heal up soon.

[wiseheart]

They better do! I need to abuse them at least for four more times! *g*

[tielan]

I have sewed some binding on a quilt and am just now sewing it down in between waiting for a system to come back up.

[jupiter2932]

Nice progress!

[badly_knitted]

Yessss! A quilt almost finished, well done!

[meridian_rose]

I think every new craft begins a bit more complicated than I imagine! Which is why it's a good idea to start small when trying new things :)

[badly_knitted]

That is certainly true. One has to master the basics first, and that can be harder than it seems.

[malurette]

Finished that scarf in grey, white, a lovely shade of light slightly-blueish green, and ordinary blue.
Started working on a bigger sample for a new jumper that I really don't want to mess up.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent work with the scarf, sounds like a great colour combo!

Good luck with the practice piece for your next jumper!