Check-In Post July 13th 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 was the last thing someone made for you?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[wiseheart]

I made some modest progress with pot holder #6. I'm not as happy with it as I hoped to be; the material gave, and the whole thing went out of shape quite a bit, but it can't be helped. Things like that happen when you sew by hand. *sigh*

[badly_knitted]

I managed to get an hour outside this afternoon before the sky turned black and I decided to head indoors. I know it rained at some point, but by then I was busy cross stitching. I finished the first design in this set, and this evening I started the second one.


While I was battling a tangle of brambles and a wild rose, I got a scratch right across a knuckle, but so far my fingers still bend so it's not as bad as it looks. Didn't hurt much when it happened, but it sure did later. Just got to be a bit careful when I'm drying my hands.

[badly_knitted]

Stretchy material can stretch at unexpected times and in unexpected ways. I'm sure it will still work perfectly well

[yarnofariadne]

Well done on finishing the first design!

I'm so sorry you got attacked by plants :(

[yarnofariadne]

Took a tiny break today and didn't get to all the dyeing and blocking, etc. I am currently 2/3 of the way through knitting the strap, though - I'll finish that tonight, then get to the final bits tomorrow, hopefully. (My ideal deadline is Monday, drop-dead-line is Friday, so we're doing okay!)

[badly_knitted]

*cheers you on* All the best with the dyeing, blocking, and sewing up!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

I'm normally pretty good at avoiding being clawed by thorns, but there were so many this time and I just didn't see the bit that got me amongst all the other plant stuff. It paid a hefty price for attacking me though.

[wiseheart]

Yeah, but these are supposed to be sold, and if the material stretches too much they won't! :((

[wiseheart]

I'm so sorry you got attacked by plants :(

Sounds like a bad sci-fi cliché, doesn't it: *g*

[wiseheart]

You are making steady progress!

[badly_knitted]

Oh, I didn't know that! I thought they were for your own use.

[badly_knitted]

LOL! It is war between me and them though, so it could be the plot of a bad sci-fi movie.

[sister_raphael]

Oh, that's frustrating.

[sister_raphael]

Owch! Those kinds of scratches hurt like crazy!

[sister_raphael]

ooo dyeing and blocking! Such fun!

[sister_raphael]

Well, it's back to sewing the tops of the roses curtains, so I can attach hooks. Another long and stupidly slow job that I really am determined to finish. I've been distracted by getting mold out of tent canvas the last few days.

[badly_knitted]

Ugh, getting mold out must suck.

Good luck with the rose curtains!

[badly_knitted]

Thankfully this one isn't doing too badly. Normally they're really sore, so I got lucky.

[malurette]

I finished my Whovian pride scarf yesterday! now I'm considering whether tackling something with a complicated pattern or not just yet.

I've been thinking about that question for a few days and I'm afraid that the last thing someone made for me--crafting wise, if we don't count drawings--was a little crochetted fish-shaped charm some 15 years ago?

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done!

Take your time picking your next project. Something might jump out at you!

The little fish-shaped charm sounds adorable! It's always lovely to be gifted something handmade, no matter how long ago it was. =)

[spiralicious]

Congrats on finishing your Whovian pride scarf!