Check-In Post August 14th 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 is your most essential piece of crafting equipment?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Forget Friday the 13th, it's Wednesday the 14th I need to watch out for. It struck again!


It rained last night so everywhere was too wet for me to crawl around on the ground, finishing clearing the path, so I figured I'd just cut back overhanging stuff and get some of the dead and dying honeysuckle out of the shrubs. Got up, hit my head on a shelf in my bedroom. Went outside, hit my head on an overhanging branch. Got the saw and spent the next 20 minutes sawing the branch off so I wouldn't hurt myself again. Came in for tea, hit my head on the kitchen counter while getting something out of the fridge. It's a small one under the counter, I get stuff out of there a dozen times a day without damaging myself. Everything was against me today. I should have stayed in bed.


I have made some progress on the cross stitch though.

[wiseheart]

Dear Lord, what a day! Staying in bed would have been preferable indeed! *hugs*

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! Wednesday the 14th always sneaks up on me =(

[darkcedars]

Sheesh. I always seem to whack my head more than once when it happens too.

[badly_knitted]

It's like everything in range is suddenly irresistibly attracted to your head, or vice versa. I think my head must have masochistic tendencies... *sigh* I think I have a bruise from the last one.

Picspam as promised

[wiseheart]

Behold Christmas cards #19 and 20 in their full glory:



I've also finished #20 and started #21, both if which are relatively simple Nativity scenes but still more complicated than the stars. Let's hope I won't mess them up completely, with my brain fried beyond help.

Re: Picspam as promised

[badly_knitted]

So pretty!

Re: Picspam as promised

[wiseheart]

Thank you!

Re: Picspam as promised

[darkcedars]

Those are neat!

Re: Picspam as promised

[wiseheart]

From time to time one needs to choose a project that is clean and simple. ;))

[darkcedars]

I made myself sit down and take time to crochet a little.

Otherwise it has been a lot of house project stuff.

[badly_knitted]

Sometimes it is necessary to stop work and do something restful and/or creative.

[wiseheart]

Everyone needs a break sometimes. You're working so much with the house project, you deserve a little me-time.

[tielan]

Currently sewing the hanging sleeve on the 2nd of my show quilts, for handing in to the collector today.

[badly_knitted]

Good luck getting it done, and I hope you do well at the show!