Check-In Post - October 18th 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: Have you ever made something and then had no idea what to do with it?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[spiralicious]

Card making with Lynne on Monday - Once again, she had unexpected guests. Her daughter and son in law were visiting, they had originally intended to leave Friday, but were still there Monday afternoon. The shortest way to explain this kerfuffle was they were trying to order a custom shed to replace the one that burned down in April, and there were many unnecessary obstacles in that process. I spent 2 hours taking care of Lynne (like making sure she got and ate her breakfast) during this time. Lynne was also just having a really rough day: her previous house guests had gotten her ill, she decided that everything her son did meant he was mad at her (the fact that it was untrue not withstanding), not having a clue what was going on, and that I was telling her no everytime she tried to talk me into living with her to be her full-time caregiver. After all of this was taken care of, we sat down and made what is possibly the heaviest cards made out of just paper. They are pretty, but the design is 12 layers of cardstock. They cannot stand on their own, nor are they mailing friendly, but they look good. Next week, I have set myself up for potential disaster with a Halloween themed card that will require drawing a face on a candy corn.

Knitting wise, I've had 2 good knitting sessions. This month, the Saturday night Svengoolie movies are a double feature, so I knitted on the wingspan shawl during one movie and on the eclectic cable scarf during the other. I did a similar split during my Tuesday night TV drama block.

Thursday, book club was cancelled last minute due to a death in the family of the person who runs it. I went ahead and went to the bar we have it at anyway in case someone else showed up. No one did, but I had a good time working on things in my sketchbook while I had my beer.

Today, I prepped my pumpkin.

[badly_knitted]

Poor Lynne, life would be easier for her if she could settle into a routine without so many visitors and house guests. It's sort of sweet she wants you to be her carer, she obviously trusts you, but it's definitely not something you'd want to do. So much stress! I've been there, taking care of my mum, and I'd never want to do that again.

Good luck with the next card-making session!

Yay for good knitting sessions, and getting to relax over a beer.

[spiralicious]

That would be wonderful, but the interruptions in her routine just seem to be increasing. Being a carer is really not in my skill set. I've done it short term and helped my mom and my aunt when they were carers for my grandmother and my uncle. Lynne is also at the point where it is way too much for one person, as she's gotten to a stage where you need her to be in eye sight or hearing range at all times, which makes it nearly impossible to take care of the house things, even in a basic level. I am definitely staying firm on this one.

Thanks. They cancelled on me, 3 minutes after I was supposed to be there. Thankfully I was running late. Nothing bad, just her daughter decided on an impromptu visit and they went to the beach and suddenly realized, "oh, yeah, Kat is coming over." At least they actually called me this time.

Thanks :)

[badly_knitted]

Me neither, but I had no choice when nit was my mum. Sounds like Lynne needs a fully trained professional carer, maybe two.

Better late than not telling you and just leaving you hanging.

[spiralicious]

Indeed

[wiseheart]

12 layers of cardstock? And I thought my cards were thick and heavy two years ago with their 3 or 4 layers!

[spiralicious]

It is complete insanity! When you are doing layouts where you are primarily layering paper, 3 layers is considered standard, counting the base card, but it gets heavy fast.