Check-In Post March 20th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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]

I sewed up the last pair of arm warmers, the navy ones for my neighbours, so no more sewing up until I knit another pair!

Also got an hour in the garden, although it was a lot colder than the forecast claimed. I didn't mind the overcast sky, but could have done without the cold wind blowing in my ear. Anyway, I did some work on the big buddleia, less than half done, but still progress. Spent a while wrestling with part of it because although I sawed through a big branch (about three inches diameter) to the last tiny bit, the darn thing didn't want to let go no matter which way I moved it and I couldn't saw through the last bit because the weight above was trapping the saw blade. I won the fight in the end though. 7 feet of buddleia weighs less than you'd think, but it's a bit unwieldy.

[smallhobbit]

Hooray for sewing up the final pair of arm warmers. And for attacking the buddleia.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! The sewing up was a menace, but worth it for the cosiness.

The buddleia isn't going down without a fight!

[darkcedars]

Hooray for sewing up!

Supposed to be warm here tomorrow. I'm hoping to do a *little* pruning.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I'm so glad I've done the last pair. For now.

Pruning is good, although when I do it, it almost never ends up being a little... Have fun!

[darkcedars]

I was thinking to restrict it to the thyme plant.

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like it should be manageable. Unless your thyme is really massive.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ah, the end of the arm warmers!! I feel like you should celebrate or something!

[badly_knitted]

Ummm... *hides the blue-grey pair I started last Sunday*

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Hee, hee :)

[badly_knitted]

*hangs head in shame* I'm addicted to arm warmers.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I tried some quilling for the first time today. A kit from the craft store. I liked it! The boys tried a bit too.

[smallhobbit]

I do think that's lovely :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!!

[badly_knitted]

So pretty! Quilling is something I've never tried, but I do like to look at what other people have done.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks! Yeah, the kit was a happy find. It'd be interesting to do more

[darkcedars]

That's fun!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Maybe you'll stumble across some more kits.

[darkcedars]

I keep not having the time to work on craft projects. Didn't feel like wrestling with the afghan today but really wanted to work on crafts. Picked up long-unfinished pansy doily. It's to have 12 flowers on the edge, I stalled at 5.

[badly_knitted]

Five is great progress!

That's why you need several craft projects on the go at once, so there's always something that's manageable. I'd imagine the afghan is quite heavy.

[darkcedars]

Yes, and the counting for the border - I hit a patch where I made a mistake in the previous round. I can fudge it but I got frustrated.

Small wonder though - I'm interrupted near constantly. Was working on a flower & just stopped until husband & brother get settled. They are going to watch a movie.

[badly_knitted]

Distractions are the worst when you need to count. It's no wonder the occasional error occurs.

[annofowlshire]

I did more spinning last night as the Mr was tied up with other things. Ply 2 is nearing completion.

Also spent much of the day in the garden. Built another bed in the overgrown area (which involves weeding out years of established wood geranium, digging up the earth so it’s not compacted, and then collecting/laying the stones around the beds). I have a feeling I’m going to be fighting off wood geranium for years....

Someone usually recommends some sort of “no dig” solution to me at this point. I like the idea, but the wood geranium really needs removing (it’s like bamboo, it’ll just come back up somewhere), and it’s all on a slope so erosion is a big problem. Earth on top of cardboard or whatever is just going to slide. In a few years I may look at raised beds and terracing, but first I need to get that geranium network out. This year, I just want to try to grow some stuff ^_^

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! When all three plys are complete, how do you twist them together? I've always wondered about that.

Some geranium species are seriously pernicious. I have Geraneum Phaem (the really dark purple flowers that're almost black), all over what should be my lawn. It's a nice plant, but the seeds ping and then the sort of corms develop and they're just a devil of a job to dig out. I'm going to have another bash with the lawn weed and feed stuff in a couple of weeks. There's everything but grass in the lawn.

Good luch with eradicating the wood geranium, and being able to grow some stuff!

[rellephant]

I finished a second rug yesterday! It's a cotton bathmat designed to fit the cutout in front of my shower exactly and I'm very pleased with how it turned out :)

[badly_knitted]

Well done! That's a gorgeous colour, it looks great!