Check-In Post - Aug 16th 2025

[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.

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Comments

[badly_knitted]

It's been an exhausting but fun day. Set out for town before 10.30, on my bike, ran a few errands (boked my sight test, bought stamps...), went in a couple of charity shops — got more wire for jewellery making, going to try wrapping oddly shaped crystals to put on pendants. Went into a shop where I put some of my crafts up for sale a year ago. My macrame owls didn't sell, but all the meeces did. Shop manager had lost my contact details. I have been PAID for my meeces =D I also have a commission from the shop to make some knitted bee brooches, so I'm setting aside the pumpkins for a bit. I did knit one this afternoon, but that was it.


Then I went to our local summer fair in the park at the far end of town. There were miniature donkeys for petting! So I petted donkeys! Also learned how to make a cord bracelet from wool, it's sort of woven... It's very simple to do, and I bet a lot of people already now how, but I didn't. Finished mine when I got home, Now I need to cut a fresh circle of cardboard to make some more, because the one I was using is all bendy now. I'll try to find some stronger, more durable card. The corrugated stuff bends too easily.


Treated myself to 3 very expensive brownies, but they are amazing. I've only eaten part of the mint aero one, but I have never had a better brownie. Also got a raspberry & white chocolate brownie, and a lemon meringue blondie.

[wiseheart]

What a lovely day! Good for you to get out of the house and have some fun - you needed it!
And the meeces did sell? That is great! Isn't it nice when people like what you've worked on for so long; not to mention getting some of your money back? Good luck with the bee brooches, may they bring in even more cash!

As for the brownies - if you don't treat yourself from time to time, no-one else will do, so it was a smart move. *g*

[badly_knitted]

It was brilliant, even though I spent too much.

I was surprised by how much I got from the sale of two dozen assorted meeces. Not a humongous amount, but more than I was expecting. If the bee brooches sell as well... A bit more money would be nice. I've dug out the pattern - the body is similar to a meece body - and I've found the necessary yarn and needles, so tomorrow I'll start making bee bodies. I'll do some golden yellow and black, and some with the yellow and dark brown. Then I'll have to figure out better wings than the ones in the pattern. Wondering if I can crochet wings... I'll experiment one I have some bodies made.

The brownies were £3 each or three for £8, so very expensive, but also very tasty.

[darkcedars]

A huge day! Brownies were definitely needed after all of that.

[badly_knitted]

Couldn't eat a whole one all at once though, they're about 5 inches by 2.5, and an inch thick. So delicious and chocolate-y.

[spiralicious]

What a wonderful day! Mmmm... brownies. Good luck with the bees.

[badly_knitted]

It really was.

Had half a brownie with breakfast =D

Thank you!

[spiralicious]

I know this was about a month ago, but half a brownie with breakfast sounds delightful.

[badly_knitted]

Oh, it was. Next time I'm in town I might go to the shop and treat myself to one. Probably raspberry and white chocolate, or a mint aero one. Unless they have something even more tempting on offer.

[spiralicious]

They sound amazing.

[badly_knitted]

They really are, but very expensive.

[wiseheart]

Still awfully hot over here - not good for motivation! At least I made a tiny bit of progress with my quiet book #2. The front door of the doll house is sewn on and functioning. I also did a bit of stitching on the suns. These ready-made felt ornaments are always just haphazardly glued together, and I won't risk small children to swallow the parts that come loose. So I added a circle of stitches to keep sun disc and rays safely together.

[badly_knitted]

Well done making progress! And very sensible stitching the sun parts together. They'll be much more secure.

[darkcedars]

Stitching suns while it's that hot, ha!

[wiseheart]

I like doing things in style. *g*

[spiralicious]

Very well done

[spiralicious]

Today the library had a perler bead make and take event. My mother made a large butterfly magnet for my sister. I made a ducky keychain and an orange octopus.

During TV time I worked on the yarn some more and knitted on the rain tracking shawl (June 1-7).

[badly_knitted]

That sounds fun! Pictures?

Well done on untangling and on knitting!

[wiseheart]

Yessss, we definitely wantssss picturessss, we doessss, Precioussss!