Check-In Post April 24rd 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.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[smallhobbit]

A bit of knitting, a bit of stitching. And for anyone who isn't on my flist, my April Craft post is here

[badly_knitted]

Variety is the spice of life!

[smallhobbit]

True :)

[darkcedars]

You've been busy! The greenhouse is pretty neat.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. The greenhouse was an interesting project.

[medievalrosalie]

Just checked out your pics.. cute rabbits and I especially love the sheep.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - the rabbits were easy and fun to do, and worked well as Easter gifts.

[badly_knitted]

I managed 10 more rows on the back of my sweater. Not much further to the armhole shaping.

Also got two hours in the garden, managed to cobble together a border between the lawn and the flowerbed-to-be. It's not faboulous, I didn't have a lot to work with, but it looks okay and will serve its purpose (I hope) to keep the lawn from growing into the bed.

Tomorrow, I need to rake over the surface and break down clods, set some stepping stones so I can weed and plant without stepping on anything, and maybe, put the aquilegias back in.

[darkcedars]

That's a lot of garden work, and you're so consistent with the sweater.

[badly_knitted]

I'm trying to be consistent, but it's hard to keep to what I've set myself.

The garden work was exhausting, but the progress is encouraging. Hoping to get the pansies in on Monday, so I have to finish getting the flowerbed ready tomorrow.

[smallhobbit]

You're charging up the back!

[badly_knitted]

Trying to! I want to knit at least two sweaters this year. I've got so much yarn to use up!

[medievalrosalie]

Wow! you've done so much! I had an epic gardening day too! woohoo!

[badly_knitted]

Looks like we're both working hard at our gardening projects!

[darkcedars]

I finished the pansy doily today! Needs blocked of course, I hope to get to that in the next couple days.

Planted the lemon balm & nasturtiums today. Then thought I needed even more plants and ordered horehound & calendulas.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Looking forward to seeing the finished doily!

Oooh, nasturtiums! I love those, very tasty! Sadly I have no seeds, but maybe next year... Your garden is going to smell and taste lovely!

[darkcedars]

There's a great seed shop in the next state (Baker Creek) and I may just steadily plant every herb they carry. :D

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like an excellent plan!

[smallhobbit]

That's great!

[medievalrosalie]

Looks like a lot of us gardened today! I have nasturtiums coming up and am going to plant some more too! I don't have lemon balm, but I have lemon-scented geranium which is nice!

Well done on finishing the pansy doily! :)

[medievalrosalie]

No crafting but a ton of gardening. I have container gardens but I've has a little issue with drainage, so today I emptied all the containers, added pine bark chips for better drainage and then replanted everything. A lot of the plants were in pots anyway, but other things were in the soil, so the next few days will be interesting to see what survives and what doesn't. Here's pics of how it was when I started a year ago and how it looked before I lifted all the plants:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=249915163175538&set=pcb.249915189842202

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=249915089842212&set=pcb.249915189842202

I had to move the boxes which were over the drain as there were drain issues and they needed to be cleaned out. So all the boxes had to be emptied to be moved over literally 30cm and that couldn't happen while they were full of wet soil.

[smallhobbit]

Those plants have certainly grown!

[badly_knitted]

Wow, that looks amazing! No womder it was such a big job emptying the planters and re-planting them! I hope evrrything survives.

Moving even a small tub full of wet soil is impossible, never mind your planters!