Check-In Post April 25th 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]

8 rows on my sweater, so that's three full pattern repeats and I think another half pattern, 14 rows, will see me to the armhole shaping; Yay!

I also got work done in the garden. Raked, put the stepping stones down, replaced the Aquilegias and other things I dug up a while back, and got the pansies planted. I hed 4 back which I put in a small tub for some colour up near the house.

Tomorrow, I will stir the contents of 50 or 60 old packets of seed together, annuals and perennials, (all of them well over 20 years old), and sprinkle them over the bare soil in the hopes that something will grow. You never know. I'm the eternal optimist when it comes to sowing seeds, although when I did this last year and the year before, I still mostly only had weeds growing.

[smallhobbit]

That's great the amount of progress you've made with your sweater, especially given how much gardening you've done. Good luck with the seeds!

[alafaye]

I added several rows to the white scarf today. It is now longer than my laptop which is a 15 inch.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I'm happy with progress.

I figure the seeds deserve a chance. Some of them might still be viable.

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! It's coming along!

[annofowlshire]

No needlework, much gardening this weekend. More seeds in the existing veg bed, started digging another, (with my partner) weeded soft fruits and put down cardboard to keep the weeds at bay until they establish, and then a team effort to get the trees in the orchard watered. (Plus the rotating plants out of the conservatory during the day and watering all the other things.)

This week I want to make a serious push to get my current spin finished so I can move on to other projects on the wheel. We’ll see if the universe plays nice ^_^;

[badly_knitted]

That's a huge amount of garden work, well done! I bet you're tired now! What soft fruits are you growing?

Good luck with the spinning!

[annofowlshire]

A few varieties of strawberry and raspberry. A black currant, a blackberry, and a dessert gooseberry so far. I also have physalis seedlings in the conservatory that I will put there once the frost has past.

[verdande_mi]

I finsihed the backside of my vest, with help from my aunt I got the left shoulder right before starting the front side. Had to redo parts of the right shoulder I did the last time, but it's fixed now and the two shoulders match. I can now also knit without needing help for a while :D

[verdande_mi]

What kind of pattern is it?

Garden :D It's a bit too early to start properly here, but I have lots of seeds waiting for it to become warmer.

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like a good selection, but no redcurrants?

Just be careful the blackberry doesn't take over.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! We all make mistakes and have to re-do things. I messed up on the sweater I'm making at the moment, and I've been knitting for over 40 years. You're getting the hang on knitting though, it'll get easier with practice.

[badly_knitted]

It's a diamond lace pattern, very pretty and delicate.

I think England is quite a bit further south than where you are, so April is a good time to get plants in and seeds sown here.

[annofowlshire]

Yes, we have plenty of ample experience with the spreading of blackberries both in the UK and in the Pacific NW XD

We aren’t attempting to get everything in the first year.

[badly_knitted]

They are rampant things!

Probably wise, although redcurrant jelly is very good.

[medievalrosalie]

I was just going to say exactly the same thing!

[medievalrosalie]

Oh I do love berries of all kinds!

[medievalrosalie]

Hooray for fixing things and for knitting without help! Knitting is hard,

[verdande_mi]

I just get so demotivated when I have to spend time undoing things! I am not the most patient person, but I hope I will learn to keep my motivation up.

[verdande_mi]

I think it will get me a good while to truly get the hang of knitting, but I shall do my best :)

[verdande_mi]

Beautiful pattern :)

I did plant some seeds inside, sunflowers and coleus, and May is here soon and hopefully with it, heat. April have been cold!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

[badly_knitted]

That's understandable, it's so frustrating when something goes wrong. I'm not terribly patient myself, but sometimes to make progress I have to go back and try again. It's something I've trained myself to deal with.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I love diamond patterns.

Lovely! I hope they do well for you.

April has been colder here than it usually is too.