Check-In Post April 27th 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, and the armhole shaping is done (nothing dramatic, just slightly inset sleeves).

No gardening today due to rain, but the weather meant I didn't have to do any watering. I did sort out my packets of seeds though. Somehow some of my perennials had migrated into the box the annuals are in, and the perennials box was all out of order. Now they're all in alphabetical order so I can find what I want.

[darkcedars]

Supposed to rain here tonight and through tomorrow, so I will also not need to water.

I was happy today to see a redbud sapling that I thought died over winter start to leaf out!

[badly_knitted]

Rain does have its uses!

That's lovely! One year we thought our apple tree had died, but it had been a harsh winter and the buds were just a little late swelling. It's a late-flowering variety anyway, only just starting to come into blom now.

[smallhobbit]

We just had a few drops, not enough to do anything.

[badly_knitted]

We had light showers forecast, just right for washing my seeds down into the soil rather than washing them away.

[medievalrosalie]

Even wet days are good for garden prepping! :)

[badly_knitted]

They can be, when there are things that can be done somewhere out if the rain.

[darkcedars]

I started a baby blanket today. Cousin's baby was born last night. My mom had told me baby was due in June, but turns out she was guessing and didn't update me when she was told later. Named Eleanor, and I'm using Lion Brand Mandala in colorway Valkyrie.

There's a second baby, it is going to debut on Friday. That cousin decided to be surprised about girl/boy, but is also really weird about "appropriate" colors. (eye roll) So I was going to wait. I just didn't think they would be the same week! :D

[badly_knitted]

You wait for ages and then two come along at once, just like buses *grins*

Good luck with the blankets! The yarn for the first one is gorgeous.

(My favourite aunt was an Eleanor, although everyone called her Nell).

[darkcedars]

Maybe that's what they will do. I was wondering, because we already have an Ellie.

[badly_knitted]

It's possible. It would at least save confusion.

[smallhobbit]

What lovely wool. Yes, a bit of a surprise have two blankets to knit at once.

[darkcedars]

Last time there were two close together I made the same pattern in different colors. We will see how I feel about it when the first is closer to done.

[medievalrosalie]

My goodness! Lots happening for you there! And foe heaven's sake... appropriate colours? So, everything?

[darkcedars]

haha right?! People are WEIRD.

[annofowlshire]

I was ready to give up for the night, but I got the spinning wheel out and spun for about 20 minutes before going to bed. Still dreaming of handspun embroidery thread and patterns.

I weeded the main garden bed last night, left the hardening plants outside overnight since it was supposed to only get to 6C and rain, and hey, natural watering from the rain! I’ll need to watch them today, though, to make sure the ones without drainage in their containers don’t get overdone as it’s meant to rain all day.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for spinning! And I'm looking forward to hearing about your hand-spun threads when you get around to them.

We have rain here too, which is why I wanted to get all the planting and sowing done by Monday night. I haven't needed to water since. Still hoping to sow a few seeds in pots so I've dug out some old propagators and the rain helped by separating the three lids that were stuck together.

Hope your plants don't get waterlogged!

[medievalrosalie]

Spinning is so relaxing! Especially after gardening.