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[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]

Another 10 sweater rows, so that's now 4 complete pattern repeats! It's growing quite fast.

Took the day off from anything garden related today - it was supposed to rain, but then it didn't, so I did have to water my flower / seedbed. Got to do some sorting, sweeping up, and tidying to organise a place to put pots to sow some seeds in, so that's my next task. Maybe I'll start that tomorrow... Depends on the weather.

[smallhobbit]

We had the rain today (and some hail!)

Your sweater is growing fast! It's always satisfying seeing another pattern repeat completed.

[badly_knitted]

Ugh, hail! Hope it didn't cause any damage.

Yes, it's quite surprising how fast things grow once you get going. I don't have to look at the pattern now that it's in my head, so that speeds things up.

[darkcedars]

I thought I was going to need to water too, but the storm was just late. Luckily it arrived before I got my worried self to go out there. My seedlings are too tiny to dry out, and the sage is a new tiny plug from the garden center.

[badly_knitted]

What a relief you didn't have to water!

I only needed one canful as the ground was still mostly moist, it was just starting to dry out in a few spots so I figured I'd best do something about that.

[medievalrosalie]

You are POWERING through that sweater! Well done!

The gardening sounds like it's getting there too! We are supposed to have rain for the next 3 days, so that might keep me sewing!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I think it's going well.

There's a lot to be done in the garden, but that one bed is in business, so that's a good start. We have rain forecast for at least two weeks, which is going to hamper progress =/

[smallhobbit]

I did a bit of cross stitch, but then realised I'd slipped sideways in the pattern - I'm at the beginning so it's harder to tell - so had to unpick and redo.

[badly_knitted]

It's so annoying when that happens, but hopefully you realised quickly and didn't have too much to unpick.

[smallhobbit]

I'm only doing a little each day at the moment so it wasn't too bad , although I think it takes longer to undo than to stitch again.

[badly_knitted]

So true, unpicking is horribly fiddly. I once stitched a border then started the main part of the design only to realise I was stitching on the wrong side of the fabric - the border was all neatly stitched on the other side...

[darkcedars]

Weeelllll at least you didn't continue off of that messed up start and realize much later (totally have never ever done this on like, a doily). :D

[smallhobbit]

That's true and that would have really thrown me. I know I've made a few small mistakes with the tree, but that's the odd stitch in the wrong shade of green so it won't matter.

[medievalrosalie]

That's really annoying! At least you realised!

[smallhobbit]

Yes. I'd have been cross if I hadn't discovered until I'd started on the next band of colour and then realised what I'd done.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Alas, I haven't been doing any crafting of late, but I do read the posts every night and cheer everyone on!

[badly_knitted]

So sad for you that you haven't managed any crafting, but it's good of you to look in and see how we're gettuing on.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Living vicariously! I've no plants. I'm in a tiny second (read first in the UK) flat. Kids are enough for me to take care of. But it's interesting to read how your garden's growing.

[badly_knitted]

I don't think I could live without my garden, but then I've always had one. The same one actually, although it's changed a lot over the decades. I'm trying to wrest it back from the weeds.

[darkcedars]

That's still more than I manage when things get crazy here.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

:)

[smallhobbit]

But you have written a lot of poetry!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

True. I haven't been totally idle, just not crafting.

[medievalrosalie]

I try to read back on days I've not managed to do anything too. There's nice people here.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

You get invested in the story of people's projects and want to see how they turned out.

[darkcedars]

Worked a bit more on the baby blanket today in between laundry loads. Husband & I started marinating a brisket to be cooked tomorrow.

This is a photo from last night that I just hadn't put in a shareable place yet, so you can all see the yarn.

[badly_knitted]

That's a pretty pattern, and the yarn is gorgeous!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very pretty yarn. Sorbet colours.

[smallhobbit]

Such pretty yarn.

[medievalrosalie]

Great colours!

[medievalrosalie]

Did no crafting today, but planned a future sideless surcote in silk for a friend to wear in July for a Knighting ceremony, so that will be underway soon.

My kitty had her yearly vet check up today and was pronounced healthy and well (if not a bit chubby) and now she's almost 9, she's 52 in people years, which is the closest we will get to being the same age. We celebrated by going into the garden and staring intently at the part of the fence where a rat runs across at dusk, which is her very favourite thing to do right now. The rat ran. The kitty was deliriously excited. The fairy lights came on. It was pretty magical.

[darkcedars]

That's sweet. My little dog (she is cat-sized) and I need to patrol the yard regularly. In case. Usually she's fine with me sitting in the yard chair.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

It does sound magical!

[smallhobbit]

You clearly both had a lovely time ;)

[badly_knitted]

The surcote sounds like quite a project. What colour silk will you be using?

Happy kitty time! Good that she's healthy, although watching rats doesn't appeal to me, lol! Mice, yes, but not rats.

[annofowlshire]

Again at the end of the night I pulled out my wheel and got about 20 minutes in. It doesn’t feel like much, but it’s adding up.

Garden continues to get attention, mostly weeding right now. I think we’re going to need to source more potting soil before I can carry on with the patio plants.

[smallhobbit]

Even 20 minutes is good and I'm sure it works as stress relief as well.

[annofowlshire]

I still wrestle with memories of pre-motherhood me who could have a full time job, commute, and still get in many hours in the evenings/weekends of whatever hobby had my attention at the time. 20 minutes adds up and is good for me, but it feels so little when a few years ago I could have spun this same yarn in less than a week. (And in a day or two when fiber arts was my job! XD)

[smallhobbit]

Ah, but your current project - bringing up Enting - is quite time consuming. Although mine have left home and are living their own lives, I still have evenings when I'm planning to do something and the daughter phones, so we spend half an hour chatting and that means I know something I'd planned to do won't get done.

[badly_knitted]

Priorities change as time passes. One day you might have more time for fibre arts again, but right now there are other things thaty need your attention.

[badly_knitted]

You're getting there!

That's something I could do with too. I've got a bit, but if I'm going to sow seeds in pots I'll need more.

[verdande_mi]

I did some rounds of knitting and started a new granny square for my crochet project :)

[smallhobbit]

That sounds like great progress :)

[badly_knitted]

Well done! Variety is good, it keeps us from becoming bored with a project.