Check-In Post June 17th 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]

I have made my calculations for setting in the sleeves of my sweater. Unfortunately, I then realised that all my small safety pins that I use to mark my places when sewing up were already in use on my last pair of arm warmers that hadn't been sewn up yet. So now I've sewn them up. Tomorrow it will be back to the sweater again.

I've also been looking at patterns. I think I've found the one to use up the red yarn that I was knitting up earlier this year. That sweater was never going to fit comfortably, so I need to start over with a different design. I've found a nice lacy one that should look great.

I've found a couple of possibilities for my fuchsia yarn as well. I want cables for that one. Still got lots of knitting magazines to look through though, I might find something I like better.

[wiseheart]

Wow, you've got quite a few projects in planning!

[badly_knitted]

I do, and I have several I need to finish, including two black sweaters and a white summer top. I have so much yarn, and I want to turn it all into sweaters for me, although when I'll get to wear them is anybody's guess.

[darkcedars]

I was looking for my stitch markers. They're all in the million year old afghan project. :)

Now I'm starting to think I need to make a sweater in addition to arm warmers.

[badly_knitted]

They are never where you want them to be, it's that way with most of my knitting equipment.

I highly recommend sweaters. I'm going through my patterns and seeing so many I want to make so I'll have to knit faster!

[darkcedars]

I have a cardigan on my "to make" list for this year. A big squishy one with pockets. My main cardis don't have pockets and that's so much more convenient around the house.

[badly_knitted]

Pockets are always very useful, but it's funny, I was looking through patterns and found a cardigan with pockets and thought, I wouldn't mind making that, but without the pockets. (My trousers have pockets so I wouldn't really need more).

Good luck with making yours!

[wiseheart]

I've finished Page 17 in the cookbook. Here's it, with the flap open:



I've also typed up and printed out a few recipes for the book, so that I can continue working on it. I'm getting cautiously optimistic about finishing this project in time. ;))

[badly_knitted]

How yummy!

So many recipes!

[wiseheart]

Well, I wan't the cookbook to be useful, not just pretty. ;)

[badly_knitted]

Of course! It wouldn't be a cookbook otherwise!

[darkcedars]

Good luck with your goal. I must be really tired because I was trying to read the recipes for several seconds without realizing it isn't English. :D

[wiseheart]

Yes, it is for the half-German part of the family. I could add Hungarian recipes as well, but I decided to leave it in German entirely as I had a lot of them ready to copy,

[darkcedars]

I'm finally getting around to learning Tunisian entrelac. I had tried a couple of times before and gotten frustrated, have it down now.

[wiseheart]

It looks very pretty, but I imagine it isn't an easy technique.

[darkcedars]

It's kind of fiddly. I also saw where I was going wrong the previous times -- was misunderstanding in TWO different places! No wonder I couldn't get very far.

[badly_knitted]

Wow! That looks really great!

[althea_valara]

My Zoom Loom arrived today! I immediately sat down and wove my first square. I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow - it's late here and the lighting is crap.

After talking to my mom, I decided against giving my nephew a coffee cup cozy. His brother's a big coffee drinker but I don't think this nephew is, so instead I'm going to make him fingerless mitts, which he could use as he's going to college in Wisconsin. So I frogged the small progress I made on the cozy and cast on for the first mitt, but didn't get any further because ZOOM LOOM!

This morning I also knit another leaf on my scarf.

Finally, I designed two knitting and two crochet squares. See, my crafting competition is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, and they're asking all teams to design a square in celebration (one of each craft, but the square should feature the same design). So I knocked out two designs to show my team for their opinion. I'll probably design some more tomorrow.

[wiseheart]

Wow, you've been really busy!

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Sounds like the zoom loom is going to get a lot of use!

Fingerless mitts are always useful. While I was without heat for several months last winter I knitted myself loads of arm warmers, just plain rib, then sew up the side leaving a hole for the thumb. Making and wearing them helped me keep from freezing.

Yay for another leaf, and for all your designing!

[darkcedars]

Such a busy craft day! I just looked at Zoom Loom, that looks fun.