Check-In Post June 21st 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

[badly_knitted]

And I've finished sewing up my red cabled sweater!

I have other things started that I should finish, namely two part-knitted black sweaters and an almost complete sleeveless white summer top (just need to knit the armbands and sew it up), but I want to start the fuchsia sweater.

The pattern I've picked out is cables, blackberry stitch, and some lace. Raglan sleeves rather than the drop shoulders of the last one. But each sleeve has different shaping at the top so I'll have to remember not to make them both the same =/

[medievalrosalie]

way behind in reading and commenting, but it's because I have been CRAFTING!! Last night I finished the silk surcote and all it needs now is a wash and iron on the weekend. The sheer linen veil and wimple are finished- except that now I've decided to hem the selvedge because even though it's a selvedge, I'm worried it's going to fray.
The main thing is that I've started painting up a backgammon board, and I'll be doing an LJ post on that soonish also. I'm woefully behind in my posts there by about a week and I have several posts to make. I can't remember if I already mentioned the Virtual Booksellers fair with my Australian distributor, but that was super cool and I need to post about that too. Sunday just gone, the daggued hood I was working on was finally finished and went to it's owner and he was delighted with it. I took a series of photos of our knights at training on Sunday which cut into my sewing time and for anyone who likes knights, it's on fb and I can put up a link if anyone wants to see them. We are going to take new pics and make a calender just for group members and their families for fun.
Quite frankly, I'm exhausted.

Crafting by Proxy

[foreverdawning]

A friend of mine made some lovely macramé hanging pots. I've been dying to put them up in my room by my desk. All I need is to find some small hanging plants. So that's my newest project: indoor gardening.

[althea_valara]

I mostly took today off because I overdid it the past two days and my wrist was hurting. I did, though, do one more row on the weaving and finished my crochet project. The latter was a test of a design I made, and it came out pretty well, I think. Though not exactly on size - it was supposed to be 6" square and the height was spot on, but the width started at 6" but then went to 7" so I either accidentally added stitches or loosened up gauge (i'm thinking the latter). Oh well, it was just a test so that's okay.

Does writing count as a craft for this community? I wrote some fanfic for a friend tonight. She could use something nice, and it featured my beloved Alisaie (who's in my icon) so it was fun to write.

[medievalrosalie]

Link to daggued hood finished and post:
https://medievalrosalie.livejournal.com/51644.html#t223420

Link to the backgammon games board and post:
https://medievalrosalie.livejournal.com/51943.html

Link to knights on fb: Still can't get it to link directly... here's Mitchell (looks like the scroll button isn't working) https://scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/198238730_293815955452125_4444430314746915825_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=UKLBIlyMmYkAX-bNVB0&tn=GMv5lpqH5i2X57je&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne6-1.fna&oh=77a611e75be6327a1dae9b0037d19144&oe=60D68BAE and you can find them all third post down on my fb page https://www.facebook.com/rosaliesmedievalwoman/