Check-In Post June 24th 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]

I've knitted the second armhole band on the white top, just got all the sewing up to do on that.

Also I'm up to the increase row on the back of the fuchsia sweater. Just got to calculate the increases, spread them out evenly.

[wiseheart]

I managed to finish the cookbook, after all. Here are the last pages.

Pages 26-27:



Pages 28-19:



Unfortunately, I didn't have any more teddy pictures for the last pages, which is why I chose a different lettering for the last recipes, just so that they'd be prettier. Page 1 is the front cover, of course, which is already done, but I can't take any photos right now. Tomorrow, I swear. I also created some individual recipe sheets that can go into the various pockets and am very pleased with the outcome.

Cross-posted to my LJ.

[wiseheart]

Oh, dear, more maths!

[smallhobbit]

That's coming on - presumably you've only got side seams to do.

That's a really fast start on your fuchsia sweater.

[smallhobbit]

After another two weeks I've finished the third square of my throw:k

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations, how lovely!

[badly_knitted]

Yep! But it's not too difficult a calculation, thankfully.

[badly_knitted]

That and some slip-stitching around the armholes to make sure there aren't any annoying little gaps. Just gives a neater finish.

Not as fast as I'd hoped for, I'd thought I could do the rib for the back in one day and it's taken three. Ah well, onward and upward!

[badly_knitted]

Oh, so pretty!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

What fun!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Looking good!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you!

[wiseheart]

That it was, but I'm glad it's done now.
Picture of the finished front cover coming up at the next check-in.

[wiseheart]

Oh, this is very pretty!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[wiseheart]

Thank you, I'm quite content with the way it turned out.

[badly_knitted]

You should be, your throw is going to be beautiful.

[wiseheart]

Errr... my *what*?

[badly_knitted]

Sorry, mixing up my comment replies. That's what happens when I'm not paying attention, thought I was replying to smallhobbit.

Your BOOK will be beautiful!

[wiseheart]

And here I hoped you had a holy vision about me learning how to knit, eventually. *g*

[badly_knitted]

I wish I could teach you, but not all crafts suit all crafters. I suck at sewing, can't draw to save my life, and forget about embroidery. Knitting is one thing I CAN do, but there's an awful lot I have no talent for.

[medievalrosalie]

Still getting there!

[medievalrosalie]

That is pretty darn cute!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[badly_knitted]

I'll finish it at some point, just not today. I'm not in the mood for sewing up.