Check-In Post July 2nd 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]

Okay, I'm doing the raglan shaping on the first sleeve, and all I can say is that whoever designed this sweater must have had a few screws loose because it's idiotic!

Bad enough that the two sleeves have to be mirror images of each other, but the raglans? One edge of the sleeve has to have the same shaping as the front, the other has to match the raglan shaping for the back, because for some unknown reason, the designer decided the shaping for back and front needed to de different!

The differences aren't huge, but it took me forever to figure out what to do with each edge of each sleeve. I think I figured it out, and I've knitted another full pattern repeat, but this is definitely NOT a sweater I plan on making again.

I was about ready to throw in the towel and do drop shoulders except that I'm not sure whether the yarn I've got would stretch to that.

[smallhobbit]

That sounds horrendous!

[badly_knitted]

It is. Probably the worst pattern I've ever come across, the instructions are so badly written and confusing.

[althea_valara]

Oh no, that sounds terrible! I've mostly done raglans, and I can't imagine why on earth the front and back shaping needs to be different. Ugh.

[badly_knitted]

Neither can I, but I'm trying to follow the instructions, even though it's hard to make sense of them.

[medievalrosalie]

Reasons I don't knit... you're telling me about them riiight now. You have more patience to figure it out than me.

[badly_knitted]

Most patterns aren't like this one, they're usual cl;ear and simple to follow, I've never run into something like this one before, not in 40 years of knitting, but I refuse to be beaten!

[althea_valara]

I finished the tumbler cozy for mom, and added two rounds to a previous one I did. Here's an old picture. I used the same yarn for the new one, so you get the idea of what it looks like:



Also knit 9 rounds on the mitt.

I typed up a few more pages of my Final Fantasy II Walkthrough, in anticipation for the Pixel Remaster release coming on the 29th.

And I got approval from my crafting competition to start a team for the Ravellenic Games, so I made the intro post for that.

I had to take a photo of the graduation blanket's progress for my competition, and while doing so I realized the blanket is now large enough that I can spread out the cast-on edge and see just how wide it is. Uh. It's wide. No wonder it's taking so long to knit it! Well, this is my tallest nephew so he could probably use an extra-large blanket. I intend to get back to work on it tomorrow, after I've finished the mitt.

[badly_knitted]

The tumbler cosy is lovely, like a sunset.

Yay for progress on the mitt! Good luck with your Ravellenic team!

Everyone needs a snuggly blanket, I'm sure your nephew will appreciate your hard work. How many inches in length is it now?

[althea_valara]

Yes, I love the colorway for the cozy! It does look like a sunset, doesn't it? I used that as my theme tie-in for Nerdopolis. The theme was basically "What brought you into your fandom?" and I chose the opening title scene of Final Fantasy X, which features the main party sitting silently around a campfire at sunset. The scene has the same colors as my yarn. I'm pleased I have enough yarn left over that I can probably make a coaster for myself with it, because gosh is it pretty.

The blanket is 21" long now so about a third of the way done!

[badly_knitted]

Could be campfire colours too! I hope you manage to make one for yourself. It's good to be able to keep some pretties instead of gifting them all.

That's big, a mammoth project!

[medievalrosalie]

Well, those are really cool, and I can see how they'd work a treat too!

[medievalrosalie]

Day 1 of my medieval weekend in costume in lockdown doing a bunch of fb live videos. They're here. Four today and another four tomorrow. Doing website updates of my medieval clothes too. Links to talks below.

Walk through my herb garden with me!
https://www.facebook.com/100044711681778/videos/176524307703577

Stitch along to my button-making tutorial!
https://www.facebook.com/100044711681778/videos/368389078054089

Look at some of my Buckle-and-plate artifacts while I tell you things about them!
https://www.facebook.com/100044711681778/videos/423836148623889

Ponder some of the strange things that go on in medieval court cases against women!
https://www.facebook.com/100044711681778/videos/5560197960717024