Check-In Post July 18th 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 successfully (more or less) sewn up three of the raglan seams. They didn't match up very well, I suspect I may have got the shaping backwards on the sleeves, so I had to fudge it a bit to make everything fit, but it's not going to be noticeable to anyone but me.

Next step will be to pick up and knit the neckband, many calculations to be made so it will be even and not too loose. It's quite a low neck. I might do a longer neckband and fold it over if it looks like thatt'll give a better finish, I do have a fair amount of yarn left over, more than I thought I would, so it's an option.

[wiseheart]

Your speed is amazing! How many sweaters have you planned to knit in this time period?

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

I'm just seeing how things go. I finished one last year but didn't complete the sewing up, so that was the red one I posted a picture of, then I've done the pale pink one and the fuchsia one I'm sewing up now, so I'd like to make at least two more this year, as well as finishing the white summer top that still needs sewing up. I've got so much yarn! Also a lot of really tempting patterns.

[smallhobbit]

There is nothing wrong with the odd fudge. Good luck with the neckband - that has to be about the hardest part of any knitted jumper.

[badly_knitted]

True, as long as nothing falls apart ;)

Thanks, I'll need it. This one is going to be a bit more fiddly than usual but I'll manage.

I had a crafty day...

[wiseheart]

... since the story is now finished, and I decided not to start another big project for the rest of Picowrimo.

Instead, I've painted a great many popsicle sticks for future use today. Of course, I'll have to paint their other side, once they've completely dried, but at least I've got 72 coloured sticks - 24 of them already painted on both sides. 8 different colours, they look very nice. I still have to find some silver paint, though.

Re: I had a crafty day...

[smallhobbit]

Painting popsicle sticks sounds like a nice simple, peaceful task.

Re: I had a crafty day...

[badly_knitted]

Well done! Everything should be thoroughly dry by the time you're ready for the next stage of the project.

[smallhobbit]

The daughter gave me knitting kits for a Harry Potter hat and scarf last birthday, so since this is the year of knitting hats, I've now started on the hat and knitted the first five rib rows.

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! You'll have hats for all occasions at this rate. What colour(s) is this one?

[smallhobbit]

This is in typical Gryffindor colours - dark red with two gold stripes.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, lovely!

[althea_valara]

Started working through a second book on coding games in Python. This one will be boring at first because it assumes you know nothing, and by now I know a bit. But it's a start, and hey, reading the book counts for the library's Summer Reading Challenge.

I finished the first of the shell mitts! Since my crafting competition doesn't require pairs, I'll probably go ahead and turn it in, then finish the second at a more leisurely pace.



Then I played a bunch of my MMO, which doesn't count for here but I am pleased that I FINALLY finished a brutal grinding stage for a relic weapon, and started the final stage. Woohoo!

Now I am taking a break from gaming and will knit on the blanket for a while.

[badly_knitted]

Well done with all your coding.

Pretty mitt! I love the blend of colours.

Good luck with the blanket knitting!

[nagi_schwarz]

I am...sixty-odd rows into this new baby blanket. It's been an adventure using scrap yarn to make it and trying to coordinate the colors.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for progress! Sounds like it will be a very colourful blanket when it's finished!