Check-In Post July 19th 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've just wrestled my way through knitting the neckband, although I've got to re-do the cast off beause it's too tight.

The downside of raglan shaping is that when it comes to the neckband you don't just have the weight of the back and the front to contend with but the sleeves as well. It was like knitting with an octopus on my lap, bits kept sliding off and pulling at the needles, and it was so heavy!

Anyway, once I've cast off again hopefully it'll be okay and I won't have to do the whole neckband again.

[smallhobbit]

Yes, it does feel very heavy and awkward at that point. My mother used to tell me to cast off a neckband with a needle one size bigger than used for the knitting to make it a bit looser.

[badly_knitted]

I usually do that myself, but as I was already using more stitches than the pattern said, I thought I'd see what it was like on the smaller needle. The result looks okay, but needs more give in it.

[althea_valara]

Wrestling with an octopus sounds like no fun! I've only done top-down raglans so I don't have experience with knitting the neckband last, but doing the sleeves was a pain. I hope the new bind-off works properly!

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, relly not.

Working downwards sounds incredibly awkward, think I'll stick to working from the bottom up *grins*

It should be fine, I'll just use a larger needle. I usually do that anyway, just didn't this time. Thought I could maybe get away with it, but... no.

[althea_valara]

It's still early in the day so I might do more things, but I just finished knitting two rows on the blanket, which also coincided with the end of the latest soundtrack I was listening to. That was the Final Fantasy XII video game OST, which is 4 hours and 45 minutes long. I've been listening to it in bits and pieces while working on the blanket. Anyway, when I finished the last OST before this one, I was at 19". Now I'm at about 24". Still plenty to go, alas, but getting about an inch an hour doesn't sound TOO bad.

Next OSTs to listen to will be the Final Fantasy XI soundtracks. They are some of my favorites, so I'm hoping it will entice me to work on the blanket in longer stretches. I do enjoy the FFXII OST but its music tends to blur together so I can only stand to listen to a few songs at a time.

[badly_knitted]

It's good to have something you enjoy to listen to while crafting.

Excellent progress on the blanket. You'll get it done if you just keep doing a bit each day.