get_knitted | Check-In Post August 3rd 2021

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Tired tonight after three hours in the garden battling ivy, so just 20 more sleeve rows. My arthritic thumb has had enough.

I think 20 rows is still good!

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badly_knitted - 2021-08-03 21:34 (UTC) - Expand

You should be careful with that thumb. Mine acts up from time to time, too; not a pleasant thing, and one can cause serious damage overdoing things.

badly_knitted - 2021-08-03 21:42 (UTC) - Expand

Sounds completely exhausting and I'm not surprised your thumb in particular has had enough after that degree of dedication. An extra well done for getting some of the knitting done as well. Hopefully tomorrow will be an easier day?

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 08:02 (UTC) - Expand

Too many hours spent on trains yesterday and today, but that did mean I got lots of knitting done four repeats of the cable pattern on each journey so 48 rows in total!

That's a great way to spend a railway journey - it means you have more than just a change of place to show for it!

glinda - 2021-08-03 21:17 (UTC) - Expand

I always admired people who could do anything on a moving train. I was never be able to do that. Congratulations on your row count!

glinda - 2021-08-03 21:16 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-03 21:44 (UTC) - Expand

Woohoo! That's huge progress with cables!

I'm assuming it's a sweater, but what colour? Enquiring minds want to know ;)

glinda - 2021-08-04 08:29 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 08:48 (UTC) - Expand

Well done on great progress - the benefits of public transport that most people don't consider :)

I impulse-bought a paint by numbers set at the bookshop. We'll see how it goes. Sorry about arthritic thumb and too many trains! But seems like the knitting keeps on knitting.

That should be fun - I hope you enjoy it!

stonepicnicking_okapi - 2021-08-03 21:29 (UTC) - Expand

We knitters are a determined bunch ;)

Wooo! I haven't done painting by numbers in years, but I remember enjoying it immensely.

stonepicnicking_okapi - 2021-08-03 21:33 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-03 21:45 (UTC) - Expand

Sounds like that will be fun! What will it be when done?

stonepicnicking_okapi - 2021-08-04 00:07 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 08:06 (UTC) - Expand

I made a mistake with my stitched coaster and I thought I'd have to unpick the row I'd stitched, but in the end I only had to unpick half of it so that wasn't too bad.

And I finished square 6 of my knitted throw:

This is a lovely pattern, too!

smallhobbit - 2021-08-03 20:50 (UTC) - Expand

Oooh that’s gorgeous!

smallhobbit - 2021-08-03 21:21 (UTC) - Expand

Oooh, that's a pretty one! It looks a bit owly! Two eyes at the top, and a big beak *grins* I see owls in everything...

Glad you didn't have to undo as much of the coaster as you expected.

smallhobbit - 2021-08-03 21:39 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-03 21:47 (UTC) - Expand

That looks a lovely square. Glad to hear that you didn't have to do too much unpicking on the coaster.

smallhobbit - 2021-08-04 07:29 (UTC) - Expand

As you can see, these are mirroring pages, with similar, although not entirely identical waterfall cards, under which I. can put pictures of the baby, once it's there.

And here are two pictures of the inside of the waterfall cards:

What lovely pages!

Re: Baby book, Pages 2-3

wiseheart - 2021-08-03 21:34 (UTC) - Expand

Gorgeous!!

I absolutely love the papers you're using, especially the wolves and the owl.

wiseheart - 2021-08-04 15:45 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 17:19 (UTC) - Expand

wiseheart - 2021-08-04 17:30 (UTC) - Expand

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 18:27 (UTC) - Expand

Those are gorgeous!

I have finished! I will try to take a decent photo tomorrow and post it then but it's late now and I'm exhausted and in need of sleep. There was a bit of a nightmare when I was on my last stretch of the buildings and about 2/3 of the way done when I realised I was working in the wrong colour and had to undo and redo correctly but celebrations for the moment as I'm finished!

Not sure what I'll work on next but there's plenty to choose from.

Hooray! Looking forward to seeing the pic.

badly_knitted - 2021-08-04 08:05 (UTC) - Expand

wiseheart - 2021-08-04 15:46 (UTC) - Expand