Check-In Post August 4th 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]

Replay of yesterday, although only two and a half hours of battling ivy. Another 20 rows knitted on my sleeve though. Still got a few more increases to go but I'm making steady progress.

Tomorrow there's rain forecast so I might get a bit of extra knitting done. Then again, I might not. Depends whether or not the rain actually happens.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on your battling and your knitting. Hopefully you can relax for the rest of the evening.

[smallhobbit]

Your sleeve continues to grow, unlike, hopefully the ivy!

We're due to have rain too, but as you say whether that does in fact happen is a different matter.

[peaceful_sands]

This is me attempting to show the cross-stitch finished last night so advanced apologies if something goes wrong. I will edit and try again! Sorry for multiple attempts- I’m trying to get the size to be not too huge and not too small!



Tonight I’ve done about an hour of crochet - nothing fancy, I’m just making squares for a blanket - 2 colour squares in a variety of colours to use up some of the mass of yarn that’s hanging around. It might be that I’ve not really crocheted since last Christmas but one hour was the outside colour for one square and the inside of the next one. Now I’m going to do a bit of another unfinished cross-stitch for a while.

[smallhobbit]

I've spent time planning my granddaughter's Christmas present today. The instructions I received from my son when I asked if she'd like something knitted were: Cardigan: pink; cats, rainbows, unicorns.

I was despairing of finding a pattern, but then I found I still had a Patons School Classics which I'd used when he and his sister were small. The ideal basic pattern. And I've a grid for unicorn heads for the front of the cardigan, but haven't yet found a grid for one for the back. I shall do rainbow stripes round the bottom (above the rib).

[smallhobbit]

That's a wonderful cross stitch!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I'm trying to. Doing some online jigsaws to unwind.

[badly_knitted]

Unfortunately the ivy continues to grow too. That stuff is rampant =/

Usually if the forecast is for light showers we get a torrential downpour. I'm hoping not, but...

[badly_knitted]

No problem. It looks wonderful! You've worked very hard on it, well worth the effort!

Well done with the crochet and good luck with the cross stitch.

[badly_knitted]

That sounds lovely! You really can't go wrong with unicorns and rainbows. Maybe you could find a horse's head chart and add the horn yourself, using the horn on the chart you've got and enlarging it.

[medievalrosalie]

See how you go!

[medievalrosalie]

That is really fantastic!

[medievalrosalie]

Well that sounds like an amazing challenge!

[medievalrosalie]

The kitty has been sick and I've been a bit unwell too- Covid swabbed today but more likely hayfever- so I've been just catching up on household jobs that need doing, reading and joining the cat in some bird watching. We've had 4 brand new plover chicks outside our door and while the parental screaming all night was annoying, the chickies were gorgeous. I've also downloaded a 3D koi fish screensaver for my tablet to de-stress the cat and as soon as she's up I'll be playing that with her.

I'm hoping to get back to sewing today or tomorrow. I'm kinda worn out, so maybe just an early night.
Loving all you motivated craft people though!

[peaceful_sands]

Thanks - glad you like it

[peaceful_sands]

It doesn't look too bad now I've finished. I think the next one is going to be an easier process, although it will take me longer to finish as there is more left to do.

[peaceful_sands]

Thanks, glad you like it.

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds exciting and anything with rainbows and unicorns has got to be good.

[peaceful_sands]

Hope you feel better soon (and kitty too)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I will have a look for horse charts. I want a whole unicorn for the back.

[smallhobbit]

We shall see how it goes!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. It should be fun to do.

[smallhobbit]

Hope you feel better soon. I suspect we all have days of different productivity.

[badly_knitted]

Yes. I'm still having health issues so I might not get much of anything done.

[badly_knitted]

That sucks, hope you and kitty both feel better soon.

Aw, such a good idea to de-stress both the kitty and you.

Early nights are good, I could do with one myself.

[badly_knitted]

Presumably the next one is on light-coloured aida...

[badly_knitted]

There should be plenty of whole horse charts out there, so with luck you'll find something that will suit.