Check-In Post August 8th 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.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

18 rows on the sweater back to reach the end of a pattern repeat. Just got to decide how much more to do before the back neck shaping...

[wiseheart]

You are working like a fiend, really. Excellent progress!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! It's sheer determination right now...

[smallhobbit]

That's good - you continue to charge along.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! Didn't feel like it when I was knitting tonight though, I was so slow! My thumb was being clumsy and my needle kept missing the stitch. Not one of my better knitting days. I'm glad I only had to get through 18 rows.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - your persistence is paying off.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I am a very persistent person ;) Not patient, but very stubborn.

Baby book (almost) finished

[wiseheart]

See pages 6 and 7:



Again, mirroring pages. The left-side tag says: "This smile can clear up a rainy day". The right-side tag says: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." And when we turn the tags around, this is what we see:



And then here comes Page 8 - basically the last page of the whole book:



I've been saving this small piece of paper with the hummingbirds for years, but I think it fits very well into the general appearance of the book. And when we open the flap, we see behind the birds this:



On the left side it says: "Joy of our hearts", on the right-side tag: "Dance with the stars". And if we turn the tag around, it looks like this:



Sorry for the excessive picspam. I just wanted to spare people the effort to go to my LJ.

Re: Baby book (almost) finished

[smallhobbit]

What a beautiful book. I'm sure your friend will be delighted with it.

Re: Baby book (almost) finished

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I hope she'll like it.

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[badly_knitted]

What beautiful pages! I love all the feathers an butterflies, and of course the hummingbirds! Everything blends together so well. And you've done it all so fast too! I'm amazed by how quickly it has come together.

Re: Baby book (almost) finished

[wiseheart]

I didn't expect it to go this fast, either. I guess having made the same design a few times already helped.

Re: Baby book (almost) finished

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure it did, since you know by now what to do and how to do it.

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[peaceful_sands]

Lovely - I'm sure this will be a delight for the recipient.

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[wiseheart]

That is my hope, too.

[smallhobbit]

I've been doing other things today, so haven't done any crafting.

However, we did visit our son and 4 year old granddaughter. And just as we were leaving, she said, "Granny, I don't have a scarf. Can you knit me one?" Since I still have some wool left from making her hat, I shall knit her a matching scarf. Clearly my family view my role in life as knitting accessories for them!

[badly_knitted]

Aww! Still, it's good to be useful and I'm sure the matching scarf will be much appreciated.

[smallhobbit]

Well, yes! It was the serious way she asked as well which particularly amused me.

[badly_knitted]

The young ones have a certain charm.

[wiseheart]

That is a sign of trust, though. ;))

[smallhobbit]

That's one way of looking at it ;)

[peaceful_sands]

It's good she appreciates your talents!

[smallhobbit]

She appreciates how she can benefit from them!

[althea_valara]

I finished my shawl in time! Pictures coming tomorrow. Now I fall in bed as I'm exhausted.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - you did well to get that finished.

[smallhobbit]

Congratulations!

[wiseheart]

Good job!

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! Congratulations, sleep well!

[peaceful_sands]

I didn't get anything done - I decided I wanted to finish reading a book that's been going on a while, so I put my attention to that. (Fell asleep with 2 pages to go, so finished those this morning)

[smallhobbit]

Quite understandable. Last night I chose to go to bed early so I could read rather than do some stitching.

[badly_knitted]

So annoying to fall asleep so close to the end. I hope the book was good though. I always have at least two on the go.