Check-In Post August 16th 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]

Managed another 20 rows on the front, despite running out of the ball of yarn I was using with only about 20 stitches left to do. *headdesk* I should have kept a closer eye on how much yarn was left.

Also dug out some more patterns. Got some great ones, but nothing right for the yarn I want to use.

[smallhobbit]

Now that is annoying - do you knit a row faster if you're trying to get to the end before the yarn runs out?

And now you have lots of patterns to make...

[badly_knitted]

I've tried that, but it never seems to work... ;)

Yeah, that's always the case. =/

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on progress. Choices, choices, what are you going to do now with all those patterns and all that yarn!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

Looks like I'll be knitting. A lot. *grins*

[medievalrosalie]

Knitting wool chicken! woohoo! Knit faster!

[badly_knitted]

I've tried that before but for some reason it never works... *grins*

[smallhobbit]

Had a Dare to Dabble craft session this afternoon, which was sketching, and I'll aim to post about it tomorrow on my journal. It was fun, sitting outside drawing the plants in their garden.

[peaceful_sands]

That sounds like it was fun. How did you get on?

[smallhobbit]

I enjoyed it and did some reasonable sketches.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, I look forward to seeing the results. I'm really bad at drawing.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Mine improves as I do more, but I never seem to have the time.

[badly_knitted]

That's always the way.

[medievalrosalie]

That sounds very relaxing

[smallhobbit]

It really was.

[peaceful_sands]

More cross-stitch. Mickey now has legs and the start of a… is the word robe? Or cape? Cloak maybe? Also worked more on the floor. Thinking of doing some shading under one of the brooms and Mickey as I’m in danger of miscounting the flooring around them without it.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Well done.

Hard to say which is more apt since I haven't seen the design yest, but with wizards it's usually robe, so... *shrugs*

Mm, shading sounds like it could be helpful. The floor sounds tricky.

[peaceful_sands]

I'm going to stick with robe - it's definitely not a cape.

What's making the floor tricky is it's size and the fact that some of the 'paving slabs' are different heights, but they're all on a slanted angle which means that the distance from the next/last slab is harder to count when I'm trying to work out where to start the next piece that juts out and I keep seconding guessing myself and recounting multiple times because I'm not convinced. Other bits are trickier in terms of being more intricate, but I guess because they're smaller or I'm counting from something that's already in situ (not across a gap of nothing) it seems more straightforward in a way.

[badly_knitted]

Then it's a robe *nods*

Big gaps between stitched areas can be a nightmare. I always count, poke my needle in, double check on the chart, and count again on the fabric, just to be sure I'm in the right place. And I still sometimes get it wrong.

[smallhobbit]

It sounds to be coming on well!

[medievalrosalie]

Go Mickey!

[medievalrosalie]

Link to the rocking horse restoration start! I'll be heading off to the craft shop tomorrow for new eyes and a bit for the bridle! So enjoying this project! The post doesn't mention how much I've done, just what I'm planning to do.

https://medievalrosalie.livejournal.com/58506.html

[medievalrosalie]

I've really made a good start. Rounding the sides of the legs a bit makes such a big difference and I'll do a post on those things later. I just wanted a starting post for comparison. I still can't believe someone just threw this away to be crushed at the tip for landfill.

[peaceful_sands]

It's lovely that you are giving her a whole new lease of life but definitely a major project - so many skills.

[medievalrosalie]

But fun though, and the nice thing is that there's no real wrong way to personalise a rocking horse!

[m_findlow]

I'm really excited to watch your progress and delighted you saved such a beautiful piece from the scrapheap.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, wow. What an interesting project.

[medievalrosalie]

It uses so many craft skills! Woodwork, paint, leather work, fibres for mane and tail.. having a blast with this!!!

[smallhobbit]

What a fascinating project! Look forward to your progress reports.

[badly_knitted]

Oh, poor little sweetie! I'm so glad you rescued her!

[medievalrosalie]

Polish kontusz start post here!

https://medievalrosalie.livejournal.com/58198.html?utm_source=3userpost

[medievalrosalie]

I'm hoping I do a nice job because there's not much fabric left if I mess anything up. Of the stuff left, there's not pieces big enough for anything other than sleeves.

[peaceful_sands]

Good luck. It's a tricky project but it looks interesting with all the research before you can start - I look forward to seeing how you get along with it.

[medievalrosalie]

Happily, the person I'm making this for has a lot of very specific instructions and images to refer to.

[badly_knitted]

You can do it!

[badly_knitted]

That looks like a really complicated jacket to make. Good luck with it!