Check-In Post - February 27th 2025

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, 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.


This Week's Question: What kind of crafting supplies can you never resist buying?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I've started the decreases on my sleeve. Only done 8 rows, but it's progress.

[wiseheart]

Small steps bring you to your destination, eventually.

[darkcedars]

Glad you felt like doing some crafts.

[marinarusalka]

Yay for progress! I like doing decreases, because the rows keep going faster and faster. :-)

[peaceful_sands]

Hope you're recovering well and back on form. Well done with the decreases - should pick up speed as the rows get shorter, no?

[tielan]

Progress is progress!

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go! Progress is progress!

[wiseheart]

I have finished two more lavender sachets and glued on a felt appliqué to a third one; the only one that's already filled, or else I'd have sewn on the appliqué. But I refused to undo the whole sachet just because I got an idea concerning decoration.

[badly_knitted]

Sensible! It would be silly to undo something that was otherwise finished.

[darkcedars]

I wouldn't redo it either.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - I look forward to seeing how things look when you're done.

[tielan]

Seems sensible. Why make more work for yourself? Although the applique sounds lovely, the undecorated sachet will still be eminently functional.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go! How many sachets do you plan on making? I do love a pretty applique, no lies. One day I'll make something that is worthy of all the appliques I have collected and dragon'd over the years.

[readera]

I pulled out a ufo & figured out what pattern I was using. I couldn't find my notes but I tinked it back to a point that I can start at. I'll be glad to have a new pair of fingerless gloves for my new job. I start on monday!

[darkcedars]

Good job with the UFO, and good luck fo the new job!

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations on the new job, and good luck with getting the gloves finished in time!

[peaceful_sands]

Good luck with finishing the project and extra special good luck with the new job. Exciting!

[tielan]

It's always nice to be able to pull out an old half-done project and start working more seriously on it!

Good luck for Monday!

[nagi_schwarz]

I like UFO over WIP. Might have to start using that. Thanks for teaching me something new! Also yay for a new job! Congratulations on starting soon! Having new fingerless gloves to celebrate will be lovely.

[tielan]

Cannot remember when I last posted or how far along I was on the latest quilt.

But an image of the layout:

[darkcedars]

Wow, that's really neat.

[darkcedars]

I finished the pale purple trivet a bit ago. I think I'll do a red next.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! I hope we'll get to see the finished result, perhaps when the red one is finished!

[peaceful_sands]

Continuing my slow progress on the rug project - I'm approaching the halfway point.

[badly_knitted]

That's great progress if you're almost halfway!

[nagi_schwarz]

I pulled the two popup books out of the book press and got them mailed off today. Also I managed the body of the teddy bear onesie for the stuffed rabbit. Still need to do the sleeves, hood, and ears, and get all those bits sewn together. Thinking I can finish in the next couple of days! Will definitely post pics. Also I finally got around to winding a shuttle to make a replacement bookmark for my very apologetic mother. I watched a Youtube tutorial for a quick refresher on a technique I learned years ago but never really use. I am going to try using it for the replacement bookmark to see how I like it. If it works, I can work a shuttle and ball instead of two shuttles, and I won't have to refill bobbins and add new threads as often on really big/long projects, which would be nice. Makes the project slightly less compact and portable but I think it'll be worth it in the end if it works.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done! I hope the recipients will like their books!

The rabbit sounds so cute, I'm looking forward to seeing it dressed up in its onesie.


Good luck with the tatting, I hope the technique works well for you!

Hello!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm starting on outdoor / garden stuff. I bought a pink rock with lots of mica, an upright slab with a fossil, and several cobblestones for edging. None of those are in their permanent places yet because the ground is still frozen, so they're still projects-in-progress.

I've been slowly working my way through the fairy window, wedging in new plants and moving empty pots down to the storage shelves. I have a ton of new pots for indoor and outdoor uses that I am contemplating whether to decorate before I fill, and if so how.

Last month I assembled the hippie strand. I still have the yarn that I need to assemble into a wall hanging, but I have not yet found something to string it on and I might want a few jumbo beads too.

Oh, and we just bought a big garden cart with a dump feature, that holds 9 cubic feet of whatever. Assembling that will be our next major project, whenever the weather's warm enough because we stashed the huge box in the garden shed for now.

>> This Week's Question: What kind of crafting supplies can you never resist buying? <<

It's not any one thing. It's that I rarely walk into a craft store without buying something, and indeed, more than I planned to buy. I'm often attracted to "Oh hey, I didn't even know people sold that!"

Re: Hello!

[badly_knitted]

Hope the ground unfreezes soon so that you can get on with your outdoor projects. I want to get out in the garden myself, but it's still a bit chilly right now in England, for me anyway. Mid-march I'll need to cut back the buddleias, and I need to find out the best time to prune my oak leaf hydrangea, it's gotten a bit out of hand... So much to do!

Decorating pots could be fun, once you decide what to use. Have fun putting the garden cart together, I love self-assembly stuff.

Craft stores are full of so much fun stuff it's almost impossible to resist temptation!