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Saturday, March 8th, 2025 07:39 pm

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.


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Saturday, March 8th, 2025 07:59 pm (UTC)
Very minor things today. I've made one little toilet roll basket, and it turned out as easy as the YouTube video promised, which isn't always the case. So that project is a go. I also tried my idea about a pincushion-in-a-box, which failed miserably. Sometimes one could really use a working template, instead of just trying to make something up. So that's a no-go. Too bad, I liked the idea, but this seems to be an unlucky stretch right now as projects go.
Saturday, March 8th, 2025 09:56 pm (UTC)
I’ve picked up a pair of part made socks (well one was finished and the second was started) as my next WIP to finish. So with the bit I’ve done so far today has taken me up to the heel which I’m just about to start.
Sunday, March 9th, 2025 02:07 am (UTC)
Had a migraine most of the day, and so I slouched around the house letting the kids run wild while I slowly added rows to my knitted scarf sweater. Managed twenty rows, maybe? It's kind of a mindless pattern. I wanted to DO something but didn't have the mental energy for anything much more complicated than that. Did finish off two of the pop-up cube books I'd intended to work on the other night, just had final gluing and fitting to do, and they're in the book press now. Gonna lose an hour of sleep tonight (why stupid why) but after watching that one book-binding tutorial I want to give that a shot, so I think I'm going to at least print up the book I plan on binding and get the signatures folded and maybe even punched. Not going to be hammering my awl through the covers while the kids are asleep, though. I figure if I get everything punched and pierced before baby arrives, and cut and measured, I can sew at my leisure at a later date...