Check-In Post - March 17th 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: Do you remember the first thing you made in school?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[spiralicious]

Saturday was the rock painting event. Overall it was fun, despite my nerves about going to an out of town event I didn't know much about with newish friends. I ended up painting 6 rocks. I have no idea what they are going to do with the rocks. It was a charity event for the cancer infusion center.

Sunday, I got things ready for Lynne's. It involved gluing together and drawing the centers on 24 tiny paper flowers, on top of the normal stuff. I am also now having to label my belongings I bring over there.

Today Lynne was in a fairly good mood. We made simple St. Patrick's Day cards, that had a lot of drawing little details on with a gold pen (like adding dots or coloring in the space left by the decorative punch) and no one complained. After that, I was able to finish prepping the sample card and prep work for next week's card and design and prep for the week after.

I was going to knit while we watched the last Hobbit movie with dinner, but I got too engrossed in the movie and forgot.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for painted rocks! Maybe they'll be sold to raise money?

Glad things went well at Lynn's and you were able to get everything prepped for the next couple of sessions.

That's a very involving movie, so I'm not surprised you forgot to knit!

[spiralicious]

Maybe? It could also be like a moral improvement thing (I checked the website and there was something about sterilizing the rocks). It was just odd that they never said what they were for at any point, especially as this is apparently the 5th year they've run the event.

Thanks. The prep work is so vital, but I have so little time for it.

It is! Mom and I were absolutely absorbed.

[badly_knitted]

Hm, maybe the rocks cheer the patients up. They really should include more info on the website.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Good for you for trying something new and doing it for charity.

😁

[spiralicious]

Thanks!