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


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

[yarnofariadne]

14 rows done on the blanket!

[yarnandglue]

14 rows on a blanket is a lot of work!! Great job!

[darkcedars]

That's great

[marinarusalka]

Excellent progress! Go you!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent!

[peaceful_sands]

You are racing through! Well done!

[nagi_schwarz]

Woohoo! Rows on a blanket are no mean feat!

[badly_knitted]

In a change to the forecast, we're not getting rain after all, so I spent the afternoon battling the holly and bramble monsters again. Starting to wish I'd taken a 'before' photo though, just so I could show the improvement.

[darkcedars]

Oh gosh, I remember when a sidewalk appeared.

[badly_knitted]

I know! I never posted photos of it totally cleared, and it needs sweeping again, which I hope to do over the weekend if it stays dry. So nice to have a usable path though.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done. Your hard work must by paying off.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! It certainly looks better, although I suspect removing the aboveground stuff is the easy part...

[nagi_schwarz]

Glad you were able to get so much work done on the yard!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. It's tiring, but satisfying.

[yarnandglue]

I finally added a backing to a cross stitch bookmark I made last year!

https://yarnandglue.dreamwidth.org/6799.html

[darkcedars]

That looks great, also now you have it totally finished and not pending.

[yarnandglue]

Thank you! I love moving things completely out of the "to look at" mental pile!

[marinarusalka]

Nice!

I've never managed to finish a cross-stitch, so I admire people who can do it.

[yarnandglue]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Lovely, well done!

[yarnandglue]

Thank you!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done

[yarnandglue]

Thank you!

[nagi_schwarz]

That bookmark is so cute! I don't do cross stitch so it never would have occurred to me to add a backing but that's a brilliant idea.

[yarnandglue]

Thank you! It gives the bookmark a nice "body" and keeps it from being too floppy!

[yarnofariadne]

Looks great! So cute.

[yarnandglue]

Thank you!

[darkcedars]

Finally started the doily, picked lavender thread. I'm 5 rounds in (starting rounds are small).

I am gearing up to be our general contractor for big projects this summer.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, doily! Lavender thread sounds so pretty!

Good luck with the big projects!

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds lovely.good luck with your preparations for the summer projects

[nagi_schwarz]

Oooh, doilies are so pretty! Lavender sounds lovely. Way to go getting started! Good luck with big projects this summer...

[yarnofariadne]

Ooh lavender! Sounds lovely.

[nagi_schwarz]

Managed some progress on the hanky edging thanks to other people playing with kiddos and holding baby, so that was nice. "No housework for two weeks" is some of the best hospital discharge instructions I've ever had.

[badly_knitted]

I'm glad you're getting to relax, but I think they should have told you no housework for a month 😜

Well done with the edging progress!

[yarnofariadne]

Hooray for no housework! I'm glad you were able to make some progress.

[peaceful_sands]

I ended up carrying on with the cushion yesterday. So today I’ve just worked in the cardigan. I’m about a third of the way down the second front panel.

Had a phone call earlier this evening arranging to go to a wool shop tomorrow- I’m hoping to find a pattern and some new yarn but haven’t decided what I’d like to make yet - I think either another cardigan or a sweater in crochet

[yarnofariadne]

Well done on your progress! I hope you have a fun trip to the wool shop.

[badly_knitted]

Great progress on two projects!

Hope you have fun at the wool shop and find a pattern and yarn you like.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

This is my latest project, not complete yet:

Photos: Antique Jar Terrarium Build Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier

I still need to make and fill in the substrate. I want to plant this one with mosses. I also hope to test out the new mini-glue gun I bought, by making a miniature park bench from twigs.

Much of what I've been up to lately is spring planting.

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[yarnofariadne]

The terrarium is looking great so far!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Thank you! I'm having fun with it. The big jar was such a lucky find. :D

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[badly_knitted]

Fascinating! Good luck with getting your new terrarium up and running.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Thanks! I got the substrate mixed up today, so that's progress.

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[badly_knitted]

Great! I'm looking forward to seeing the completed terrarium once it's done.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I got the mosses in today! \o/ It actually looks like a terrarium now. I couldn't add the flaky leaf litter, though, because of rain. :/ I'll have to wait for it to dry out enough to see the layers better. No idea when I'll manage to make the little bench either.

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[badly_knitted]

It looks wonderful. I wish you luck with making the tiny bench.