Check-In Post - April 18th 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 change crafts with the season or stick to the same crafts year round?


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

[badly_knitted]

I went outside to continue clearing my patio area, got in about 90 minutes of work before it started spitting rain at me, so I came in. I did get done the main thing I'd planned to do, uprooting a massive bramble that climbed up through the holly tree, arched across to the philadelphus and dangled down the other side. I didn't measure it, but it was at least 15 foot. It's all cut up now and in the bin.


After I came in, I decided to dig out some cross stitch, the last of the rose designs I was stitching last year. I'd only stitched the border, so I thought I'd start on the rose itself, and the needles and needle threader weren't in the magazine where they were supposed to be. I had to find another needle, so I only got a tiny bit of stitching done.

[darkcedars]

The bramble sounds like a real struggle.

I hope the needle not being in the magazine does not mean it is lurking now in your chair or somewhere else inconvenient.

[nagi_schwarz]

Sorry you only got a bit of stitching done. That sounds like a really pretty project though! And kudos to you for getting some gardening in before the weather turned.

[althea_valara]

Do you change crafts with the season or stick to the same crafts year round?

pretty much the same! I might choose to work on smaller projects in the summer months, but then again, I might not (I spent last summer under a blanket I was crocheting).

Yesterday was Stitch Club. I brought the mosaic cardi, and did two rows. I could have done more while there, but eh, was enjoying the conversation instead.

But really, not doing a lot of crafting right now. Unfortunately my depression has flared up and I'm not finding much joy in things. (I'm under the care of a psych and a therapist, so I'll get through this. Just, might not be fun for a while, sigh.)

[darkcedars]

Sounds like you had a good time at stitch club. Hang in there.

[badly_knitted]

Under a blanket in summer would kill me. Unless it was like last summer, when half the time ALL the blankets were needed.

Glad you enjoyed stitch club and the conversation.

Sending virtual hugs. Hope you can quickly get back to finding the joy in things.

[nagi_schwarz]

Understandably not a lot of crafting now. Sending positive vibes your way. Glad you could go to stitch club and have a good time enjoying conversation.

[viskozni_varhanik]

Clubs are about the people, after all! if you enjoyed yourself, amount of crafting you did doesn't matter. (and do you have link or something to the cardi? it sounds like something I'd enjoy wearing, so might as well add it to my knitting waitlist 👀)

Hang in there. I've gotten out of a half a year long depression pit about a month ago, and it still hits hard when I accidentally skip my meds. It sucks, but this too shall pass.

[viskozni_varhanik]

I've finished my keychain! ...Even if, since I ended up getting a different keychain in the meantime, it ended up serving as a giant zipper pull tab on my new backpack.

Put away the odds and bits of felt left over from this project into a scraps jar. Planning to eventually stuff some tiny plushies with them. I have no specific plans for a plushie now, but I'm 100% i will get to some eventually, given i adore plushies and making a tiny animal would probably make me explode with happiness.

Will probably put down the crafts for a few days at least and let my hands rest. The birds outside are chattering up a storm in this weather, so I might try to go birdwatching to get to know my neighbors just a little bit better, i think.

[darkcedars]

It's a good time to get to know birds, they have a lot to say right now.

[badly_knitted]

It looks awesome and will make a good zipper pull, and be there if you need a backup keychain. Well done!

Good luck with your plushie-making aspirations! Tiny plushies are adorable.

I heartily approve of birdwatching! I've done it all my life =D

[wiseheart]

Nice keychain. Good luck with the plushies, they are always fun.

[nagi_schwarz]

The keychain is lovely! Way to go! Definitely let your hands rest. And kudos to you for getting to know your neighbors! I don't know mine nearly as well as I should...

[yarnandglue]

That's so pretty! Making plushies is good for the soul :)

[althea_valara]

Oooh, love the keychain! And it immediately made me go to your profile to see if you had video games as an interest, which you do. :D I'm a gamer as well! Partial to the Final Fantasy franchise and RPGs in general. May your save files never get corrupted.

[darkcedars]

Made another dishcloth today after doing my chores. Hopefully tomorrow I will get back to the doily.

I'm watching the last episode of the main Babylon 5 series right now. A couple more movies and Crusade to go.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for dishcloth production, and good luck with the doily.

Argh! You've beaten me! I haven't had time to watch DVDs recently, I've been outside so much, so I haven't reached the end of season 3 yet. Must get back to that, I need to write some more B5 drabbles as I'm running out of drabbles to post to my collection. Sleeping in Light always gets me, such a great finale. Enjoy the movies and Crusade.

[nagi_schwarz]

Oooh Babylon 5! I've always heard good things. Kudos to you for making another dishcloth!

[wiseheart]

I had an... eventful day, to put it mildly. Still, I forced myself to cut out the outer layers of the little pincushions. So I'm fairly content with my achievements.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! I hope tomorrow will be a better day for you.

[nagi_schwarz]

Sorry for the eventful day. Kudos to you for making progress on the pincushions!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today we hit Rural King for gardening supplies. Among the things I picked up was a bag of pea gravel, variously for garden use and for terrarium crafts as a drainage layer or building material. I'm wondering if I could build a little stone bridge or wishing well with the hot glue gun.

Re: Thoughts

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like a really cute idea. You'd have to pick you pebbles carefully, but it could work.

[nagi_schwarz]

Last night I got the cubes for the cube popup books fitted up and glued, and I made it to the halfway point of side 4 on the hanky, so woohoo for progress! So close to getting that done! Got the cube books finished tonight, so they're in the book press to dry overnight. Also continuing to slowly chip away (cut away?) at the hollow book project. Will definitely need to glue the outside again after I'm done cutting everything. It's been an adventure and a learning experience! Big task tonight is to stuff Easter eggs for the kiddos to have their hunt on Sunday.

[badly_knitted]

Wow, that's great progress! With the cube books and hanky nearly finished, you'll have to decide on a new project soon.

Hope the Easter Egg hunt will be fun for One and Two. Three is a bit too young for it this year, but maybe next year...

[malurette]

My sleeve was getting stretched on my circular needle so I had to switch to a set of double-pointed needles. Necessary but now knitting is clunky.

[badly_knitted]

That's annoying for you, but yeah, you don't want stretched sleeves.

[yarnandglue]

I made two beaded bracelets! https://yarnandglue.dreamwidth.org/9229.html

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done!