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?


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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.

[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.)

[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]

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.

[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.

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.

[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.

[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.

[yarnandglue]

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