Check-In Post - April 19th 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]

It was wet out and raining a but when I got up this morning, and even though everywhere dried out later, I took the day off from gardening and did some cross stitch instead. Found my missing needles and threader, in a bag with the threads for another project I haven't started yet, so that's a relief. Completed the first two leaves of the rose plus part of the first flower. There are more leaves, a smaller flower, and a bud on this one as well, so a long way still to go.


Also knitted 10 arm warmer rows while watching Doctor Who.

[wiseheart]

Wow, you were crafty today! Congrats to having find the missing needles - I am currently missing one of mine, which is a bother because this practical sort (short but a large eye) isn't being sold anymore, and it's the best for doing felt work. I used to have 20 of them, but my students managed to lose more than half of them, and now I watch them like an eagle... theoretically. They still manage to get lost. :(

[badly_knitted]

I was =D

Needles are like that, unfortunately. The ones I'm using are tiny because I'm stitching on 18 hole per inch fabric and they need to go through the holes easily. They're also short, so very easy to lose if I'm not careful. I hope your missing one turns up.

[darkcedars]

I'm glad the missing tools turned up!

A day off from wrestling brambles is good too.

[badly_knitted]

So am I, I like that needle threader.

I shouldn't really waste the good weather, we never get enough of it, but I needed a break, and I watched, or listened to, a couple more B6 episodes while I stitched, trying to generate some drabble ideas.

[nagi_schwarz]

Glad you found your supplies and that the weather gave you a break from the garden as it were. Yay for cross stitch progress!

[badly_knitted]

I will have to garden today, because it looks like rain most of next week, but all I wanna do now is cross stitch.

[wiseheart]

I was moderately crafty today: I've sewn on the felt appliqués to 4 pincushions and actually sewn together one of them. Wanted to do more originally, but when I get interrupted every 10 minutes I lose inspiration eventually.

[badly_knitted]

Well done, that sounds like excellent progress, despite the interruptions.

[darkcedars]

Sounds look good progress, appliques always seem like more work then the main seams.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go on crafting progress but also yes I feel on being interrupted every ten minutes.

[darkcedars]

I made about 2/3rds of a dishcloth while watching "Call to Arms." Somehow have never seen this one, it would have made Crusade make more sense.

I did chores all morning and it's oddly cold again. Cool and rainy tomorrow too.

[badly_knitted]

Well done on the dishcloth!

I think I've only seen that one once, when it was shown on TV ta few years ago during a B5 re-run. I don't have the DVD. Probably should look into getting a copy before I watch Crusade...

Boo to chores, and the cold and rainy weather =(

[wiseheart]

Call to Arms is a very good film - my favourite, actually. And yes, it should be watched before Crusade.

[nagi_schwarz]

Kudos to you on dishcloth progress!

[nagi_schwarz]

Only managed a bit of tatting today but it’s still progress!

[darkcedars]

Glad you had a little time.

[badly_knitted]

You will get there!

[malurette]

I spent a few hours yesterday afternoon at a friend's, watching a weird movie, so I took my scarf project with me and knitted several centimeters of it.

[badly_knitted]

Yay for scarf progress. Was it a good weird movie or just weird?