Check-In Post - April 25th 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]

Spent another two hours outside, cutting back brambles. The difference is noticeable, but there are still a lot to deal with.

[wiseheart]

Go you, defeating the evil bushes valiantly!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! They are fighting back, but I'm doing my best...

[darkcedars]

I'm glad it's at least noticeable!

[badly_knitted]

The amount of brambles I've removed, I'd be worried if it wasn't... Filled 4 buckets with chopped up brambles.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go! That sounds exhausting, but being able to see a difference must be so satisfying.

[badly_knitted]

It's still a wilderness, but there are noticeable less brambles...

[althea_valara]

Finished the bunny doily yesterday, and wove in ends today, whee! I'll share pics during my usual monthly crafting update in early May.

Also did a few rounds on the purse. It's a paid pattern, but I can tell it hasn't been tech edited because I caught a blatant error in one of the rounds. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to message the designer or not. I'm also not sure how easy it will be to read the pattern - I took a peek at the instructions for the bag's body and my eyes, they swam. There IS a chart but it's kind of weird, so... we'll see. I'm kinda hoping to finish it this month for Nerdopolis but if I don't, I don't.

[viskozni_varhanik]

woo, weaving in ends the day after finishing a doily, you've defeated the forever-unfinished-last-step demon, that's very commendable!

paid patterns that have errors are the worst, even more when you can't know what kind of oddness the designer has in there before buying it. wishing you the best of luck with decoding it.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done with the doily! I will eagerly await your post to see the finished article!

Good luck with the purse. It's annoying when a paid for pattern contains errors and is hard to read, but I hope you'll be able to figure it out.

[darkcedars]

I'll watch for that, bunny doily sounds interesting!

[nagi_schwarz]

I look forward to the bunny doily! Good luck with the purse pattern. Even if you don't get it done in time for Nerdopolis, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out!

[wiseheart]

I managed to finish another two pincushions during the ad breaks of my daily TV programme. Eight more to go, then I can start the next phase of the little sewing kits, namely the button holders. Yay!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress! At least ad breaks are good for something...

[wiseheart]

Oh, I do various task during ad breaks: making the bed, cleaning my teeth, putting on the water to boil... *g*

[badly_knitted]

I usually can't be bothered to move.

[darkcedars]

They do go fast then, good.

[wiseheart]

I use the production line method: one task on all 12, then moving on to the next task. That's the fastest way.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go with the pincushions! You're cruising right along.

[wiseheart]

I've reached the point where I get bored with a particular phase of the project. So I'm trying to get it done as quickly as I can.

[viskozni_varhanik]

finished all black on the sprite stitch I'm working on! now I can relax and mostly just paint in the rest of the colors without constantly counting and recounting where I'm at. there is very much a benefit in patterns that have very obvious inks in one color. I'm getting better at frogging but it's still not the mostly fun activity, ahah.

We're going to be hosting a little pride exhibition when pride month rolls around, and I'm starting to wonder if I should make anything for it. maybe if I figure out a small subtle pride pattern I could make as many keychains I could and give them out. so I'm gonna be rotating possible patterns for that now. would be very cool,

[darkcedars]

That's great for the pattern, getting to the point your brain can relax a bit.

Have fun picking out keychains. :)

[badly_knitted]

No one enjoys undoing something that's taken time and effort. It's frustrating. You're making great progress!

Little Pride keychains is an awesome idea! I hope you manage to work out a design and make some 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go on all your stitching progress! You're doing awesome! The keychains sound like a super cute idea. Have fun picking patterns!

[wiseheart]

Keychains are very practical and usually well-received. Have fun!

[darkcedars]

I worked on the blue doily (finally) and there are only 2 rounds remaining.

Crafting time was made possible by the constant threat of rain!

[wiseheart]

We just have to make the best out of unpleasant things, too. Good luck with finishing the blue doily.

[badly_knitted]

Yay, well done! Sometimes rain, or even the threat of rain, comes in handy.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go with the doily!

[fadingfootsteps]

I have achieved... nothing <3

Couple of rows, outside of jokes, which isn't nothing but when your widest bit of the project is 18 stitches that's negligible ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

For the weeks questions is a little it of everything all the time, except scarves which unlock in October so I hopefully get them done by Christmas.

[nagi_schwarz]

I love your use of the phrase "unlock in October". There's something deeply poetic about it.

Still, a couple of rows is more than no rows!

[badly_knitted]

Eh, two rows is still progress. Maybe not as much as you would've liked, but still more than I managed *grins*

Scarves are a good project for winter.

[wiseheart]

Small steps will bring you to your destination... eventually. ;))

[nagi_schwarz]

Handkerchief done! https://www.instagram.com/p/DI4HHsZgoje/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

If I do that edging pattern again I will probably alter the spacing a bit. That way the lace will look less crowded...and also go a bit faster. But it's all wrapped up in tissue paper with a card for the recipient, and with like a week to spare, so I feel pretty good about it. Think I'm going to try a parasol next...

[badly_knitted]

That's such a pretty pattern! Hope the recipient will be pleased.

Good luck with your parasol!

[wiseheart]

Oh, this is lovely! My grandmother made table shawls edged with a crocheted pattern; I know it's a different technique (at least I think it is), but it looked very similar. I could never do this.

[malurette]

I almost finished both sleeves! I've just started the ribbed part at the end, but I'm going away for a full week so it's on hold, and I'm bringing my scarf project along instead.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! You'll soon have it finished once you're home again!