Check-In Post - May 6th 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 was supposed to working outside in the garden today, but things went a bit wrong. Because I was nearing the end of my cross stitch project, I thought I'd get the threads out for my next project, a bigger one (112 x 140 stitches, whole stitches only, but there are no unstitched spaces, so it's over 15k stitches). I doubt I'll get it finished for my friend's visit in June, I should have started weeks ago, but I'll see how far I can get. Anyway, I was getting the threads out and there were two that I thought must be a misprint, because as far as I knew, DMC thread numbers started at 150 and these were both way lower than that. So I was panicking, didn't know what to do, emailed the cross stitch magazine the design was in, and they kindly got back to me within the hour with a stockist for the threads. I can only assume DMC has some new threads that aren't on the list I've got. Note to self — track down a new DMC thread list.


Anyway, I've ordered the threads, but I was rattled enough that it threw my entire day off balance and I ended up staying in, finishing the rose (no photos yet), and starting the new design. I really need to photocopy the chart so I can cross off what I've done so far, but that means I'll have to go to the library so I don't know when I'll get that sorted. I'll just have to try not to make mistakes...


I did do my daily caterpillar hunt, got 72. Would have been more, but I dropped a couple.

[nagi_schwarz]

That whole thread mixup would super stress me out for reals too. Glad you could get it sorted! Also yes, being able to cross off what you’re already done is super helpful in lots of crafting.

Way to go on your caterpillar hunt! You continue to slay. Literally and figuratively.

Do you have a tablet you could load the pattern onto? Often you can mark up a pdf and that’ll save you a trip to the library.

[badly_knitted]

I have anxiety, and the unexpected tends to send me spiralling into panic attacks, so that was NOT fun. Kudos to the people at the magazine getting back to me so quickly and so helpfully.

Thank you! I was surprised I git so many today, at the cost of being poked and scratched by gooseberry thorns.

Unfortunately I don't, and I'm really bad with tech anyway. It's a miracle I can use a laptop =/

[wiseheart]

There is always something, isn't it? At least you could work out your frustration on the slimy monsters. Even though a few got away.

[badly_knitted]

It threw me this morning, I get stressed easily and I could have done without that today.

The caterpillar massacre would be more therapeutic if I didn't feel so mean every time I have to kill them. I don't like killing things, even when I have to.

[wiseheart]

Well, it is their own damn fault for not getting out of your gooseberry bushes!

[badly_knitted]

They can't help being what they are, but I don't want more gooseberry sawflies.

[viskozni_varhanik]

Oh no, the seemingly small things and surprises can really make one's day on edge. At least the cross stitch magazine people pointed you in the right direction.

Excited to see how the roses turned out!

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully the threads will arrive by the end of the week...

Eventually there will be pictures, once I take photos and re-size them because they're always MASSIVE when I upload them from my camera.