Check-In Post - May 24th 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: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?


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]

Some stitching progress, but then I discovered I screwed up and missed a row, so now I've had to unpick. I'll do that bit again tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get it right. Not going to try tonight, I have to study the chart first.

[wiseheart]

Ugh, how annoying! And right now when you can't really afford to lose time! Good luck tomorrow!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! First I have to find the row I lost...

[darkcedars]

Ohnooo so annoying.

[badly_knitted]

So very much so. this part of the chart is hard to follow. I keep losing my way.

[nagi_schwarz]

Yeah, sometimes after serious unpicking you just need to pause and regroup.

[badly_knitted]

Paused, regrouped, restitched. Got that bit done before breakfast, so I'm back on track now.

[wiseheart]

I did a bit more crafting - half the decorative stripes are done, six more to go. After that, I can start putting the little sewing kits together.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress!

[darkcedars]

Getting very close!

[nagi_schwarz]

Look at you go! I’m always amazed at how fast you work.

[darkcedars]

Working on the mantle scarf this evening. There's just a little left on this skein so I want to finish it off.

I tried to scrape paint on the porch ceiling again, but working straight above my head was triggering my blood pressure problems. I will stop until I can use the scaffolding. I was being stubborn about it.

[nagi_schwarz]

Oooh yeah wait till you can use the scaffolding.

Good luck with the scarf mantle!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! How many skeins do you think it will take?

Yes, you need to be careful, you don't want to injure yourself.

[fadingfootsteps]

I've done some but not a lot- the latice upgraded for about 1/3rd to half.

Coworker said I must be doing the bulk at work and like I swear I'm not! Though mentioning the second pure white project got me a pass, dirty job and whatnot. Where there's a will there's a way and baby and there's no question of the dusts willpower. It was from before us, it'll be after us, and if anything we will become it instead.

So it would most certainly not leave very fuzzy white yarn alone.

[nagi_schwarz]

Any project in pure and white is a risk for reals, but kudos to you for tackling it!

[badly_knitted]

All progress is good!

Yeah, dust and fuzzy white yarn, not good!

[nagi_schwarz]

Today I helped my kiddo make four origami heart cards (billed as Victorian heart cards but whatever) to use as thank you cards re: her birthday presents. Also I watched a bunch of videos about exercises and stretches to do to alleviate ulnar wrist pain in service of crocheting further. Also I found an old stash of fabric and might use it to try out the twist box patterns I got. They won’t be pretty but at least I’ll know how to do them. Gonna try to get stuff for at least one of those cut out tonight.

[badly_knitted]

Those sound cute for thank you cards!

Good luck with the exercises, hope you found some that will help you.

Have fun with testing out the twist box patterns. Always a good idea to try things like that out first on fabric that doesn't matter.