Check-In Post - June 4th 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]

The cow is finished and looks cute. I have now started the pony, which so far has hooves and a tail. It's a start!

[fadingfootsteps]

I've been mostly writing today honestly (fanfiction). I'm signed up to an event so I need to keep a schedule about it to be able to deliver on promises bc other people depend on me on it; I'm further than I need to be but I'd prefer to stay ahead so that I get real time to edit.

[nagi_schwarz]

Hoping to crochet tonight, but last night I got the notion that I wanted to try pressing flowers. The guide I read recommended picking flowers in the morning, so this morning the kiddos and I took a tour around the garden, selected some flowers, placed them between pieces of paper, and put the whole bundle into the book pressed and screwed it down tight. I’ll check on things in a couple of weeks. Not sure I picked the best flowers or arranged them so they’d look their best when pressed as opposed to just smashed, but we shall see. Figured it’s a bit of a low-stakes crafting effort.

Second try

[wiseheart]

... with the basket weaving. I've used a different wet glue. The work itself went a tiny bit better, but the glue soaked through the cardboard and the weave ended up every bit as lopsided as at the first time. Next try: the glue stick. This promises to be a frustrating project, I'm afraid.

[peaceful_sands]

Took tonight off as I had physio earlier today and it left my shoulder, neck etc sore and my head feeling a bit achy.

[malurette]

More mending on the way!