Check-In Post - July 21st 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: What do you like to listen to / watch while crafting?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Some more progress on the fourth hearts and flowers design, but there's still a long way to go.

[wiseheart]

Progress is progress!

[badly_knitted]

Very true.

[peaceful_sands]

Every little counts - you are still doing well.

[badly_knitted]

Yes. I got a fair amount done, but not quite as much I'd been hoping.

[malurette]

Today I spent a couple of hours sewing with my mum!
First she transformed leftover curtain fabric into a bedspread and I helped hold the fabric up for her and feed it to the sewing machine.
Then she got three old cushions and we made new covers for them out of an old tablecloth--I helped measure, do maths, and hold the fabric while she cut. Then I pinned the parts and she sewed. There are still three more cushions waiting for smaller repairs but that's a problem for later and she might not need help with those. A very satisfying afternoon!

[badly_knitted]

Excellent teamwork there! Synchronised cushion cover making.

[wiseheart]

Sounds like a lot of fun! I, too, have some old cushion covers that need to be mended but I'm actually afraid to touch them. *g*

[peaceful_sands]

A very productive day and what a team you are!

[fadingfootsteps]

It's done!!!!

[badly_knitted]

That is so beautiful, and the variegated yarn is perfect for it!

[fadingfootsteps]

Like i've been saying irl I saw the pattern friday and by saturday morning I knew what I was doing with the thread I'd been hoarding! It just Works and I could see it from the start

[badly_knitted]

Serendipity, the thread was just waiting for the right pattern to cross your path.

[peaceful_sands]

That's really pretty, a lovely interesting colour blend for a lovely design.

[peaceful_sands]

I finished the second layer of the wings for the butterfly and made three of the small spots (there need to be 4 small in total and 8 large - so another 9 to go). I need to find a wool needle and then I can start sewing the parts together. There are two antennae to make as well as the rest of the spots, but I figure I'm well on track.

Hopefully on Tuesday evening I'll be able to get the two layers of the wings sewn together and a couple more spots made - I've left quite long tails on the moment in the hope I can use them in the attaching to the wings - maybe use the tail of one to sew on the spot on the other side and vice versa? As well as a needle I also need to find the leftover wool from the black hat I crocheted a month or two ago to sew on the facial features... Where did I put it?

[badly_knitted]

You're making great progress!

I lost my wool needles for years, it was such a pain. Found them when I was looking for something else, and now I keep them in a drawer by my desk so I won't lose them again.

Sewing through the wings to sew on the spots sounds like an excellent idea. Good luck, I hope it works out!