Check-In Post - July 22nd 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?


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]

Stitched all the flowers on the current hearts and flowers design, and finished the striped heart. Two checked hearts still to stitch.

[yarnandglue]

Great progress!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[peaceful_sands]

Getting there - you'll be finished another one before you know it.

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully! There are two more after this one, both with blue flowers. Then I have a different set of 6 in this magazine (ladybugs and snails) which I MIGHT stitch next, or pick out something else... I'm in two minds.

[yarnandglue]

I haven't been posting here much but I have been crafting! I made a tiny repair to a pair of doll pants for my Spectra yesterday. I've also been crocheting on a black-and-rainbow throw for the sofa and I'm probably 25% done. I've also been going through my stash for things to donate to a local secondhand craft store. Productive!

[badly_knitted]

Very productive indeed! I'm sure you doll appreciates the repaired pants, and the throw sounds lovely!

Yay for de-stashing! All I ever do is buy more... =/

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds like excellent progress

[malurette]

In the end out of three cushions only two needed fixing: redoing a few stitches here and there, some rethreading in the corners. It'll hold for a time but when we find a suitable piece of fabric we'll redo their covers.
Also, the shirt I fixed last week? lost yet another button, so I sewed that back on too. (And I discovered something weird: it has five vertical buttonholes, but the last one at the bottom is horizontal? I wonder why...)

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the repairs. Good luck on finding suitable fabric to replace the covers.

Buttons are contrary, falling off.

I've got a shirt like that too! I have no idea why it has to have a horizontal bottom buttonhole, but I suppose there must be a logical reason. If anyone knows, please let us in on the secret!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on the fixing and mending. In regard to the bottom buttonhole being horizontal - apparently it's because the lower area needs to be able to flex and move more than the higher buttons which a horizontal buttonhole allows, while keeping the button secure but the vertical holes look neater and are easier to button/unbutton but are less secure - for more information see here.

[mossy_bench]

I've learned something new today!

[badly_knitted]

As have I! It's great when other members can provide information =D

[badly_knitted]

Wow, thank you! That makes perfect sense when I think about it. I've switched to wearing men's shirts because I'm fed up with the ladies' ones fitting so poorly and being too short, and I'm starting to notice the horizontal buttonholes several of them have at the bottom.

[foreverdawning]

In my current situation (living in a convent, becoming a religious sister, etc. etc.) I am not allowed to listen to music while I craft; however, even before I did all that I prefer silence. It allows me a chance to think.

Some sisters who are perpetually professed do listen to music on occasion but it's hard to do when in tight quarters and you don't want to disturb others.

What I'm working on: I just finished my bulletin board project. Now I'm just sewing laundry numbers onto my clothes. The boring stuff

[badly_knitted]

Yes, that's understandable. Peace and quiet are so soothing and relaxing though. You can really get a lot of thinking done while crafting.

Well done on completing the bulletin board, and good luck with getting everything properly labelled.

[peaceful_sands]

It's good to focus in and be able to give your full attention to a task and to have space with oneself.

Well done on your finished project and the routine chores to help sort the laundry.

[peaceful_sands]

Tonight I've sewed up the wings, made and sewed on the antennae, attached the wings to the butterfly, sewn on facial features (although I'm tempted to remove them and try again) and crocheted some more spots. Only two of the smaller spots got sewn on today.

Left to do: 2 more spots to crochet and 10 to sew on... and possibly undoing the face and trying again. I've got a late appointment tomorrow so won't be home until probably after 7 so not sure how much I'll get done by the time I've made some dinner and eaten etc.

[badly_knitted]

That's great butterfly progress! Good luck with the rest of the spots, and possibly redoing the face.

[mossy_bench]

I have a rather simple scarf that I've been working on--the pattern is just interesting enough to not get boring, but easy enough that I can memorize it. Just passed the halfway point.

[badly_knitted]

Great progress! What colour yarn are you using?

[mossy_bench]

A very dark navy and a deep purple!

[badly_knitted]

Ooh, that sounds gorgeous!