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


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Made progress on hearts and flowers number 5. The blue flowers are fiddlier to stitch than the others, so I only got one stitched, plus the vase, and the rest of the bottom border. Still two more flowers, some leaves, and two hearts to stitch on this one, then the backstitch.


Another detached tape, so that's 6 so far =(

[darkcedars]

A whole different project than the last time I poked my nose in!

Tapes :(

[badly_knitted]

I've stitched 4 of this set so far and I'm on the fifth. Still haven't taken photos of the previous set yet. I will get to it, honest!

Yeah =( I need to get better, smaller screwdrivers before I make any attempt to repair these.

[darkcedars]

I need to take the robot vacuum apart and had to get tiny screwdrivers for that. I am procrastinating because it is not going to be fun, but the side brush isn't working correctly.

[badly_knitted]

I don't envy you that task, good luck! My biggest problem is keeping the tape from unravelling once the case is open.

[peaceful_sands]

Even if the blue flowers are fiddlier it sounds like you're still making very good progress. Sorry about the tapes.

[badly_knitted]

Progress is progressing. I'm ready to be done with this set though.

Eh, I'll have a bash at fixing them once I manage to get some decent small screwdrivers. The screws holding audiocassettes together are so little and my screwdrivers are a bit too big.

[darkcedars]

Have been working very slowly on the base of the basket. I'm going to try to get this part finished tonight, doing the "read a little, do a round."

I've been having a cold or *something* all week. Annoying. The weather has not cooperated with outdoor work.

[badly_knitted]

Suffering from an 'or something' myself right now, so I sympathise. Ditto the uncooperative weather =/

Enjoy your reading / crocheting. Sounds like a relaxing way to spend the evening.

[peaceful_sands]

Sorry to hear you've been under the weather. Sounds like you're making steady progress on the project - sometimes it's good just to do a little and then read before returning.

[marinarusalka]

Sewed on the buttons on my scrappy vest yesterday, so now it's officially finished. Overall, I'm pleased with it; I do wish it could've been a couple of inches longer, but I didn't have enough yarn for that, and since the whole point of the project was to bust stash, I wasn't about to go buying more. As a stash buster, it definitely fulfilled its function, and I think it looks all right for the casual way I intend to wear it.

[badly_knitted]

It looks really great, and a fantastic way of using up oddments.

[marinarusalka]

Thanks! It was a fun pattern, and I learned how to do an applied double-knitted button band, which was a new technique for me.

[badly_knitted]

Learning new techniques is fun!

[peaceful_sands]

The vest looks great and bonus that you've been stash busting into the bargain!

[darkcedars]

It turned out great. I would not guess it was scraps!

[peaceful_sands]

In the spirit of the stash busting so well demonstrated by marinarusalka above - my butterfly is finished. I wish it looked as good as the ones on the pattern but it's not too bad.

Now it's on to the Winnie-the-Pooh cross-stitch - this should be interesting with my current hayfever! We'll see how I manage but I can at least give it a try to see if I can make progress.

[badly_knitted]

>.< Try not to stab yourself with the needle if you sneeze!

Well done with the butterfly, and good luck with Winnie-the-Pooh!

[peaceful_sands]

I'm not too too sneezy at the moment - it's more the itchy crying eyes - I could end up sewing the pattern through my clothes or something ridiculous like that I guess!

[badly_knitted]

I've done that. Only once though.

The itchy eyes are the worst. It's why I take antihistamines all year round. I wouldn't be able to see otherwise.

[darkcedars]

Allergies and cross-stitch combo sounds a little dangerous. :D

[althea_valara]

Stitch club today. It was HOT and not many people came, and I was sitting next to a four ladies who also go to a different Stitch Club and they mostly talked amongst themselves, so I felt left out of the conversation. Sigh. It does happen, but it was kinda disappointing.

I finished my Kindle pillow/stand last week so my project for Stitch Club today was a dupe of it, for my sister's iPad mini. It's a boring project though, just spiral rounds of single crochet, so I kept putting it down. I'll finish it in the next few days.

[badly_knitted]

Some projects really need background noise or good conversation to make good progress with them. It's why I knit arm warmers when watching TV. So boring to do, but it keeps my hands busy.

Sorry there weren't many people at stich club and the ladies didn't have the decency to talk with you.

[wiseheart]

Sounds like an unpleasant experience. How rude of those people!

[wiseheart]

Heat wave has rolled over us again. I'm too drained to do anything beyond the bare necessities. But I have bought some craft supplies today, not that I needed them, but they were so pretty!

However, the shop sells everything 30% cheaper between July 25 and 31, so I might go back on Monday and buy two huge bags of stuffing - for felt items, not for turkeys, of course. *g*

[badly_knitted]

That sounds like the stuffing would be a good deal. It always comes in handy.

Sorry about the heat.