Check-In Post - Aug 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: Share your favourite crafting tip, if you have one.


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

[meridian_rose]

I've made a roundup of many months of crafting at my journal https://meridian-rose.dreamwidth.org/748482.html
Knitting, needle felt, and papercraft as well as bit of sewing.
1. Sackboy - knitted soft figure from a PS5 game
2. Cat headband - knitted headband
3. Cat - Needle felted cat figure
4. Fox - Needle felted figure
5. Pumpkins - knitted pumpkins for Hallowee
6. Penguin - Bauble with needle felt and accessories
7. Ian Malcom - soft toy 'collectible' figure from Jurassic Park
8. Lunar New Year Snakes - papercraft snakes
few preview pics:

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! So many cute critters!

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :)

[wiseheart]

Oh, oh, they are soooo cute!

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :D

[darkcedars]

Oh the tiny penguin!

[meridian_rose]

I was pleased how the penguin came out, thank you :)