Check-In Post - Sept 2nd 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

[wiseheart]

Got sidetracked from my crafting by making orange marmalade - also for the fair. There is still so much to do, and only 3 months left to do it; the fair takes place on December 3 this year. *sigh* I'm trying very hard to do as much in advance as possible because some things just can't be done this early.

Pillow case count: 6 and a half are stitched together in the inside. One and a half still to go before I can start the blanket stitch framing. *And* I have to label and decorate the marmalade jars today and prepare the grapefruits for the jam, so... yeah, the days are way too short. The doll house book project is currently pending. :(

[badly_knitted]

Ooh, yummy marmalade! I love proper marmalade. I hope it's got everything but the pips in it!

You're making great progress on things for the fair. I'm sure the jams and marmalades will be popular.

[wiseheart]

Indeed, it does have everything but the pips in. :)

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! That's the only true marmalade!

[sister_raphael]

Yummy!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Wow! You have a lot going on. Good luck with the marmalade! It was my father's favorite.