Check-In Post - Sept 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 (courtesy of ysabetwordsmith): For those of us who do yarn crafts, what kinds of yarn do you prefer working with and why?


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]

I've knitted 4 more pumpkins today, so now I have 5 waiting to be stuffed and a sixth one started.

[wiseheart]

You keep being on the roll. I'm impressed. :)

[badly_knitted]

I have to keep up momentum if I'm going to get them all done in time for Halloween.

[darkcedars]

I don't know what your totals are but that many in a day sounds good!

[badly_knitted]

I have 85 sewn up and stuffed, 5 awaiting stuffing, trying to reach 100. Then, hopefully, I will stitch all the faces...

Weihnachtswichteln

[wiseheart]

Not the grumpy, hairy, potato-nosed Scandinavian ones. These Christmas gnomes are young, happy and very colourful. *g*



I also folded, filled and painted with cat faces over 30 empty toilet rolls. The number of surprise boxes is beyond 70 now, and I hope there will be more till December.

I'm very content with today's achievements.

Re: Weihnachtswichteln

[badly_knitted]

They are adorably cute!

Well done on the surprise boxes!

Re: Weihnachtswichteln

[wiseheart]

Thanks so much! 🥰

Re: Weihnachtswichteln

[darkcedars]

That is a lot finished! Are the gnome legs all pipe cleaners?

Re: Weihnachtswichteln

[wiseheart]

Yes, they are. Another things I tend to buy spontaneously.

Re: Weihnachtswichteln

[spiralicious]

They are so cute!

[darkcedars]

We had a few rainy days, so I wasn't able to work on the house painting. Have caught up most of the indoor chores and even started a trivet today.

[badly_knitted]

How annoying that the rain stopped the painting, but yay for getting indoor chores sorted and fitting in some crafting!

[darkcedars]

It was probably just as well, I was getting run down.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, you probably needed a break. Painting is hard work.

[wiseheart]

There is always work waiting for one, isn’t there?

[darkcedars]

Always! If I didn't have regular chores too these projects would be more manageable.