Check-In Post - Oct 11th 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]

Another 15 pumpkins have faces, meaning I have 5 left to do.


Also knotted 10 rows on the arm warmer while watching Strictly. It was movie week, and knitting was proving too distracting, so I gave up after a mere 10 rows so I could concentrate on the dancing and the costumes.

[wiseheart]

You deserve to have uninterrupted fun from time to time. :)
Besides, you did good work on the pumpkins, so...

My ginger syrup

[wiseheart]

Lo and behold, here it is:

https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/341640321753778509

I didn't want to clutter up my scrapbook with it, since it isn't anything spectacular, so: link. I swear, the liquid in the bottles is the same colour in all seven - I don't know why it looks different. Perhaps because of the lighting. But it's done now, which is a great relief.

Re: My ginger syrup

[badly_knitted]

Looks tasty!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

I usually prefer to keep my hands busy while watching TV, because I tend to get fidgety, but there was so much to see tonight. The costumes were amazing. So were a lot of the dances. Makes me itch to dance again. *sigh*

[althea_valara]

Copypasta from discord:

so, working on my Motion Picture Mosaic Cardi today. I FINISHED THE DANG SLEEVE! And then attempted to do the next bit, which is the Right Front. I expected the edge of the Right Front to align with the edge of the Back, but if I follow the pattern faithfully, it doesn't - the Right Front's edge will be about two inches wider. So now it's in timeout while I ponder if I did something wrong or what. The pattern could really use a schematic of the body laid flat before seaming, but it doesn't have one, argh

Now I am considering working on another project but might just sit around until dinner.

[badly_knitted]

Ooof, how annoying! I hope you can figure it out.

[malurette]

Scarf is on hold until at least Tuesday, out of green yarn.

[badly_knitted]

How annoying for you!