Check-In Post - Oct 20th 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 cora): What was your last project that got put into "time out" 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]

The 6 bees are finished, so I can now start another 6. Well, I might tomorrow. The 6 that are done are in my bag so they can go with me whenever I go into town, just in case they're needed.

[fadingfootsteps]

bees do seem to be popular crochet objects, so you might need them faster than you'd think!

Though I'm sure the way they'd sold to begin with already informed you, lol.

[badly_knitted]

Mine are knitted, little tiny brooches. I only get 3 months at a time at this shop, because other local craftspeople need to get a turn at selling their wares, but I'm happy to sell anything. The bees are exclusive to the shop, the kids can't get them free at Halloween ;)

[fadingfootsteps]

Went back and finished the old succulent cushion I'd stalled on, because I kept telling my friends that to start a new project I'd have to end an old one and I remembered that like, it just needed two more of its petals.

Is it good? Hell no. Is it a functional saftey pin storage device? Hell yes. Therefore, I win👍

[badly_knitted]

Yay! It looks great, well done!

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today I have planted fragrant daffodil bulbs and pink crocus bulbs.

I also made the blueberry muffins again, this time with freeze-dried lemon powder.

And I finished posting the last of the poems from the half-price sale, so that's good.

It has been a creative day!

Re: Done!

[badly_knitted]

The bulbs sound glorious, I don't think I've ever seen a pink crocus!

Blueberry muffins are always good.


Well done with the poems!

Re: Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Pink crocuses are rare but they exist. I have some orange ones too. :D

Re: Done!

[badly_knitted]

What a glorious display you'll have with them!