Check-In Post - Nov 1st 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]

No crafting today, unsurprisingly, but I have started packing the Halloween treats away.


News from last night — I started out with 100 pumpkins, only have 53 left. The were popular. I had close to 50 trick or treaters visit, impossible to be sure exactly how many bur definitely more than last year. Lots of parents among them, admiring what I'd made and asking questions. It was a fun night, but exhausting. I still have to finish taking everything down in the garage, although really it's just the table. I had to take everything else down the night before, didn't come indoors until about 10.30. Gets a bit creepy out there once I start taking down the lights, turning off one set at a time, lol!

[darkcedars]

I had read your report last night as well! I was sure you'd be so pooped today.

[badly_knitted]

Beyond pooped. It was a LOOOONG day!

Having looked at what's left, I will need to re-stock mini-meeces and pumpkins before next Halloween.

[wiseheart]

Congratulations! I hope you allow yourself a little rest after this.

[badly_knitted]

I've still got the rest of the decorations and treats to put away, so not much rest for the next few days.

[spiralicious]

It sounds like you had quite a night! :D

[badly_knitted]

I did! It weas exhausting, but so much fun!

[spiralicious]

:D

[darkcedars]

Dark, windy, cold. Took the day off of house painting (I did finish a section yesterday).

I'm on track to finish the current trivet tonight. Starting the last round of surface crochet.

[badly_knitted]

Sounds horrible weather! Definitely best to stay indoors.

Good luck finishing the trivet!

[darkcedars]

I did get finished!

[badly_knitted]

YAY! Well done!

[wiseheart]

You see? Even sh*tty weather can be used for something good.

[darkcedars]

I had to clean the bathrooms though, no excuse!

[wiseheart]

Housework is EVIL!

[spiralicious]

Definitely indoor project weather.

Well done.

Almost there

[wiseheart]

Today I've labelled all 24 of my spiced oil mini-bottles, plus the four spiced vinegar bottles. The vinegar still needs two weeks of setting, but all I still have to do is to fill it into the bottles. It is a true relief getting there.

Hardly any crafting left to be done. I might make one more pencil holder and I'll definitely make a few more surprise packages, but that will be basically it. November is picowrimo session, which is why I was so eager to be done with the fair stuff.

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[badly_knitted]

Well done! That's another job ticked off the list!

Good luck with your writing!

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[wiseheart]

Thanks. With most of the fair stuff out of my hair, I might even pick up momentum... eventually.

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[darkcedars]

That's great that you are basically done, enjoy wrimo!

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[wiseheart]

I always do! I've basically inherited the running of the comm, although I'm not the actual owner, so my inbox is pleasantly full for a month, three times a year. *g*

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[spiralicious]

Excellent work!

Good luck with your writing!

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[wiseheart]

Thanks. I'd love to do a chunk of undisturbed writing, but for that there's very little choice in our home. I'll have to make things work the best I can.

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[spiralicious]

My fingers are crossed for you.

[ebrillblaiddes]

Finished sewing the zippers onto this today!

[darkcedars]

Neat, I never do zippers.

[spiralicious]

Very nice!

[badly_knitted]

Ooh, well done! That's so pretty!

[wiseheart]

Oh, it looks lovely!

[spiralicious]

Today and yesterday's crafting has pretty much been detangling Steve 2.0. It's so close to being done. The tangles had originally formed a ring, but now the ring has opened up to be a straight line and instead of tight, overlapping tangles, it's more of a much looser mass.

It was also about the only thing I could do while we had trick or treaters last night.

Yesterday at work, I also had to create a whole bunch of reports to appease the CPA. No creativity involved, but they were made into existence.

I also tried once again to buy orange yarn. The yarn aisle where I usually buy yarn looked like even more of a waste land than last time I saw it. If only I had wanted yellow. That is about the only color they had.

Today, all of my energy went towards my trip to the library. There books to turn in, materials I had on hold to pick up, trying to find the last copy of the exact issue of the book I need for book club this month, collecting my mother's and my paintings from the art show, and we were scheduled for the first slot of the day for the library's monthly escape room. It was haunted house themed for Halloween and ran all day yesterday as well. According to the staff member running it, our team was the first to complete it. They gave us candy.

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, well done with the escape room! That was a busy library trip!

Good luck with the de-tangling, Steve 2.0 will be conquered!

Sucks that you still can't get the yarn you want though.

[spiralicious]

Thanks! It really was.

Thanks. I will get him detangled yet!

Yeah. I may have to break down and go to the expensive yarn store soon. (They are where I got original Steve.)

[badly_knitted]

If you go to the yarn shop, just make sure you don't end up with one of Steve's relatives!

[spiralicious]

Yeah, I already have 2 of Steve's siblings. I shall be careful.

[badly_knitted]

Just be cautious when trying to wind them into balls.

[spiralicious]

I will! I have a friend who volunteered to help me with that when the time comes.

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully that will tame Steve's wild siblings!

[spiralicious]

Fingers crossed

[wiseheart]

Sounds like busy days, even though with a bit of frustration. At least you've achieved various things, which is always good.

[spiralicious]

Very busy indeed. Thanks