Check-In Post - Nov 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 (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 again, been mostly writing, but I did pack the leftover meeces back in with their friends. I still have two of the first meeces I ever made, 30+ years ago. I know because they're single colour rather than striped, and they're thinner. I've refined the design since then. Poor unwanted plain little meeces =( I'll probably end up keeping them myself at this rate. I put them out every year, but they never get chosen.

[darkcedars]

Poor meeces, you should probably make them a little outfit and put them on the shelf.

[badly_knitted]

I might pop them among my stuffies with my other meeces. I have several I'm keeping for myself.

[spiralicious]

Poor little meeces :(

[badly_knitted]

It's sad to be so unwanted =(

[spiralicious]

:(

[fadingfootsteps]

Little bit of everything this week. Did some of the Big doily (just a little bit of round 56 to do before the number upgrades to 57). Did some more of the fillet crochet table runner. Started a scarf.

[badly_knitted]

Work on three projects! Well done!

How many rounds are there on the Big Doily altogether?

[fadingfootsteps]

117

[badly_knitted]

That is going to be MASSIVE! Good luck!

[darkcedars]

Round 56! That is big.

[spiralicious]

You have been very busy!

[darkcedars]

No crafting for me either, but did some scraping and repair. Finished up the areas dad worked on the other day, so he will get to paint next time which is more fun.

[badly_knitted]

Good work on preparing for the next bit of painting.

[spiralicious]

Well done!

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yesterday I got the daffodil bed cleared off and spread 2 bags of compost and manure there. Today I did the tulip bed (which is bigger) and put 3 bags on that; it's not done yet, but one last bag should finish it.

Tonight's plan is making tomato-basil bread.

Re: Done!

[spiralicious]

Great work!

Re: Done!

[badly_knitted]

Great garden progress, your daffodils and tulips will thank you come spring.

Hope the bread tastes as good as it sounds!

Re: Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

The bread turned out delicious, and a vivid salmon pink color. :D This is basically the same recipe online.

Re: Done!

[badly_knitted]

Awesome!

[spiralicious]

Today, I got my bag ready for Lynne's tomorrow. Thankfully, I found that I had two card kits prepped and ready to go. I still went ahead and cut the papers I had brought home with me and plotted what still needed to be done for the card I didn't have time to design last week and I made myself a note to remind me that all card designs going forward should be Christmas themed.

I also spent a little time working on Steve 2.0.

[badly_knitted]

Good luck for today! Glad you already had some cards planned.

Steve 2.0 is going down!

[spiralicious]

Thanks! I, too, was glad.

Indeed!

[malurette]

Crafting may not resume for quite some time as I've started a course on fire safety equipments today. I'll miss knitting!

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with your course! Your knitting will be there waiting for you once the course is over.