Check-In Post - Nov 9th 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]

Another craft-free day. I need to get on with the bee brooches, but today I had a pile of dishes to wash, and then there's the fire to deal with and it has been a thoroughly grey day, plus I haven't felt great. Maybe tomorrow...

[darkcedars]

The wind is biting here and it smells like snow. Don't like.

I hope tomorrow is better for you.

[badly_knitted]

Thankfully we're staying warmer than that here in the UK (we had snow last November, and the one before, so I'm hoping it won't happen again. It's not normal). Hope you don't get any yet either.

We shall see...

[darkcedars]

Weather says maybe flurries. Back to a more normal November temp soon at least!

[badly_knitted]

I hope any flurries are short-lived.

[wiseheart]

*hugs*

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! *hugs back because everyone needs hugs*

[wiseheart]

That is a fundamental truth of life. :)

[spiralicious]

Hugs

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! *hugs back*

[darkcedars]

Working on a trivet, have nearly the whole background finished. I *think* I have enough yarn for 2 more after this one.

Yesterday I finished the West side of the house painting. Too cold for a couple days to paint, hopefully back to it Tues.

[wiseheart]

You never stop, do you? That's a lot of work!

[darkcedars]

I'm a little worried about getting this first coat on the house. I think I can do it. *Flexes*

[badly_knitted]

Well done on finishing a side!

Good luck with the trivets!

[darkcedars]

Luckily tons of windows on that side due to the sleeping porch!

[badly_knitted]

Less to paint, but more to paint around...

[wiseheart]

And window cleaning is a real pain, too!

[spiralicious]

Well done and good luck!

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I've been foraging more bits to glue together for the lantern terrarium branches.

Re: Yes ...

[badly_knitted]

Foraging for the right bits for a project can be fun.

Re: Yes ...

[darkcedars]

Best of foraging luck!

Re: Yes ...

[spiralicious]

Hope your finds are interesting and appealing.

[wiseheart]

Santa's bakery has opened, aka I was baking all day. Two different batches of peanut cookies finished, decorated and ready to be boxed. *is proud*

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! You're off to a great start!

[darkcedars]

It begins! Peanut cookies sound interesting, here they would be peanut butter specifically.

[wiseheart]

One batch is with peanut butter. The other one with chopped peanuts.

[spiralicious]

Excellent!

[spiralicious]

A lot of little things the last few days.

I'm still somehow not done detangling Steve 2.0. The closer I get to finishing, the harder it fights back.

After work on Friday, I checked in on the yarn section at the store I normally go to and they finally have yarn in stock. It's not a brand they usually carry and it's all fake chenille, so I'm not sure if it just what they could get in or if it's the special pre-christmas yarn this year (it was stocked in both sections). They had orange though. Is it what I wanted? No. Will it work well enough? Yes.

The holiday craft bazaar was Saturday. I hadn't been in years because it had declined so much and then they started charging admission, but a friend was extremely excited to go, so I went with her. It has improved a lot since I'd last been. There were 110 vendors, selling pretty much anything you'd imagine; baked goods, crochet dolls, ceramics, painted antique furniture, self published books, Christmas ornaments, slippers, guitars made from cigar boxes, fused glassware, knitted hats, etc. (Also, no more admission charge to get in.) Though, now my friend wants us to get a booth next year to sell our stuff. I did too much of that when I was younger, so I'm not thrilled by the idea, but I will support her doing it.

A different friend texted me asking if I could make her some coffee cup cozies. I said sure, I just needed to know what she'd like them to look like. She responded with panic and laughing emojis. I still took the opportunity to buy some cotton yarn to practice with and treated myself to a small banana bread flavored chai latte to have a cup to try to fit things on.

Today, I prepped my bag for Lynne's tomorrow. My fingers are crossed that she won't be too confused over whether or not I'm coming over, as she had me come over twice over the last week to fix her TV since I made cards with her last.

[badly_knitted]

Steve 2.0 is very determined, but you WILL defeat him.

Glad you managed to get orange yarn, even if it's not what you wanted.

The holiday craft bazaar sounds great! I wish we had something like that here. I have found out about a market I can go to though. It's a craft one, once a month on a Friday, but it will be open for three Fridays next month.

Good luck with the coffee cup cozies! Also good luck at Lynne's.

[spiralicious]

The orange should work because I was going for a Halloween vibe and it's a bright orange, even if it's not the shade I was hoping for.

That sounds like it would be fun :) I hope you get a chance to check it out. Ours is a one day, once a year thing that's been going on for 55 years. Sometimes it's great and sometimes it's kinda sad. You never know what's going to be there, so there's at least the element of adventure.

Thanks

[badly_knitted]

Well, I hope it's good if you go.

[wiseheart]

Holiday craft bazaar sounds amazing. I love those kinds of things.

[spiralicious]

:D