Check-In Post - March 19th 2026

[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: What is a craft that you tried but abandoned?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

No crafting got done today at all =(


I had laundry to do, dishes to wash, and the rest of the afternoon was spent outside, beginning the massive job of cutting back the front 'hedge' which is so completely out of control it's currently a good eight feet tall, which is three feet taller than I am. *sigh*

[althea_valara]

Good job doing chores, but it sucks that you couldn't sneak some crafting in. :(

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! Only so many hours in a day, sadly...

[nagi_schwarz]

That does sound like a massive job. Kudos to you for taking it on!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! It's going to take weeks to sort it out and there's so much else to do elsewhere...

[spiralicious]

That is quite the undertaking. I wish you luck.

[badly_knitted]

I am going to need it. The hedge needs reducing in height by half.

[althea_valara]

I finished the second bunny I was knitting as a class sample, and emailed the art director with pics/info. I'll have pics posted at end of month, as usual. Too tired to post them now.

Bunnies were posted in Nerdopolis' "Game Night" challenge, which is about board games. I tied them to "Devil Bunny Needs a Ham", a board game by Cheapass games, which you can download here: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/shop/p/devil-bunny-games

I'm kinda in the mood to do more crafting but my head is heavy, probably from tree pollen (it was spring-like here today) so I might just play video games instead. I haven't been sleeping all that well so will probably turn in early.

Tomorrow I intend to cast on a hat. Probably will submit it to the Pi challenge in Nerdopolis; I use Pi to figure out hat sizing all the time.

[nagi_schwarz]

The bunny sounds adorable, and also it's super cool how you tied it to a game (and I am intrigued by the game you linked - thank you!).

I hope allergies don't nail you too bad.

We have been struck with quite possibly our sixth round of cold/flu this year already.

[spiralicious]

Well done.

Hope you feel better soon.

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the bunnies!

Hope you enjoy your games and get more sleep.

Good luck with the hat!

[nagi_schwarz]

A craft I tried but have abandoned is maedup, which is traditional Korean decorative knotting. I did it. I made a thing. It was...a lot of work. Don't think I'll keep at it, but it was a worthwhile experience all the same.

Also I started a needle punch kit last year and haven't picked it up since. I...think I'll finish it just for the sake of completeness, but I don't think I'll keep up that craft either once the one kit is done.

I still haven't sewn up the sweater ooops but am in no hurry since it won't fit anyway (will buy baby girl a gift she can actually use right now). I made some excellent progress on my sweater scarf, and now it finally feels like the end is in sight but also I suspect I'm already in a game of yarn chicken (played some yarn chicken with the "baby" sweater too and lost). Made a couple of fancy birthday cards based on this tutorial (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTwCFzJElbz/), one colored in, one left black and white, and I really like them! I ended up making a template for myself and using it to make more cards. The drawing/coloring process was actually really relaxing.

[spiralicious]

You have been quite busy!

[badly_knitted]

I saw your knotted thing, it looked great, but also fiddly.

Sometimes things just don't appeal

You'll get it sewn up eventually, no need to rush.

Great on the sweater scarf progress, and the fancy birthday card idea is amazing, bet they're really pretty.

[spiralicious]

Since I last checked in, I've mostly just been keeping up with my knitting, crafting wise. I even knitted ahead to keep on track before my weird little petsiting job I had this week. And my knitting bag is all ready to go fir fiber group in the morning.

Monday with Lynne was more mentally exhausting than usual. She was just having a hard time with everything outside of crafting. It did not help that it was the week we were trying to make spring collages to hang on the wall and she could not comprehend the concept of a collage and her thoughts and attitude about the ribbon would have made Erik Cartman proud. What she made does look pretty and she does like it. We're doing more butterfly cards next week and I just took home the paper flower supplies to work on at home, instead of trying to make a mock up there.

[badly_knitted]

Well done keeping up with the knitting!

Sorry tings with Lynne got so stressful, but yay for getting the collages made. Good luck prepping for the flower making.