Check-In Post - Dec 17th 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: Does anyone have any plans for making Christmas gifts or cards?


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]

My thumb is holding up so far. 4 more bee bodies knitted! Almost out of the yellow I've been using though, so the rest will have to be a different yellow.

[darkcedars]

The snowman ornament is fiddly and I keep having to remind myself that it's really cute. The hats aren't going well at the moment but it will work out.

[darkcedars]

Different species. :)

[badly_knitted]

Good luck, I hope you can get them done in time despite the fiddliness!

[badly_knitted]

There are quite a few species here in England, so they might well be!

[nagi_schwarz]

Glad your thumb is holding up!

I am sure another yellow will be a lovely variation in the collection!

[nagi_schwarz]

Fingers crossed for the snowman ornament! You can do it!

[nagi_schwarz]

Finally finished the norigae. Was much more complicated than I had anticipated, and I am not exactly happy with the result, but it'll get to my friend on time for Christmas, and I reckon that's what counts.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSWcWPcAK9W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

On to the next project!

Also I made one of these the other night because it popped up on my timeline and I liked it a lot! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSQkyh8kgeK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[badly_knitted]

The norigae is pretty, well done!

Wheeee, twirly bird!

[badly_knitted]

It's still quite a bright yellow, but I only had a 25g ball of the golden yellow I used for the first 16. I have a 100g ball of the other yellow, should be plenty.

[darkcedars]

Oh, the cords project looks very fiddly too. The bird thing is pretty neat.

[darkcedars]

Tried again with the hats and they looked fine this time. 6 completely finished.

[darkcedars]

Six are done and can be starched tomorrow and mailed. The others can just be handed in person so I'm on track.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Well done!

[malurette]

No knitting happened at all this week--I should be doing the yoke on my jumper and its involves counting rows, paying attentions to markers and doing yarn-overs and... I was too tired after school.

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully you will have the time and energy for some knitting over the festive period. School does have to take priority.

[spiralicious]

Variety is the spice of life, and bees.

[spiralicious]

Good luck

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[spiralicious]

Hugs

[badly_knitted]

And varied bees!

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you!

[spiralicious]

:D