Check-In Post - Jan 1st 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 are your crafting goals for 2026?


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]

Blame the late post on the World's Strongest Man final =)


I knitted 6 small bee bodies, and 5 larger bee bodies. Also, after midnight, before I went to bed, I crocheted three more pairs of bee wings.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Bees are buzzing to life!

[badly_knitted]

I'm buzzing along with them!

[darkcedars]

After midnight bee production! I was sleeping at midnight but then my neighbors set off fireworks.

[verdande_mi]

I have not been present here in quite a long time and beyond journaling I have not been very creative. Today however I did pick up the baby blanket I started in the autumn, or was it summer...and let us not talk about the fact that the baby is already here. The blanket will get done.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yay for babies (and blankets)!

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with completing your blanket!

Always good to hear from you!

[darkcedars]

Good luck getting it done soon!

Happy New Year!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Happy New Year!

I did a simple candle making craft (from a kit) with my sons today for the new year. The wax was like sand. Kit came with containers and wicks and wax-sand.

Re: Happy New Year!

[badly_knitted]

They look so beautiful! Well done!

Happy New Year!

Re: Happy New Year!

[darkcedars]

That sounds fun. :)

Re: Happy New Year!

[artificialsatellite]

How cute! Those look lovely, and it's always fun to share a craft with family. :)

[darkcedars]

Just working along on the first dog blanket. They are both laying on me while I am working on it.