Check-In Post - Jan 22nd 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]

No crafting today, probably won't do any tomorrow either.


Garage called, car is ready for collection, but while the exhaust weas being taken care of, another bit fell off and had to be replaced. So now that's added another hundred I can't afford but will have to pay. Hopefully, my car will be okay for a few years after this. *sigh* January really needs to stop kicking people when they're already down.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today I'm working on posting another mega-epic from the Holiday Poetry Sale.

Yesterday I got two more latches installed. \o/

Extra-cold weather is forecast for the next week or so, thus I may wind up doing more indoor things.

[darkcedars]

Another bit fell off!! How frustrating, hope tomorrow is the end of the motor vehicle care.

[darkcedars]

Finished Ed's blankie today. I will try to get photos soon, I was trying to tuck them both in with the blankets for photos. So far this has resulted in severe side-eye from the dogs.

Very cold the next few days so I'm preparing to make dishcloths under the heated blanket.

Re: Thoughts

[darkcedars]

Same, with the cold coming. Stay warm!

[badly_knitted]

I hope you manage to get photos!

Sounds relaxing! Stay warm with your blanket and the dogs.

Re: Thoughts

[badly_knitted]

Good luck!

Yay, well done!

Ugh, indoors is the best place.

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, old car, but hopefully the rest of it will avoid falling apart for a few years. I LIKE this car! My second favourite out of all of my cars. Don't want to have to replace it because it's knackered.

After this I just have to pay the road tax, which is more money I can't spare but it's illegal to drive a car that isn't taxed, so no choice on that.