Check-In Post - Jan 25th 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?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Sewed up and stuffed another dozen bees. That means I have another 6 to get to that stage, plus the two I plan to give to my neighbour's daughter who plays for the local Bees hockey team.

[wiseheart]

Bees, bees everywhere!

[wiseheart]

I've sewn on all the little details to the teddy bear plushie's front panel. Now all I need to do is to sew the panels together, add the tail and stuff the bear. Which will likely happen on Tuesday, as I'll be doing the shopping tour tomorrow.

[yarnofariadne]

So many little bees!

[yarnofariadne]

Wonderful!

[yarnofariadne]

My local queer social group has started a knitting club, so this morning I got 4 blanket rows in over coffee and cake :D This evening I've added another 2, which puts me at 91/151.

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yesterday I made Healthy Spice Quick Bread. It went great with the apple topping. \o/

Today there's 4 inches of snow outside, so any other creativity will need to be indoors. I have options.

[badly_knitted]

Great progress! Well done!

[badly_knitted]

Yep! I have a whole swarm.

[badly_knitted]

Very many bees! I took 28 to the shop already.

[badly_knitted]

That's awesome! Sounds like it was a fun morning!

You're getting there!

Re: Done!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds great!

Oof, hope you don't get any more snow!

[jasleh]

patterns sorted and once more my collection fits in a single bin! (except one book, but it's a nice book and belongs on a shelf anyway)

I'm achy as hell and probably pushing my limits more than I should, but I think everything in that room's been sorted through now so it's down to moving things around and that part isn't my job so I get to rest now lol

[readera]

I finished fixed a big dropped stich mistake on my scarf project. The circular needle I'm using has a connector for more length & it came apart and I dropped 15 - 20 stitches or so.

I have now picked up all of those stiches and tinked back a row. When I picked them up, some of them ran further.

Now I'm ready to add a new color but I'm doing that another day.

[readera]

Yay for organizing. I hope you get lots of rest.

[nagi_schwarz]

That your neighbor's daughter plays for the local Bees hockey team is wonderful and fortuitous. I bet she'll love them! Kudos to you on making so much progress with the stuffed bees!

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go with the teddy! Excellent progress.

[nagi_schwarz]

Way to go on getting the blanket rows done! Blanket rows take forever for reals. Excellent progress!

Re: Done!

[nagi_schwarz]

That sounds delicious! You are winning at delicious food. Stay warm and safe!

[nagi_schwarz]

Excellent progress organizing! Hope you can rest and relax soon.

[nagi_schwarz]

Oh no....tinking always frustrates and disheartens me, so way to go you! Glad you got it fixed!

[nagi_schwarz]

Finished the mushroom bag! https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9cBcgFSte/

Also managed to start some of the sewing on the turtle project. I always overthink how much time and effort and difficulty it will be to sew something, especially when the kiddos were awake, but the kiddos were happy for me to sit on the sofa and pretend to be an airline passenger for their vacation game, so I did what I might have done on a flight anyway.

Re: Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Thank you! I'm hippiespawn, so I'm pretty good at making delicious food from basic ingredients.

[malurette]

Finished the sleeves and resumed knitting the torso. I hope the measurements I took with the jumper I knitted last year and is a good fit, still hold.

[yarnofariadne]

Well done!

[spiralicious]

I'm sure I'm forgetting some things, but I know I've been doing some knitting. I've been trying to put two rows a night on the cable blanket and I've kept up with it the last three days. Tonight, I also knitted a few rows on the current wash cloth.

Friday was the fiber group meeting, sort of. Technically, we weren't supposed to meet because the library staff member in charge of our group was off work, but since I had other library business anyway and sometimes the calendar is wrong, I showed up anyway. What were they going to do? Kick me out for knitting in the quiet reading room unsupervised? I was not the only one with this idea. Not long after I set up, another regular showed up and told me she had similar reasoning. All in total, we had 4 of our regulars and 5 new people (3 of which were children who were accompanying 1 of the new adults). Of the regulars that showed up, 3 of us knew we weren't technically supposed to meet. It was kind of funny. One of our new people alters existing clothing. The kids all knew how to crochet really well and their adult has been trying to learn how to knit unsuccessfully from YouTube videos. I showed her a simpler way to cast on and walked her through knitting a row. I gave her homework, lol. I told her if she practiced knitting between then and next meeting, I'd show her how to purl.

I'd will admit to the vibes being a little off, but we'll see how next week goes.

[spiralicious]

Excellent!

[spiralicious]

Excellent work!

[spiralicious]

Very cool!

Re: Done!

[spiralicious]

Sounds delicious.

Stay safe and warm!

[spiralicious]

Well done!

Rest well.

[spiralicious]

It really sucks when the connector pops. I'm glad you were able to get it sorted.

[spiralicious]

The bag is adorable!

Very nice :)

[spiralicious]

Well done and good luck!

[yarnofariadne]

Well done on the consistency with the blanket!

Love the unofficial fibre group meeting. You rebels :D

[elwendell]

Well. The calico arrived and I mocked-up half a jacket. As suspected, it needed adjustment for the shoulder width, but also across the upper front chest. I have transferred all the adjustments to new paper pattern pieces and hope to cut out the actual fabric some time today...unless I can't be bothered. I'm having trouble getting inspired about anything in life at the moment.

[badly_knitted]

Unofficial meetings ftw! Sounds like things went pretty well!

You're making good progress on the blanket and the wash cloth!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[badly_knitted]

Great progress! I hope you get a good fit too.

[badly_knitted]

Ooof, how annoying for you! Glad you managed to sort it out!

[badly_knitted]

Well done! And yes, nice books deserve to be on shelves.

Get some rest.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I hope she'll like them.

[badly_knitted]

The bag is so awesome! Well done!

And yay for being able to keep the kids busy while you do what you want.

[badly_knitted]

January is getting a lot of people down. I hope you'll feel inspired to start your jacket soon!