Check-In Post - Feb 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 is your favourite thing to make?


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]

Not feeling great today, so no crafting. I just got my writing done and read some more of the fills written for my prompts. Still getting quite a few.

[wiseheart]

Sorry to hear you aren't well. I hope you'll get better, soon.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, I hope so too.

[yarnofariadne]

Hope you feel better soon!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[darkcedars]

Hoping tomorrow is better and it doesn't linger.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

[sister_raphael]

Writing is good too!

[badly_knitted]

Yes it is! I've been over 2k per day recently =)

[wiseheart]

I was being house elf today, so no crafting here, either. :(

[badly_knitted]

House elfing is hard work! Well done.

[darkcedars]

Hope tomorrow gets some craft time.

[yarnofariadne]

Four more rows on the blanket, bringing it to 98/151 rows complete!

[badly_knitted]

Wooo! Great progress, you're getting there!

[darkcedars]

Woo someone got to craft!

[sister_raphael]

4 more rows closer to finished!

[darkcedars]

No crafting, but I repotted the African violets today. I usually do that this time of the year.

I might try to work on the hat, BUT I am a bit tired and I might have to fight the dogs for the yarn. They didn't care about other types but the wool is very interesting.

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the repotting, and good luck getting the wool away from the dogs if you work on the hat.

[sister_raphael]

Dogs are funny like that!

[althea_valara]

January crafting + other updates, here: https://althea-valara.dreamwidth.org/1268361.html

I haven't done any crafting today, but I did work on my Neocities site! Pushed another update live. It now has automatic dark mode, depending on your device's preferences! I'm pretty proud of that because I am not great with CSS yet, and it took me a bit to figure out.

But mostly I am pleased I worked on this instead of napping. I too often take the easy option by napping/doing mindless activities, so it was good to use my brain for a bit today.

[sister_raphael]

Oo will go check it out!

[badly_knitted]

I hope your crafting mojo will be back on track soon. Sounds like you've been busy anyway!

[sister_raphael]

More beads have arrived so more paternosters will be happening soon. Some purple quartz, amethyst, rose quartz and garnet too.

[badly_knitted]

Ooooh, such gorgeousness!