Check-In Post - Feb 2nd 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?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

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[badly_knitted]

Another craft-free day. I had dishes to wash, and a fic I needed to edit and get ready for posting, on top of today's other writing, so that took up most of the afternoon. When this is posted, I'll trundle over to threesentenceficathon and find some prompts to fill.

[wiseheart]

Dratted chores! But at least you got to do your writing, so there's that.

[badly_knitted]

And I git to dance around the kitchen to some GREAT music, which is always fun. Sure makes washing dishes more enjoyable.

[wiseheart]

Today I continued the big thread hunt. I went to Tedi, where I actually found grey thread. Well, a packet of ten skeins in different colours, all in the shades of white, brown and grey, plus one black skein. I for my part prefer my thread in balls instead of skeins, but these ten skeins cost half as much as a single ball in the haberdashery (albeit they had less volume, of course), so I wasn't complaining. I also discovered a sewing kit for a teddy bear - very simple and idiot proof, not to mention something I absolutely *didn't* need but couldn't resist the cuteness.

Strangely enough, the kit for a light brown teddy came with a skein of dark grey thread. I switched it with the dark brown from the aforementioned package, and now I've got enough grey for three elephants. Or for two, at the very least.

Totally unneeded teddy is halfway done (I added a fancy bow tie for more effect). I hope to finish it tomorrow, after which I can return to the elephant. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Ooh, sounds a reasonably successful shopping trip! Sounds like teddy will be cute!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today's creative activity is trying to finish posting the Holiday Poetry Sale items before the fishbowl.

Tuesday's Poetry Fishbowl will be on "Books and Literacy" if anyone wants to come prompt me for that.

>>This Week's Question: What is your favourite thing to make?<<

I make so many things! I do a lot of cooking, some gardening including outdoor crafts. For a particular item, I like making decorative strands -- usually with some combination of beads, crystals, bells, and/or charms.

Re: Thoughts

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with the posting and the Fishbowl!

I've seen some of your decorative strands. They're lovely!