Check-In Post - Feb 3rd 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]

It's been one of those days. Battling a headache all day, which made writing a struggle, but I got done what I wanted to, or most of it. No crafting, but I have started getting my fan_flashworks badges back on my profile page now they're hosted somewhere else singe the UK had blocked imgur or whatever it's called so that anything hosted there can't be viewed by UK residents. I think I've got about half my badges re-done with the new URLs. Just got the posted works and challenge streaks to do.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Hope you feel better.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! Even resorting to painkillers isn't having much effect so far. The weather does this to be sometimes. Don't know if it's barometric pressure affecting me or what, but this time of year, dull days and headaches always seem to coincide.

[wiseheart]

How annoying that certain countries just block various websites, so that people have to redo all the work!

I hope you'll get better, soon.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

The fan_flashworks people are the ones who really did all the work. All I have to do is copy and paste the new URLs, but I have to do them one at a time and there are quite a few, so I'll leave the rest for another day. I need to write for some of the threesentenceficathon prompts tonight, so I can keep my streak going for that. 57 fills so far!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I did six Valentines so far. Here is one.

[badly_knitted]

That is so great!

[wiseheart]

Beautiful!

[wiseheart]

Yes, I know it's a horrible pun, but fact is, the craft and gift shop where I bought this simple sewing kit is *really* called TEDI. So, here is the TEDI Teddy; the pattern on the package front on the left, the actual product on the right.

https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/341640321754634976

Still no idea how to embed pictures, even though our fearless leader has explained to stupid me at least twice. *sigh*

[badly_knitted]

He's cute! Thanks for the pic!