Check-In Post - April 30th 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 do you wish you could get right first time, every time?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

No crafting got done today. I pottered in the garden a bit, because there's only a couple of decent days left before it turns colder and wet again, but my get up and go has got up and gone. Plus I have a headache. I did get a good amount of writing done though.

[spiralicious]

All progress is progress. Writing is always a plus. I hope you feel better.

[badly_knitted]

I think the heat is getting to me at the moment. Temperatures are set to drop after today and go back to cool and wet, so...

I haven't missed a day of writing in... 13 years? Something like that. Sometimes it's only been a few words, but at present, I haven't dropped below 1k any day this year, and I've been over 2k per day at times. Writing will drop off a bit now though, just my usual challenges, the occasional (maybe 1 a week) ficathon fill, and getting the 233 pieces I wrote for this ficathon expanded into fics and ficlets for posting. I still haven't posted everything I wrote for last year's ficathon!

[jasleh]

got two rows in on my curtains! then got pulled away because the person I'm pulling into FFxiv finally was open when I was lol. it was very fun to introduce someone entirely new to the game

may try to get another row or two in tomorrow before Lancer since I didn't use up all my hand/wrist capacity today

[spiralicious]

Well done! On the crafting and introducing someone new into something you enjoy :D

[badly_knitted]

Excellent progress, and I hope you and your friend had fun with gaming.

Good luck with your plans!

[spiralicious]

Knitted 2 more rows on the cable blanket.

I was supposed to make a bouquet of tissue flowers for the neighbors for May Day (my mom's idea), but it was not meant to be. I said I'd only do it if she supplied me with all the materials I'd need to do it and she didn't. Today she was so exhausted and out of it, she didn't care about it happening anymore anyway.

To answer this week's question, I wish I could thread the sewing needle right the first time, every time.

[badly_knitted]

Yay! Blanket progress!

That's too bad, but one less thing for you to contend with. Hope your mum is okay.

Oooh, yes, that would be so helpful! I do have needle threaders I use for some things, but they're not suitable for yarn.