Good morning, CMK! ❤️🧶 We have officially reached DAY 21 of our 30 Days to ONE Anniversary Engagement Challenge! THREE WEEKS! 🎉🔥 We're getting into the home stretch now, and every qualifying day is bringing us closer to our October 17th celebration. 🔥 MY DAY 20 TOTAL — 115! Yesterday I finished with... 🔥 115 ACTIVITIES! ✅ Another 100+ day in the books! And considering everything happening around here right now, I'll happily take my 115. 😂 Now I need YOUR number: 👇 DAY 20 — _____ activities Whether you had 200, 115, exactly 100 or didn't quite make it, please give me your total anyway so I can keep tracking everyone's progress. ❤️ TODAY'S GRATITUDE — WHAT HAS CRAFTING TAUGHT YOU ABOUT YOURSELF? We've been talking a lot this month about the people and things we're thankful for. Today, I want you to think about something a little different. 🧶 What has crafting taught you about YOU? Maybe you've discovered... ❤️ You're more creative than you thought. 💪 You can figure things out even when they seem impossible at first. 😂 You have considerably LESS patience than you thought—especially when a stitch drops! 🧶 You actually CAN learn new things at any age. 💡 You're willing to experiment instead of always following the rules. ❤️ You love teaching and helping other people. 👏 You're capable of making things you once looked at and thought, “I could NEVER make that!” Or perhaps crafting has taught you something completely different. 🤔 THINK BACK TO WHEN YOU STARTED... There was probably a time when something you do without thinking today seemed incredibly difficult. Your first cast-on. Your first circular knitting machine. Your first panel. Your first complicated pattern. Your first project you were actually brave enough to show somebody. 😂 Sometimes we spend so much time looking at what we still don't know that we forget to look back and see how much we've already learned. And that's something worth being grateful for. ❤️ 👇 SO TODAY I WANT TWO THINGS: 1️⃣ Your Day 20 activity total

Good morning, CMK! We're checking in for Days 19 & 20 of our 30 Days to ONE Anniversary Engagement Challenge! 🎉🔥 And first, I need your weekend numbers! 🔥 MY SATURDAY TOTAL — 108! After not making my 100 on Friday, I was determined to get another qualifying day on the board Saturday. And I did! 🔥 Saturday — 108 activities! ✅ It wasn't one of my huge days, but you know what? 108 counts exactly the same as 208! 😂 Sunday, as usual, was my day off from the community for church, God and family, so that will be another one of my under-100 days. Now I need to know how YOU did! 👇 Please give me both of your totals: 🔥 Saturday / Day 18 — _____ activities ❤️ Sunday / Day 19 — _____ activities Remember, I want your numbers even if you didn't reach 100! ❤️ TODAY'S GRATITUDE QUESTION We've talked about people we're thankful for, but today I want to look at this from a different direction. 🧶 WHAT HAS CRAFTING GIVEN YOU THAT YOU NEVER EXPECTED? Think back to when you first picked up yarn, learned to knit or crochet, or bought your first circular knitting machine. Did you ever imagine where it might lead? Maybe crafting has given you... ❤️ Friendships you never would have made otherwise 🧶 A creative outlet that's completely yours 💪 Confidence to try things you never thought you could do 💰 A way to earn some extra money 🎁 A way to bless other people with handmade gifts 🤝 A community where you feel like you belong 🧠 New skills—and maybe a few you never expected to learn! 😂 Or simply an excuse to own an absolutely unreasonable amount of yarn! For me, crafting has become so much more than making things. It's led to businesses, teaching, designing, creating, craft shows, YouTube and, of course, this community and all of YOU. ❤️ I certainly couldn't have predicted all of that when I first learned to knit! 👇 SO I WANT THREE THINGS TODAY! 1️⃣ Your Saturday activity total 2️⃣ Your Sunday activity total 3️⃣ One thing crafting has brought into your life that you're grateful for And then we're heading into DAY 20! 🔥

Good morning, CMK! 🧶❤️ We're on Day 18 of our 30 Days to ONE Anniversary Engagement Challenge, and today I'm reporting something I know some of you have already had to report... I DIDN'T MAKE MY 100 YESTERDAY. And that's okay. I've done four days of craft shows this week, while still trying to keep everything else going, and I've been putting in 16+ hour days. Yesterday, there simply weren't enough hours left in me to get to 100. 😂 That's exactly why we built some flexibility into this challenge. We don't need 30 perfect days. For those of us who started on Day 1, we need 26 out of 30. So Friday will be one of my days under 100, and today I start again. 🔥 👇 NOW LET'S HEAR YOUR RESULTS! How did YOU do yesterday? 🔥 DAY 17 / Friday — _____ activities Whether you had 150, exactly 100, 73 or 10, share your number below. This challenge isn't about pretending every day went perfectly. It's about seeing what we can accomplish when we make a consistent effort to participate in our community. ❤️ TODAY'S GRATITUDE — WHO ENCOURAGED YOUR CREATIVITY? Since October is our month of Thankfulness & Gratitude, today I'd like to make this one a little more personal. Think about someone in your life who encouraged your crafting journey. Maybe they taught you to knit or crochet. Maybe they bought you your first supplies. Maybe they're the person who always admires what you make—even when YOU can see every mistake. 😂 Maybe they encouraged you to try something new, sell your creations, buy that knitting machine or simply keep creating. Who is that person for you? ❤️ FOR ME, IT WAS MY DAD. Yesterday marked 23 years since my Dad passed away, so I've been thinking about him a lot. My Dad always encouraged me to be creative, try new things and follow my passions. Looking at everything creativity has brought into my life, I can't help but be grateful that I had someone who encouraged that part of me instead of telling me to be more practical or stop dreaming so big. He's not here to see where that encouragement eventually led, but I'm very thankful he gave it. ❤️

Good morning, CMK! ❤️🧶 We are officially on DAY 17 of our 30 Days to ONE Anniversary Engagement Challenge—and since our theme for October is Thankfulness & Gratitude, I thought we'd bring a little of that into today's challenge. Over the next few weeks, we're going to be celebrating one whole year of CMK, and there is SO much that has happened in that year. But today, I want to turn the question over to YOU. ❤️ WHO ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR IN CMK? Think about someone in this community who has made your experience here a little better. Maybe they... 🧶 Answered one of your questions ❤️ Encouraged you when a project wasn't cooperating 👏 Always comments on your finished projects 😂 Made you laugh 💡 Taught you something new 👋 Made you feel welcome when you first arrived 🔥 Encouraged you through this crazy 100-activities-a-day challenge! Today, TAG THEM and tell them why you're thankful for them. And don't feel limited to one person. If several people have made a difference, tell them! ❤️ Imagine what the community will look like today if everyone takes a few minutes to tell someone else: “I'm glad you're here.” 🔥 MY DAY 16 TOTAL — 172! Yesterday I finished with... 🔥 172 ACTIVITIES! 🔥 Definitely more than my 100—and another qualifying day in the books! 😂 Now it's your turn! 👇 DAY 16 — _____ activities Remember, I need your total even if you didn't reach 100. 🔥 NOW GO MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY! Here's your Day 17 mission: 1️⃣ Post your Day 16 activity total below. 2️⃣ Tag someone in CMK you're thankful for and tell them WHY. Then head out into the community and start working toward today's 100 genuine activities! Every comment, conversation, question, answer and word of encouragement is helping build the kind of community we're celebrating this October. We're on Day 17 now, everyone. The finish line is getting closer! 🎂🔥 ❤️ TODAY, LET'S NOT JUST COUNT OUR ACTIVITIES. LET'S MAKE OUR ACTIVITIES COUNT. Let's go get our Day 17 — 100! 🧶🔥❤️

Today isn't just another day of trying to reach 100 activities. Today is a day to CELEBRATE what all of those activities have accomplished! ❤️🧶 Because right now... 🏆 Circular Machine Knitting is #4 among ALL English-speaking Hobby communities on Skool Discovery! AND... 🤯 We are #40 among ALL English-speaking communities on Skool Discovery! ALL OF THEM! That is pretty incredible for our little corner of the internet devoted to circular machine knitting. 🧶❤️ 🔥 THIS IS WHAT AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT CAN DO! Our position on Skool Discovery moves up and down based on what's happening within the community, including authentic engagement. And over the last couple of weeks... YOU HAVE BEEN ROCKING IT! 🔥🔥🔥 You're not just clicking buttons to get to 100. You're answering questions. You're encouraging each other. You're commenting on projects. You're welcoming new members. You're starting conversations. You're sharing what you're working on. And you're getting to know the people behind those profile pictures. THAT is a community. ❤️ And every single one of you who has participated has contributed to what we're celebrating today. ❤️ THANK YOU! When I came up with this Anniversary Engagement Challenge, I wanted to see what would happen if we made a concentrated effort for 30 days to get people exploring and participating throughout CMK. Well... I think we're finding out! 😂🔥 To every person who has liked a project, answered a question, welcomed someone new, left an encouraging comment, shared something or started a conversation... THANK YOU. These rankings belong to ALL OF US. ❤️ 🔥 MY DAY 15 TOTAL — 131! I finished yesterday with: 🔥 131 ACTIVITIES! 🔥 Another qualifying day in the books! Now it's your turn. 👇 What was your DAY 15 total? Even if you didn't reach 100, give me your number anyway so I can keep tracking everyone's progress. 🎂 16 DAYS DOWN — LET'S KEEP ROCKING IT! We've passed the halfway point, but we're definitely not finished yet. Our Discovery position will move up and down—and that's okay. The goal isn't to obsess over a number.