#craft bazaar

The 2026 Fan Crafts Bazaar is now open!

We don’t allow physical fanworks in the main auction for a variety of reasons, so to accommodate these we started the FTH Fan Crafts Bazaar.

This year's Bazaar is so far tying last year's record of 28 crafters offering a wide variety of crafts in dozens of fandoms (and many who will create for any fandom you like).

Every crafter has set up their own stall with their own policies - some are offering custom-made creations while some are ready to ship; some are holding their own auctions while some have items for a set donation. So be sure to read the details carefully!

The Bazaar will stay open until March 18, so if you don’t win the auctions you have your eye on in the main event, head back over there to find other places to direct your donations toward! (But some may be ending their auctions earlier than the 18th, while others may run out of ready-made stock before then, so check those details.)

We’ll also continue to add stalls as they come in over the next couple of days, so be sure to check again in a few days to see what’s been added - and if you’re a crafter who hasn’t had a chance to sign up, you still can!

let me make you a (hockey) thing!

for fandom trumps hate for 2025, i will be offering craft works for hockey fandom (men's and women's).

if you're interested in a bespoke crocheted or knitted item, here is what i'm offering:

small ornament-sized item (like the size of your hand, pictured examples above) related to a team or player. examples could include: a yellow croc, player-as-mermaid/mer-squid/mer-lobster/etc., a kraken in the seattle kraken color-scheme, a nasty jock, other ideas that you have. $10 donation to an identified charitable org.

medium-sized item. this could be a hat in your team colors, bigger amigurumi-style creation. $20 donation to an identified charitable org.

go big! would you like a giant devon toews mermaid? large carly jackson in a fuzzy gold vest? cody ceci centaur-cow with a somewhat defined human torso and cow body complete with udder (iykyk)? scarf or blanket in your team colors? the world is your oyster. donation amount tbd based on what you're looking for and what you can reasonably give.

the browsing period officially starts on friday, february 21st, and bidding officially starts on tuesday, february 25th. what i'll need from you, once bidding opens:

comment on this post, dm me, or email me at [email protected] to let me know if you're interested in a thing! i'm also on discord if that's easiest for you. i suck at discord but i will make an effort if you strongly prefer that channel

a reliable way of contacting you as we work through the details of what you're interested in

proof of a donation to one of the identified charitable orgs

ultimately, mailing instructions for where i should send your completed item once it's finished

i'll update the post with links once browsing and bidding are officially available. in the meantime, hit me up if you have ideas/questions that you want to work through in advance

I’ve still got 6 available crochet Pokémon slots available for the next 48 hours! Choose your favorite from over 60 patterns for just a $20 donation!

Craft Bazaar signups don't close until auctions open for bidding!

You have another full week to sign up!

Do you crochet amigurumi of your favorite characters? Bind physical copies of fic? Design and print fandom stickers? Make fandom-themed jewelry?

If you create anything that has to be physically shipped to the receiver, or a digital item that isn't custom-made to your bidder's preferences, you may not be able to enter it in the main auction but it's a perfect fit for the FTH Fan Crafts Bazaar! (We'll let you in on a secret: it doesn't even necessarily have to be fandom-themed, although most people are looking for stuff from their favorite fandoms.)

The Craft Bazaar is different from the main auction in a few key ways:

Crafters can offer either custom-made or pre-made items

Crafters can offer their items at auction or for a set donation (if you run an auction, you'll be responsible for it, but we'll provide a template)

It stays open after the main auction closes so that people who lost their bidding wars can check it out with their leftover donation budget

Crafters can charge shipping separately (to them, rather than as part of the donation) if they need to

If this sounds like your thing, read all the details here, then head over to the signup form!

Bidding has been open for 54 hours, which leaves 54 more until the bidding forms close at 8 PM Eastern, Saturday March 9th.

Behind the scenes your mods are marveling at the numbers.

You would think that with 33% more auctions than last year (which, remember, was already our largest year ever), the bids would be spread a little thinner than usual, right?

But that's not what's happening.

The percentage of auctions with one bid halfway through has actually gone up by 8%! That's right, with 33% more auctions, we have 50% more bids! And the percentage that have multiple bids has gone up by 10%.

You guys are ON IT.

Of course, if your auction doesn't have one yet, don't fret! While we can't guarantee every auction will get a bid, we know that a lot of people do wait until the last minute.

To help those people find unbid auctions, we'll be tagging golden needles this time tomorrow.

Georgia, Tbilisi bazaar street market, 2023, #people

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