Knitting finds its niche on the web
This craft is not just for grandma anymore. Thanks to DIY sites and magazines like Etsy, Make and Instructables, crafters all over the world have reinvented the medium of needles and yarn in ways both common and strange.
But a social network for knitters? As strange as it sounds, Ravelry is just that. Yarn enthusiasts can sign up and connect with other knitters, share patterns and compare stashes of yarn. There’s even a section called Ugh! that documents disasterous projects.
Ravelry was created in 2007 and is currently in beta testing. The wait between signing up and actually receiving an invitation to join can take anywhere from a few days to a week or two, depending on demand. In addition to being a site where knitters can connect, Ravelry also features some useful organization tools- a queue for projects, a yarn and needle inventory and documentation of all of your projects.
Ravelry currently has more than 150,000 users and plans to launch sometime in 2009.
Popularity: 38% [?]
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