Ravel(ry) rousing
I know everyone and their blue haired aunt has already blogged about it, but seriously- Ravelry is so beyond awesome, and such a genius idea. I was lucky enough to get an invite from everyone's favorite pump pimp, and it is finally the thing that made me sign up for a (real) Flickr account. I think it would be a great place for non-bloggers to catalogue their stash, and meet other knitters (I can't have been the only one that was afraid of leaving comments when I didn't have a blog, right?). I mean, I actually want to catalogue my stash, which is a sobering and daunting prospect in itself. It's downhill from here, ladies and gents.
On two totally unrelated notes- Cotton Ease on sale at Michaels this week! And Kaffe Fassett had designed a sock yarn for Regia [full disclosure: I've never bought from this site, but man, they have nice prices!]. I am a fan of the Landscapes line, but they all look really nice- I love the colors.
Leaving comments is sometimes hard even when you have a blog - I think I only comment on about 5-10% of the ones I read. (Now don't you feel special???)
Posted by: terby | May 08, 2007 at 06:28 PM
My friend who doesn't have a blog but wants some of the benefits of blogging is one of the people I think is enjoying Ravelry most.... wait. no. IIII'm enjoying it the most. ;-)
Posted by: maya | May 08, 2007 at 07:21 PM
I was (am) looking forward most to documenting the stash, but now that up to my ears in stash pictures (and not done yet), it's scaring me a little. It all looked so much smaller stuffed in the back of my closet. (Please note that it did not stop me from going to my LYS today.)
Posted by: Katherine | May 08, 2007 at 10:51 PM
ravelry has taken over my life. i so did not do work At work yesterday... ahh! Love it. (i'm on it right now actually!)
Posted by: margaux | May 09, 2007 at 06:01 AM
Cotton Ease Sale? Oh dear, I just bought some full price last week. And with all the old colors I still have in my closet, I really don't need any more. But yarn isn't really about needs, is it?
Posted by: katie | May 09, 2007 at 07:05 AM
Dude - I love that I'm the pimp of something.
I knew you would love the dang thing....
Posted by: Bookish Wendy | May 09, 2007 at 07:06 AM
i think i'm in love with landscapes fire.
Posted by: maryse | May 09, 2007 at 08:59 AM
I saw that sale & immediately thought of you. They were all out of the color I wanted. Must find another store.
Posted by: lola | May 09, 2007 at 09:49 AM
ooohhh- look at that sock yarn...its like knitting with a roll of lifesavers! yummmmm
Posted by: bongomama | May 09, 2007 at 06:47 PM
A hilarious note about the Kaffe Fasett Regia sock yarn: their sample socks are knit in Kaffe's shoe size and they're HUGE! I love that they thought of doing that in the first place (clever!) and they really make an impression (ginormous!)
Posted by: xtina | May 10, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Wow. Have completely NEVER heard of this.
Posted by: Vik | May 10, 2007 at 11:22 AM
I would love an invite to Ravelry. I added my name to the list last week sometime and am still holding out hope for an invite. The yarn for your socks was shipped today!!
Posted by: Cathi's sock pal | May 10, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Second the Ravelry, I know they are slowly getting invites out, but with about 3,000 on the waiting list (so I hear), and Jess and Casey having full-time jobs, trying to get the site not to explode is a tricky thing.
Thanks for the heads up on the cotton-ease sale, and I just moved near to a Michaels - looks like it's time for a visit.
Posted by: Schrodinger | May 10, 2007 at 07:17 PM
I had not heard of Ravelry before and now I've heard about it twice this week. It was also mentioned on the Stash and Burn podcast. It does sound intriguing, but I am already signed up for so many blogging/social networking sites that I'm afraid to even look at another one!
Posted by: Dani in NC | May 13, 2007 at 08:42 AM