Earlier this summer I visited River City Knits in Lafayette, IN looking for some ribbon yarn for a crochet project I was wanting to try. *sigh* The pattern was disappointing... or perhaps my gauge was the problem... but I digress! While there, I overheard the lady at the counter telling another customer about this crochet/knitting web site. Of course I made a mental note of the web address but then forgot it, of course! Shortly thereafter though, while doing a web search I accidentally found the site. Membership is free, so I have since signed up for a username and password. The site is www. ravelry.com.
It has several fun features but I like being able to save projects I want to do to a work queue or save patterns you are interested in to your notebook. One can even enter your private stash of yarns and threads and then use that to hunt for possible projects to use up that supply. I have started entering my stash of magazines, books and booklets. Now when I stumble on a stash at a yard sale or auction I can pull Ravelry up on my droid phone and see if I already have the issue or book.
Finally, and one of the cooler features is adding a button on my Firefox browser called "ravel it!". If I find something I like on a web page, I can "ravel it" and it will hunt for that pattern/design on Ravelry. It will pull up that pattern if possible as well as similar patterns. I did that on an interesting crochet potholder and then hit the "ravel it" button. WOW! Not only did I find the pattern I was looking at, I got sucked into a whole realm of other cool ideas. Let's not forget.... Christmas is coming and crocheting a kitchen ensemble may be old fashioned, but appreciated by those who actually know how great a good crocheted/knitted cotton dishcloth is!
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