Has anyone here

I signed up on July 4, I'm #13244. There are 4533 ahead of me and 11644 behind me.

:) VP

I couldnt figure out how to get in! :(

Wendy

I've heard of it, but am not sure what it is. Can you tell me?

Higs, Katherine

I took a look at it awhile back and decided I already spend too much time online. Let us know what you think after you get in.

I signed up last week but I haven't spent a lot of time there yet. I don't know how much I'll use it, but there are some things I like about it.

I was real original with my screen name. I used my first name and last initial :)

BB

PS - It says they are adding about 1200 people a week.

Here's a link for anyone wondering what it is all about -

BB

Wendy - Ravelry is in "beta" testing right now, and they're accepting sign-up requests only right now. Invitations to join are going out at around 1200 a week. I think the whole thing just mushroomed on them and the group owners were more than a little surprised at the response. Take a look at the screenshots they've put up that will help you understand what it's all about. ;>)

What you do is go to the "log-in" page, and a little further down on the right hand side, under the log-in, there is a spot to add your name to the list. Let me know if you run into any problems.

I think it looks like it will be a great place to communicate with "crafty" people all over the world, as well as fun things like viewing other peoples stashes and works in progress, etc.etc.

Shelagh

One of the young women in my knitting group has been in for a while and she absolutely loves it, so I'm really looking forward to it. I'll report back once I'm able to get in. ;>)

Shelagh

Well I agree with you but have found over the last 9 years that most people are afraid of the public newsgroups and therefore started with web based message boards/blogs. I am a member of a Baby Surprise Jacket group at yahoo but that is all the time I have. I prefer the public groups and the only drawback here is it's not a combo bin/text group...that would be perfect IMO we could post pictures of our stuff and also make comments all in the same place Also the public groups are faster then web based and I hate all the fluff....ads and moving graphics. I have a knitting blog but only for my projects...I never intend it to be a message board.

Oh for those interested I did a search and found the founders blog which has a bunch of interesting stuff about what the deal is:

I prefer the public groups and the

There are two little used binary groups which will accept both text and pictures. alt.binaries.crafts alt.binaries.pictures.crafts. DA

Thanks for the suggestions Mirjam ;>)..... go here to see Ravelry - read the blog to get an idea, and look at their screen shots:

It's going to be a community of crafters all around the world... Shelagh

Wow, that's sounding a little "sniffy"..... It's entirely possible "they" have never been here. It's a young couple who have quit their day jobs to set the Ravelry group up and people are lining up to join.

From what I'm understanding, there's going to be a lot more going on there than here. Ever since we got bombarded by those idiot spammers last year, most of the people that were on this group migrated over to a completely closed Yahoo group.

Before you get too snotty about it, try reading their blog (link posted by someone else in another post) to get an idea of what they're about. Both groups can co-exist quite comfortably.

Shelagh

Oh didn't know...thanks will check em out

Thanks! Donna

I read the About Page at the site and was surprised to see access will be free.....not sure who there web host is but with the kind traffic they are getting now and appears in the future I have doubts they will be able to keep it free......my host charges extra if I go over my bandwidth and I have seen other sites that have been down for days because they were over the limit. Looking at the screen shots it looks really neat.

Donna

You are very welcome. I too prefer USENET since as security measure, I don't run active x or java from websites. This prevents a lot of sites from loading properly. DA

Hi Melinda,

My understanding is Ravelry is very different than this newsgroup in several ways. (BB, if I'm wrong, please correct me on this!) In addition to the pictures, I think there is an indexing system where you can look projects up by pattern name or type of yarn. For instance, if you have several skein of Brand Loopy Yarn, you can search by that yarn and find patterns. Additionally, if you have a pattern you'd like to try, you can search by that pattern and find how others have fared with it, what problems there are with the pattern, or yarn substitutions, ect.

This is all gleaned through the input of the members, so when you join, you enter your finished objects and their vital statistics, your yarn, needles, etc. It apparently is a lot of work (for people with a lot of yarn or projects :)) to get set up, but everyone I know who has gotten their invitation, loves it. The invitation process is not based on anything other than your place in line, so when they get to your number, you're invited. I'm still waiting for my invite.

Ravelry won't replace this newgroup for me, but it will be a new and interesting place to learn and share.

Hesira

And what do they think this newsgroup is?

Thanks for that DA. Like Donna I don't have a lot of time to spend so will stick to the public groups too. I've added alt.binaries.pictures.crafts to my list but couldn't find the other one.

I shall keep Ravelry's link to hand and check in there periodically without joining. There's certainly a lot of interesting craft stuff happening! :-)

Bernadette