Ravelry

Holly/Knit With Snot for You found me (Spinsanity) on Ravelry this week. She told me our mutual friend, Carina/Bina wasn't in yet and probably wouldn't be...she prefers the comfort of the Knitty boards. Holly commented that Carina was really missing out because "Ravelry is rocker!"

My (heavily edited to add stuff) reply to Holly--

A few months ago, my Sybermom crafty friends were all aflutter about Ravelry and I was...huh? What's that? Uh, I'm too busy/lazy/winding down the school year to care. But they kept talking and then they stopped talking. Because they were all in (on?) Ravelry. So I had to get on the list or never have anyone to talk to again.

Carina needs to poke her head out of the coffeeshop and see there's a whole 'nother world out here.

One of the first things I did was friend The Harlot Herself. Yeah, I know, so did everyone else (Casey said there were plans to be able to turn off "friended" notices...and that should be great news to Stephanie). But Sockpr0n friended ME!! And someone posted that Susan Lawrence (you know, Forest Canopy?) was offering some of her patterns half off as her own birthday gift. I clicked right over and snatched up a copy of Spring Things (which I'd planned to buy as soon as it came out but didn't). Then I posted birthday wishes (and a comment about being excited when I saw she'd commented on my Forest Canopy) to Susan in the same thread. I had no idea she was in there and would see it and click through and buy key chains from my Etsy shop. How freakin' cool is that??

And...I am soooo oblivious at times. Snooze, who bought one of my flower spindles, raved about it on her blog and then invited me to join a bunch of Ravelry groups is none other than Susie, the dyer of Stephanie's perfect Peacock Feathers Shawl yarn (scroll all the way down, second from the bottom pic). My daughter knew this. She thought I knew this. What can I say, it took me awhile.

I am seriously rubbing elbows with famous folks.

Yes, Holly, it's rockers. Ravelry is the bestest thing ever! And...HA... Carina's in now. :-)