I'm sure that some people are tired of hearing about Ravelry (well, except my husband, who has probably heard about it for the first time just now). A few weeks ago I signed up, having seen a few reviews (read: raves) about the website and how neat and useful it all was. I didn't expect an invite. I didn't know if it was a strict date-wise beta or only the cool kids are doing it or anything.
Umm, I got my invite.
I haven't played with it much, because I had work and then a meeting with friends, but I love that I can put in my books super easy. If I bothered to tag my knitting books in Library Thing it would have been even easier! I've been exploring the different patterns that are out there... mostly trying to find something to do with my single skein of Sea Silk.
My only problem is I'm not much of a photographer. I love blogs with photos, so I want my blog to have pictures too. I usually make my husband take the pictures, but it seems unfair to make him take tons of pictures of yarn (rather than finished or partially finished objects) even if I bribe him with homemade ice cream (I'm making chocolate ice cream right now with a Lactaid Milk base... I love knowing that my lactose intolerant friends can eat it).
I also don't have a Flickr account (needed for the pictures). Does anyone know if there is a way to make Flickr import all of your pictures straight from Typepad? I can pull them all from my thumb drive, but it would be faster to just pull from my already uploaded pictures.
Things I love:
Seeing finished and in progress pictures in so many different yarns!
The queue - I love being able to tag the patterns I'm interested in (which at this point reminds me that I have bought yarn for some things nearly a year ago...)
Lace - I'm a huge lace fanatic, so seeing so much lace (even more than the finished and in progress pictures) is completely thrilling!
Things that frighten me:
Do I really want to know how much yarn I have and when I bought it?
How many projects do I have all of the yarn for?
Do I really need a Flickr account, a blog, and... and... and... (see the pattern)?
My pictures completely stink! These are all so pretty!
Mostly stupid insecurities that I don't truly have time enough to think about (welcome to my month of June is being booked for me all over the place, so there is no relaxation time for knitting and Ravelry any more than there is for the birthday present I requested - a nap) anything other than adding more parentheses to things, because that is what I do when I write with stream of consciousness.
