For the love of Ravelry

Ravelry is THE knit and crochet community on the Internet. It is the wonderful place where all fiber fanatics can park themselves in soft, luxurious comfort. It is easy to set up one's own little corner of the yarny universe and to share knowledge, patterns, photos, and thoughts.

Questions are answered. Pattern help is just a keyboard click away. Like-minded folk are waiting to form fiber friendships that often spill out into the brick and mortar world. Patterns, patterns, patterns, free and for purchase, can be found in abundance. People, people, people shop, swap, and share in groups.

It is because of the existence of Ravelry that my Sharing Our Gifts Across America project has even been able to accomplish its first modest goals. Almost every person who has donated to the project has been a member of the Sharing Our Gifts group on Ravelry. A few have found us in other ways, but the lion's share of help has been from Ravelry.

I am happy to have found this wonderful website when I was just a newbie knitter, and I have had nothing but positive experiences there. If you happen to be one of those who is not yet on Ravelry, or who has never been there, you must go and have a look.

Once there, you can join the group, share your stash, peruse the huge database of patterns, and even participate in the Ravelympics in February.

See you there!

Maggpie's Hat

photo, copyright © maggpie

I have received this very Smart Hat from Maggpie on Ravelry. It is called Smart Hat, and the pattern is available for free download on Ravelry. It is like Christmas in October around here, but I get to have the dual excitement of receiving the gifts and opening the mail packages AND playing St. Nick and delivering them to their future owners.

I LOVE mail, I LOVE yarn, I LOVE textures, and I LOVE giving. Now, I have it all wrapped up on one project. I am loving this arrangement. I will not be the direct mail recipient for all the projects, so will not always get to have such fun and excitement from the post box.

Thank you, Maggpie, for this wonderful hat! It is soft, bulky, and a wonderfully manly color. I am certain that the Veteran receiving this one will appreciate all your hard work.

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Cable Knit Achieved!

(click the photo to go to weezalana's Ravelry page)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my camera has gone the way of all defunct electronics. Not because it won't take pictures anymore, but because it will not load those pictures onto a computer anymore. Bad AV output connector.

So, the photo today is brought to you by weezalana from Ravelry. The photo is of the Lucky 7 hat she made, and illustrates for you the hat I just knitted. Mine was knit in a solid sage green yarn by Paton's. It was my first attempt at cables, and mine came out great! I am so happy to be over the cable hurdle and to know that they don't have to be that difficult.

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry (I love that spirit of giving that I can share here!)

happy knitting!