Ravelry Reviews

Ravelry is a site created for knitters and crocheters. While there is a social aspect to it - there are message boards for just about every interest you can think of - the real beauty lies in the tools available. When you sign up, you have a "notebook." In your notebook, you list all your yarns and hooks and other such tools in your stash, ongoing projects, finished projects, books and patterns. Then you can browse the notebooks of other people, do searches for specific yarns or patterns, or for a pattern with a specific yarn, etc. If you see a pattern you'd like to try out, you add it to… read full review »

Seriously, if you've ever used yarn to make anything, you have GOT to get on Ravelry. Besides being a fun, free community full of crafters, designers, and retailers it the BEST online resource I have ever found. — My favorite thing about it is the "notebook." — Each user has the option to enter a list of projects both current and finished, along with photographs, comments, ratings, hyperlinks, etc. I don't know how I ever started a project with confidence before now! If I find a pattern that turns me on, I immediately go to Ravelry and see who else is working on it. I… read full review »

Looking for the perfect project for that 143 yards of orange-striped acrylic? Want to see everyone else's versions of the Jaywalker? Looking for other knitters who love the same webcomics you do? — Trust me: it's ALL on Ravelry. Be prepared to spend the time you've set aside for knitting here. You'll sign on, thinking you'll only spend a few minutes, looking for that perfect yarn--but then you find the forums, and you start looking at projects, and as soon as you know it it's the next morning and you forgot to sleep because of THE RAV. —… read full review »