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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 placeG 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: http://www.frecklegirl.com/blog/category/ravelry/ Donna Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote: And what do they think this newsgroup is? Shillelagh wrote: 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. |
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what is ravelry ???
call yourself Kidon [or Hanit , or SayifOr Romach Or Herev] all of which are Synonims in Hebrew to Shelach since i read your name with an CH [like the Spanish J as i tend to read mames in Dutch spelling ] 14:50:16 -0500, "Shillelagh" wrote: signed up for Ravelry?? I signed up on July 3, I'm #12,185 There are 3495 ahead of me and 12,679 behind me. I'm patiently waiting for my invite. I'm trying to figure out what screen name to use there ;) Shelagh |
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Snip 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 placeG 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. There are two little used binary groups which will accept both text and pictures. alt.binaries.crafts alt.binaries.pictures.crafts. DA |
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"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... what is ravelry ??? call yourself Kidon [or Hanit , or SayifOr Romach Or Herev] all of which are Synonims in Hebrew to Shelach since i read your name with an CH [like the Spanish J as i tend to read mames in Dutch spelling ] Thanks for the suggestions Mirjam ;)..... go here to see Ravelry - read the blog to get an idea, and look at their screen shots: http://www.ravelry.com It's going to be a community of crafters all around the world... Shelagh |
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"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... And what do they think this newsgroup is? 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 Shillelagh wrote: 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. -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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DA wrote:
Snip 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 placeG 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. There are two little used binary groups which will accept both text and pictures. alt.binaries.crafts alt.binaries.pictures.crafts. DA Oh didn't know...thanks will check em outG Thanks! Donna |
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Shillelagh wrote:
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... And what do they think this newsgroup is? 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 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 |
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Oh didn't know...thanks will check em outG Thanks! 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 |
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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 On Aug 12, 9:58 pm, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote: And what do they think this newsgroup is? |
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:15:26 -0400, DA wrote:
Snip 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 placeG 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. There are two little used binary groups which will accept both text and pictures. alt.binaries.crafts alt.binaries.pictures.crafts. DA 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 |
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