Besides getting a nasty cold (RSV?), and hunkering down beside a nice, new box of Kleenex on one side and a disgusting pile of gooey tissues on the other, disinfecting my keyboard, door handles, light switches, and, especially, the handle on the refrigerator, and making homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles, I have been combing through my Ravelry "favorites," and adding pictures to my pinterest boards.
For those of you who live under a rock, Ravelry is an excellent knitting and crocheting website that connects crafters, yarns, designers and patterns. Go check it out at www.ravelry.com. One excellent feature, as you spend hours trolling other peoples projects, is that you can "like" or favorite any project, yarn, or designer. Probably much more, too, but I'm a limited human being. After being on Ravelry for five years, I had 80 pages of favorites. At 25 favorites a page, I was pushing 2,000 chosen patterns. Keep in mind, I am a discriminating crafter. There's a lot of stuff on there.
When I first starting clicking the heart button, I didn't take advantage of the box that popped up which allowed me to make notes on about the favorite-d thing. Later I added notes, but in the wrong box. It is only the tags one adds in the last entry that will cross-tabulate with all your other tags and build into a reference list. That list appears on the left hand side once you are on the favorites. So, if I label all cowls as "cowls," a reference tabs will keep a tally. I can click that tally and it will take me to a new page where all those projects will be appear together.
Oftentimes I have added favorites after researching a particular yarn or project. After 80 pages, it has become hard to find them again. The last three days I have gone through each entry, evaluated whether to keep it or not, and added tags or notes. I rediscovered lots of old project-friends, been reinvigorated with old dreams, and remembered yarns I mean to knit. Not a bad exercise at the beginning of the year!
I have also finished spinning the pinkish roving I spoke of in the last post. One skein is soaking right now. The other still has to be plied.
Finally, I am almost done with the double-layered hat my husband requested and designed. Then, I can tackle one of those resurrected projects!
1 comment:
I'd say quite the pile of accomplishments to go with that pile of tissues, especially given that you are fighting that illness. My favorites list is unlikely to ever be as healthy as yours. I hope, however, that you yourself are quite healthy quite soon.
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