Ravelry?

September 26, 2007 6:59 AM

Wee pony: can we get Ravelry added to our list of social apps in the profile?

Also, if anyone's already on there and wants to add me, my username is elizawrites.

posted by sugarfish to feature requests at 6:59 AM (24 comments total)

Add it to the wiki.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:05 AM on September 26, 2007

Is there a point to adding things that are still in closed beta?
posted by smackfu at 7:11 AM on September 26, 2007

Thanks!
posted by sugarfish at 7:12 AM on September 26, 2007

# You are #32087 on the list.
# 14073 people are ahead of you in line.
# 4288 people are behind you in line.
# 49% of the list has been invited so far

*weeps in corner*
posted by cowbellemoo at 8:20 AM on September 26, 2007

Is there a point to adding things that are still in closed beta?

Sure. You can still get invited to the beta by means of a wait list. There's already a MetaStitcher group with 31 members.
posted by padraigin at 8:20 AM on September 26, 2007

smackfu, it's only semi-closed. They're inviting hundreds of people a day, and people can still sign up for the invite list. My understanding is that they have the technology to invite the whole list (i.e. 18,000 new users wouldn't crash their new servers) but not the people-power. It's still only a husband and wife. They're getting volunteer assistance from members with some things, but the majority of stuff is still things that only one of them can do. Plus, as padraigin says, there's already over 30 of us on there.

cowbellemoo, the invitations are moving faster now. My friend moved up 3000 places in a week. If you want to prep for when you're on, take pictures of your stash and projects, and make lists of your needles and stash, or at least make sure you have your stash all together for easy reference. If you're doing Stitches East, there's going to be some sort of Ravelry meetup. It might just be meeting up at the food court at lunch; we haven't worked out the details yet.
posted by booksherpa at 9:40 AM on September 26, 2007

My wife just got her invite last night. I have to say that while the yarn arts don't really hold my attention, the site is just really cool. It's exactly the social site I'd want if I were getting my crochet on.
posted by cortex at 9:58 AM on September 26, 2007

You signed up on Today
You are #36505 on the list.
18118 people are ahead of you in line.
0 people are behind you in line.
49% of the list has been invited so far
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:01 AM on September 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

thanks, booksherpa. I saw their blog say they were doing ~500 a day, which would get me in roughly a month from now. I only have one project so far, but it does happen to be the only X8 Superscarf in existence. It's made of baby alpaca and grants +4 to all survival checks.

But I have gotten holiday orders already. :D
posted by cowbellemoo at 10:08 AM on September 26, 2007

When I read that TPS, I think of that waiting room scene in Beetlejuice.
posted by ALongDecember at 10:10 AM on September 26, 2007

I got mine two days ago--I'm in as fuzzbean.
posted by fuzzbean at 10:21 AM on September 26, 2007

...take pictures of your stash and projects, and make lists of your needles and stash, or at least make sure you have your stash all together for easy reference.

I was all confused for a minute, thinking this was a group for people like me. Then I realized it was about knitting.

If anyone wants to share my stash, and hear my half-baked project ideas, I am standing by in Bishkek.
posted by Meatbomb at 10:21 AM on September 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Just as a note, people keep linking to the old MeFi wiki page for the social networking "to do" list - I've now migrated that old page to the new wiki.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:30 AM on September 26, 2007

Man, I'd be afraid of getting shot holding black tar in Turkmenistan if I shared your stash, Meatbomb.

But not too afraid.
posted by klangklangston at 10:35 AM on September 26, 2007

Meatbomb's stash + my stash = a big, misshapen, unwearable yarn thing with Dorito dust all over it.
posted by padraigin at 10:46 AM on September 26, 2007

i'm on ravelry too. i was all like "pffft ravelry". but omg it is so awesome. it's a magical magical place.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 10:53 AM on September 26, 2007

If anyone wants to share my stash, and hear my half-baked project ideas, I am standing by in Bishkek.

::taps arm vein twice, sets curtains on fire::
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:15 AM on September 26, 2007

it's a magical magical place.

Oh, man. This is just like that time when I forgot my ticket to the Air concert and couldn't get in the door. I want my Sexy Boy.
posted by cowbellemoo at 11:29 AM on September 26, 2007

I'm in, as of the other day (alias Carrabuda). I have yet to plumb the depths/scale the heights of its full awesomeness, but come the weekend, hoo boy.
posted by GrammarMoses at 1:05 PM on September 26, 2007

Well, now I want to join Ravelry and I can barely tie a knot.
posted by katillathehun at 2:32 PM on September 26, 2007

"It's exactly the social site I'd want if I were getting my crochet on."

I read that as "getting my crotch done", for fuck's sake.

CAN I HAZ GLASSES?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:58 PM on September 26, 2007

Woohoo! More MeFite Ravelers! Be sure to join the MetaStitcher group and say hello...
posted by web-goddess at 4:37 PM on September 26, 2007

I got my invitation yesterday! I'd almost forgotten that I out my name in. Now, if I only had the free time to knit, I'd be set.
posted by MadamM at 6:20 PM on September 26, 2007

Joined today, and joined the MeFi Stitchers group. Woot!
posted by angeline at 1:28 PM on September 27, 2007