Library Journal on Knitting in a Digital Age
By: Meg
20 Sep 2007
August's Library Journal has a great article about creating and maintaining collections of knitting books, dvds, and websites.
This isn't relevant to my library, of course--although I personally find knitting a great relaxation technique--but for my fellow knitters, there are some great concise reviews. I've heard of many of the titles, but there were a few that were new and sound interesting.
In 2.0 news, I just checked my place in the Ravelry waiting list, and there are fewer than 3000 people ahead of me waiting for an invitation to sign up, so I should get mine in the next couple weeks. Ravelry is a new 2.0 tool geared for knitters and crocheters that we can use to organize our stashes and patterns, but also connect with others who are working on the same project, and who knows how many other ways. It was recently scoffed at on a tech geek site, which is silly, because most of the knitters I know ARE tech geeks/bloggers/2.0-philes of some sort. (And quite a few of my Sweet Stitchin' Betties are librarian tech geeks/bloggers/2.0-philes!) Perhaps it's no coincidence that knitters and librarians have similar perception/reality problems with their image.
Coming soon: pictures of the Star Trek socks I'm knitting. I'm nearly done with the cuff of the second one.
This isn't relevant to my library, of course--although I personally find knitting a great relaxation technique--but for my fellow knitters, there are some great concise reviews. I've heard of many of the titles, but there were a few that were new and sound interesting.
In 2.0 news, I just checked my place in the Ravelry waiting list, and there are fewer than 3000 people ahead of me waiting for an invitation to sign up, so I should get mine in the next couple weeks. Ravelry is a new 2.0 tool geared for knitters and crocheters that we can use to organize our stashes and patterns, but also connect with others who are working on the same project, and who knows how many other ways. It was recently scoffed at on a tech geek site, which is silly, because most of the knitters I know ARE tech geeks/bloggers/2.0-philes of some sort. (And quite a few of my Sweet Stitchin' Betties are librarian tech geeks/bloggers/2.0-philes!) Perhaps it's no coincidence that knitters and librarians have similar perception/reality problems with their image.
Coming soon: pictures of the Star Trek socks I'm knitting. I'm nearly done with the cuff of the second one.
3 Responses to Library Journal on Knitting in a Digital Age
Jennie (not verified)
Thursday, October 4, 2007 - 16:05 reply
Sounds fab!I’m also a crafter (although quilling and cardmaking / scrapbooking are more my thing, can never remember how to cast on / off in knitting!), and being able to chat to othersabout projects is a great help!
Meg Kribble (not verified)
Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 04:57 reply
Absolutely will! It's going to be a bit longer, since I made a stupid mistake twenty rows back on the second one. UGH!
The DD Psych-o-Lady (not verified)
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 18:28 reply
Very nice! Will you show us some pictures of the socks when you're done with them?
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