I had a stroke of luck late last week. I was very happy to hear that Crochet Me had entered it’s new beta for where the content is user generated. I posted the patterns I have available here and had fun digging around seeing what else was there. About 5 years ago when I started really getting into crochet it was almost impossible to find and patterns that fit my taste. Now with the some of the great new service like craftster and flickr it has become easier. I really like how the new crochet me helps you search quickly through many of these free patterns without having to dig through 100s of blogs. And it’s all free. Super cool.
The next day after playing with Crochet Me I got my Ravelry invite. It was all I could do not to dig through all day while I was at work. Ravelry has a great database of patterns. Unlike CrochetMe’s the patterns are not all free, but rather soemthign that lets you know before you buy or download basic info about the pattern and what others rate it. How great. Ravelry wants to make it when one day you will be able to sell your patterns trough their service. What a great idea.
All this talk about patterns. I should tell you what I have been up to. I have spent most of the last two weeks or so working on writing patterns. While I never lacked respect for designers, I have gained a deeper appreciation of how hard it is to write clear directions. I usually write my patterns in my notebook as I go, it is a strange shorthand that I doubt anyone but myself could follow. Hopefully I will be able to have some sort of pay off for all this work. Wish me luck!