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I have a ton of old business to catch up on this here blog. We have the Naming Contest, The Knitted Gifts, The Shower of Love, The Slumber Party, etc.
But first some new news:
Ravelry. Many of you are likely hip to this by now. Cathi’s post reminded me that I had yet to offer my rave reviews and glowing comments about Jess and her husband Casey’s new baby. Jess, who I feel lucky to know in real life, first mentioned this project to a group of us at Jackie’s house during her swatching madness project. I was especially interested in this idea as it speaks to my Type A heart in a special whisper. It reminded me of a LibraryThing for knits. A great thing indeed.
I have spent a bit of time on the site and am incredibly impressed. Casey built this site during his free time (he has a full time job). They are in the process of adding more Beta Users. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term Beta as it is used here it is simply another term for test users. The site is not quite ready for wide release. Beta users give the developers (in this case just Casey) an opportunity to get feedback about bugs and solicit input regarding changes and organization). Jess, being the sweet knitter she is, is concerned that peeps will get frustrated because they have queued up and haven’t been added (I think the list is at like 3,000 now?!). The plan is to keep the site smaller and slowly add users as Casey and Jess work towards tweaking it to perfection. The tweaks will increase it’s usability. At that point it will be open to the public much like other sites are. Everyone will be welcome.
Having said that I have one invite left. Anyone out there want it? First come first served. The more time you have to devote to the site the better. ETA: It’s been taken….
On to other things.
New Hampshire Sheep and Wool. Any of you headed up this weekend?
For those of you who think Sophia looks like me…I give you….her father….
aka: Daddy and Mini Me.
And lastly..
Robby and I are headed to a wedding this fall in the Berkshires, specifically Lee, MA. Does anyone have any suggestions for Inns or Hotels? We’re not really into the B&B thing. It’s too “I’m staying in a strangers house” for me.
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) I’m coming out of quasi-lurkage to tell you that I happen to live in the Berkshires AND I’ll be coming to NH this weekend – if you’d like I can find some touristy booklets and bring them up. I’m also happy to help you find a good place to stay – Lee is sick with motels as is Lenox but the best place to stay depends on where you need to be during the weekend…anyway, happy to help…RSS feed for comments on this post.