I Ravelrise too

*A note on the headline – I like to verbify nouns, but I am not the first to do it for using Ravelry. That distinction, Google answered, might go to Sof Frankenstein .

Other neologisms or niche lingo might pop up herein.  Answers and amusement might be found in Ravelry wiki’s Glossary.

Soon after mum was diagnosed and I started spending my off-work days with her, I picked up knitting. 

A scarf,

a few rectangle—>beanies,

…

and I wanted to try some more appealing and more challenging projects.

A circle scarf with more complex stitch-sets,

reducing for a shaped beanie crown,

its spring so a lacy sunhat….

So naturally, I bet you can guess where I started learning the myriad refinements (once I had exhausted my mum’s knowledge and that on her shelf)?  _______ , _____ and _______ _____ 

Very soon I wanted to blog what I was learning, but it is just not easy enough.  Perhaps if I find a mobile app that could substitute for OpenLiveWriter (Don’t tell me about any apps that use Bloggers’ own html-disrespecting post-editor).

Much of what I learned was either from, or linked in some way to, Ravelry.  So why not give it a go?

Oh my, what a bounty!

At the time I had not a thought for its potential contribution to my professional development as a librarian. But of course now that I start a post about “my knitting” in this blog, and think about the blogs usual themes, the connections pour out.

• It is a niche social network (tag:web 2.0 tools) and I expect to spend some time evaluating its features and usability.
• Some of our library’s Yak&Yarners are already Ravelry members, if not avid users, and I’m wondering whether there might be Ravelers in the area who might enjoy meetups at the library.
• Learning journeys through thrills and spills
• Transferability of problem recognition, analysis and recovery, (aargh that can’t be right, why?, what if?, tinking)
• I’m even using Googlesheets to chart & calculate patterns
• …

Tell me about your hobby-learning?