This is so cool. Maybe everyone already knows this stuff.
I’ve been searching through unwanted yarns from other knitters and crocheters on Ravelry and getting lovely yarns for great prices! I’ve only just ordered them yet, so while I perch on the mailbox… here’s some info for you.
First of all, Ravelry is an amazing online high-fibre community. The site itself, from a web development perspective is so intuitive and full-featured while still being incredibly user-friendly. Do you know how hard that is? Powerfully feature-rich AND intuitive? It’s hard.
To register on Ravelry beta, you only have to queue a short time, and they’re sorting out the going-public thing soon.
Option 1) Search through the advertising boards
It’s simple, people list the items they want to sell, list the conditions of the sale, and you respond, voila! Good stuff goes fast! So you must keep on top of it, and it’s hit or miss.
Acronyms to know: (members use these on the titles of their posts)
ISO: In Search of
FS: For sale
FSOT: For sale or trade
There are a few certain boards for trading. When you get there, scroll waaaaay down to the bottom, and use the search function to locate a post. Fill in the field that looks like this:
I listed my two favorite Ravelry yarn trading boards below:
- Book De-stash and ISO Library http://www.ravelry.com/groups/book-destash–iso-library
- De-stash International http://www.ravelry.com/groups/destash-international
- NB: The De-stash page as links to many other boards.
Option 2) Forage with the stash search tool!
I only found out about this the other day- you can actually search through yarns available via stash search! This is just about the best thing ever. As with all functionality on Ravelry, it’s really powerful (search by colour, add keywords for fibre, company name, etc)
Get a cup of tea, close the door, put your phone on silent, have a seat and dive into THE RAVELRY STASH SEARCH!!
After you click on this link, I don’t think you’ll be back here for a while, so… bye bye!
