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• Thursday Tip: Organizing Your Projects
  … tab.  From there, I can start creating sets, which are based on tags. And then I can page through my projects and add them to the appropriate sets. When I’m all done, my new project tab is visible from my projects section of my notebook, right next to the organize tab, so it’s easy to refer back to those projects anytime I like.  And now, if I use those tags in any future projects they’ll automatically be added to the existing sets. I hope you enjoy setting up some tabs for your …
• Tip: Try Our New Ravelry Project Challenge
  … ! As of today, in your notebook you’ll see a new tab called challenge. You can enter a goal for the year or opt out, which will remove the tab from your view. After you have set your goal the tab is a home for your challenge –  the projects you have completed this year and the ones in your queue with a deadline in the current year stay up to date to track your progress. You can change your goal at any time, there is no deadline to sign up, and if you opt out and you can decide later to …
• Ravelry Tip: Filter Projects by Language
  … within a pattern by the language of its notes. As a refresher, Ravelry allows you to browse other Ravelers’ projects based on a pattern. You can see those projects by clicking Projects in one of these two places on a pattern page: On the Projects page, there’s a dropdown in the upper left that allows you to filter the projects you see by all kinds of attributes. In that dropdown, you’ll now see our new “Language in notes” filter! (Only the languages …
• Thursday Tip: Project Sorting and Filters
  … section of your Notebook, to help you quickly find what you are looking for and choose how you see it. On the far left is the add projects button, which is how you add a new project to your notebook. Next to that is the drop-down that allows you to sort your projects so that you can view your notebook in various ways (with your WIPs – works in progress – first, by happiness, etc.). The next option on the left side is a status filter – select this and you can easily switch the default all …
• Thursday Tip: search projects for inspiration
  … In the upper right - Sort: among other things, you can sort by "most favorites" and "most helpful" On the filter side bar - Finished in: you can use this to only look at projects that were finished in the last couple months or the last year. Combining this with the sorts can be useful. You can use made by friends and group name to look at projects made by people that are in your friends or your groups In my stash can be a way to find stash ideas. There is also a "Yarn name" option if you want to …
• Thursday Tip: Project Page Overview
  … woe. I love this field SO MUCH, when I use it. Yarn: Link to the yarn you used here. Just like when you link to patterns, clicking on the linked yarn’s name will lead you to that yarn’s Ravelry page, and your project will be included on the projects tab with other projects that have used that yarn. Stash: if you used a yarn that was in your stash, your stash entry will be linked here. How much? keep track of the yards/meters you used in this field. Colorway: enter the colorway of the yarn here …
• Thursday Tip: Adding a Project
  … ll get the chance to confirm the pattern on the next screen (again, if you start a pattern from your queue or the pattern page you can skip this step): Add details! Now you can fill in more detailed information about your project! Here is what you’ll see along the middle of your project page – here are the items we haven’t gone over already: Made for: was this a gift? Did you make it for yourself? Enter that here! Link to Raveler: fill in a Ravelry username in the “link to Raveler” field if …
• Thursday Tip: Helpful Project Notes
  … me. Checking out the size they knit or crocheted and how much ease they gave themselves gives me confidence to choose the right size for myself! Notes about the pattern and yarn: did the instructions have any particularly clear, clever, or confusing parts? Use your project notes to list these, and any solutions you found for parts that may have confused you. Likewise, it can be a great idea to record your impressions of the yarn while you are working with it – or even to go back and add notes …
• Thursday Tip: Pattern-less Project Categories
  … on Ravelry, so many of you will be familiar with the options already. As more Ravelers fill this information in, we’ll be able to use the category filters on the projects-made-without-a-pattern advanced search, as well as see these projects included when we’re browsing for all projects in a particular category with the project search. I’m already looking forward to going down the rabbit hole of beautiful sweaters, blankets, socks, etc. that you all have made that aren’t connected to any patterns …
• Thursday Tip: Yarn Used in Your Projects
  … our site is the data it provides.  Today’s tip is about a fun little tool on your project page that totals the length of yarn used in all your completed projects. Scroll to the bottom of your project page in your notebook, and you’ll see this little summary of the yardage (or metreage if that’s the appropriate unit for you!) in your projects.  Clicking on the link takes you to a table with your projects and the yardage used in each one.  Here I see that 2 out of 3 of my most …
• Thursday Tip: Project Search Options
  … . First, click “favorited by” in the “more search options” box. That brings up an image where I can enter the username of friends who’s favorites I want included and then hit “apply”. You can spend a lot of time playing with the different search features available on the project advanced search page. The great thing is that you can save all of that effort by saving your search. We have a handy post about that you can check out for more information on saving searches. Ravelers adding their …
• Thursday Tip: Gauge for Projects
  … a different gauge on purpose, and sometimes you’re not using a pattern at all and want to record the information for yourself. The new gauge field for projects is a great place to capture this information! Now, when I edit a project I see fields for gauge under the needles/hooks section. I can enter the information myself, or for my latest project where I was able to match the pattern gauge, I clicked the “fill in gauge from pattern” link to populate it magically. If stitches/rows per inch isn …
• Tip: Getting more out of the project gallery
  … ") if you click through to "advanced search". Summarize the yarn weight and yardage that people have used If you click "advanced search", the sidebar will provide you with totals: What does "search inside projects" search for? You can use the search box to find matching text in the project name, username, project notes, yarn names, colorway names and size made. You can match an exact phrase (like a yarn name) by putting it in "quotes" and you can exclude …
• Tip: Mobile Project Search
  … search, messages, library) you can click on the name of the page at the top to open the mobile navigation. From there click on the search link to get a handy pop-up with links to all the section of advanced search, including project search. Just like in the desktop version, the advanced search for projects allows you to enter search terms, sort your results, and select from several views of the output. You can also filter the results to narrow down to exactly what you’re looking for. Each …
• Tip: start a project from your phone!
  … want to use from your camera roll and click upload. From there you can rotate the photo if you need to, and add a caption if you like, then save. If you’re all done with photos, just click on the done button. From here, you can edit your project further – updating the progress or adding the date you started; you can also click on the share this link if you’d like to be able to share it via Ravelry message or allow it to be seen by non-Ravelers with a special link or even visible publicly …
• Tip: Project Challenge FAQs
  … behind a button with a picture of 3 dots. I declined the challenge but changed my mind and want to opt back in. How do I do that? Here’s a link! It will bring you to the challenge page and from there you’ll be able to choose to participate. How do I make my queued projects show up on the page? If you edit any item in your queue you’ll be able to add a due date to that item. If the due date is within the current year it will show up on your challenge page. How do I make my in-progress …
• Tip: Project Search
  … . This is best to use if you are searching for something specific. A second easy way to access the project search is to use the magnifying glass tab. To search only for projects, click the magnifying glass tab… then click “projects”. On that page, you can use a variety of search attributes to browse through projects. It can be really fun to look at all of the recently projects in a specific category, like hats for example. I find that I am always inspired by what other Ravelers are making …
• 2021 Project Challenge
  … Year's Resolutions, but  we want to remind you that you can set some goals for your fiber art, too! To help you keep track of your 2021 knitting and crocheting goals, we have the 2021 Project Challenge. To set up your Challenge, go to your project page and click the "Challenge" tab. You will be prompted to enter the number of projects you would like to complete this year. You can add deadlines to your queue items or your works in progress (WIPs) to have them show up on your challenge tab. Any …
• How can I share projects on Ravelry?
  … the upper right. A window will open with a link to click that says “share this page”. After clicking that, you will see options to choose from on how you would like to share your project. At this time, people outside of Ravelry can see pattern pages if you provide them with a link. If you would like to share your project with a group, go to your project page and choose a group on the right side of the page under “groups. Groups you have joined will show in the drop down. Please only share your …
• Thursday Tip: Adding Project Photos
  … on the “slurp from web” tab so you can see exactly how to get the URL from specific websites. Here, I want to use a photo on my blog. Right-click/command-click on the image and choose “copy image url” or “copy image location.” Back on your Ravelry projects’ photos tab, paste the link to the image in the slurp from web box and click “slurp it!” We’ll upload and resize the image and you’ll then be able to drag it into the right order and adjust the thumbnail. Have fun adding photos! This is the …