Crochet-Friendly Store Directory in Beta
I'm pleased to announce that after much wrangling with PHP code, our brand-spanking-new directory of crochet-friendly stores is now officially in beta. The stores listed are ones that are happy to go out of their way to welcome crocheters, and because of that I'm giddy to bring them to your attention.
As I said, the directory is in beta. There aren't a huge number of stores listed yet (so tell your LYS! Listings are free during beta!), and I'm still working out some glitches and plan to add some more features (like to differentiate online-only stores from stores that also have an actual storefront). Please let me know if you encounter any bugs, and please give me as much information as possible about what you were doing when you broke it. Also, please let me know if there are other features you have a hankering for.
Woo hoo!
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About Me:
I'm the founder and creative director of CrochetMe.com. I'm also the editor of Interweave Crochet and the author of Crochet Me.
I love sushi, thunderstorms, mutts, good books, the smell of clean laundry, crocheting funny dolls and monsters, knitting, and spinning.
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Kim, I don't see a link for where a store should submit information to be added to the directory. Did I just miss it?
I was going to email someone that works at one of my LYSes that is very crochet-friendly -- but I don't really have anywhere to point her! :)
thanks!
Great point, Jess! I put a link to the sign-up/info page on the main directory page.
-Kim
Aha! so THAT'S what you've been up to... I was starting to think you'd been kidnapped by wolves! :) Very cool!
I like the idea, but I'm curious as to why you chose to let the stores brag about themselves as opposed to letting customers make the call.
It seems like, if you want an objective view of crochet-friendly stores, you'd go to the customers and not the stores themselves. People in business are going to make their business look good no matter how they may actually act out in public. While some customers may be quick on the gun to knock down points for certain behaviors or because someone looks at them sideways, at least the faults will be out there, while a store that's centered on making money and doing business won't take the same route.