Closed Captioning Now Available for 71 Craftsy Classes!
Back in June, we were excited to announce the release of closed captioning for 13 Craftsy online classes, and promised more classes with closed captioning to come. We’re pleased to say, there are now 71 Craftsy classes with this feature (and five more coming soon!).
Here’s the updated list of Craftsy classes with closed captioning available:
Quilting
- Art Quilting 101: Design Basics with Wendy Butler Berns
- Pictorial Quilting Techniques with Wendy Butler Berns
- Beyond Basic Machine Quilting with Ann Petersen
- Block of the Month with Amy Gibson
- Color Play for Quilters with Joen Wolfrom
- Creative Quilt Backs with Elizabeth Hartman
- Design It, Quilt It with Cindy Needham
- Fabric Patterning with Wax Resistwith Malka Dubrawsky
- Inspired Modern Quilts with Elizabeth Hartman
- Machine Quilting Negative Space with Angela Walters
- Machine Quilting: Free Motion & More with Wendy Butler Berns
- Magical Jelly Roll Quilts with Kimberly Einmo
- Painted Pictorial Quilts with Annette Kennedy
- Quick-Strip Paper Piecing with Peggy Martin
- Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine with Ann Petersen
- Quilting Quickly Level II with Jenny Doan
- Re-Peicing the Past: Civil War Blocks Then & Now with Kaye England
- Scrap Quilting with Pepper Cory
- The Machine Embroidered Quilt with Eileen Roche
- Thread Art with Lola Jenkins
Sewing
- Beginner Serging with Amy Alan
- Jean-ius: Reverse Engineer Your Favorite Fit with Kenneth D. King
- Project Upcycle with Betz White
- Sassy Librarian Blouse with Christine Haynes
- Sew Retro: Perfect Bombshell Dresses with Gretchen Hirsh
- Sewing Machine 911 with Claudia Miller
- Sewing with Knits Meg McElwee
- Stitch & Slash with Carol Ann Waugh
- Stupendous Stitching with Carol Ann Waugh
- The Art of Cloth Dyeing with Jane Dunnewold
- The Couture Dress with Susan Khalje
Cake Decorating
- Advanced Fondant Techniques with Marina Sousa
- Fashion-Inspired Fondant with Joshua John Russell
- Handcrafted Sugar Flowers with Jacqueline Butler
- Modern Buttercream with Joshua John Russell
- Modern Piping with Joshua John Russell
- Piece of Cake! with Colette Peters
- Topsy-Turvy Cake Construction with Richard Ruskell
- Vintage Cakes, Modern Methods with Colette Peters
Food Craft
- Artisan Bread Making with Peter Reinhart
Spinning
- Know Your Wool with Deborah Robson
Knitting
- Circular Knit Lab: Hats Four Ways with Stefanie Japel
- Curvy Knits: Plus-Size Knitting with Marly Bird
- Entrelac Knitting with Gwen Bortner
- Knit Lab: Fit Your Knits with Stefanie Japel
- Knit Original Cuff-Down Socks with Donna Druchunas
- Knit Sock Workshop with Donna Druchunas
- Knit This: Mastering Lace Shawls with Laura Nelkin
- Lace Shawl Design with Miriam Felton
- Shoot It! with Caro Sheridan
- Short Rows with Carol Feller
- The Fair Isle Vest with Mary Jane Mucklestone
- The Not So Itty-Bitty Giraffe with Susan B. Anderson
- Wee Ones: Seamless Knit Toys with Susan B. Anderson
Crocheting
- Amigurumi: Design Your Own Moster with Stacey Trock
- Amigurumi: Woodland Animals with Stacey Trock
- Crafty Crochet Embellishments with Linda Permann
- Crochet Beyond Rectangles with Linda Permann
- Crochet Lab with Vickie Howell
- Curvy Crochet with Marly Bird
- Shuttle Tatting with Marilee Rockley
- Tunisian Crochet with Jennifer Hansen
Jewelry
- Jewelry Workshop with Max Goodman
- Micro Torch Basics with Kate Richbourg
- Wire-Wrapped Stones, Crystals & Clusters with Aga Kruk
Weaving
- Rigid Heddle Weaving with Angela Tong
Paper Arts
- Family Scrapbooking with Megan Hoeppner
- Paper Arts with Alton DuLaney
Home & Garden
- Fresh Ideas for Creative Container Gardening with Katie Ketelsen
- Garden Fresh with Doug Jimerson
Holiday
- Fab Felt Holiday with Betz White
Don’t forget, our closed captioning feature isn’t simply what meets the eye. It allows you to search classes for any keyword, phrase or technique you may be looking for. We think it’s a pretty neat feature, so give it a try and let us know what you think!
We’re continuing to add closed-captioning to more Craftsy classes, so if you don’t see the class(es) you were hoping for in the list above, stay tuned for more news soon. Happy Learning!
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I think it’s wonderful that you’ve added the closed-captioning feature to so many classes. This will open up Craftsy classes to a group of individuals who before may have been unable to participate before this updated aspect. I’m sure there are organizations that you can approach to publicize this awesome new feature that will bring more awareness to their members of the wonderful classes available on-line.
Is the Craftsy quilting Block of the Month, with Amy Gibson, on your next list to be added?
Hi Lady bev,
Our goal is to eventually have all of our courses available with closed captioning, including “The Craftsy Block of The Month”. We are working hard to get them done! Thanks for your patience while we work on this.
Thank you so much for adding this feature. As someone who is hearing impaired I cannot being to tell you how much this added feature means to someone like me!!!
This is awesome that you’re making your website fully accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community as well as to people with auditory processing difficulties. You are a model for internet based businesses. Keep up the good work!
Great feature. Might I suggest the cc symbol somewhere on the class page or the detail page. I didn’t even see it on the pages from the links above. It’s the first thing I look for.
Hi Mary,
Thanks for the great suggestion! I would be happy to pass this token of info along to our engineering department!
This is great, and I am pleased to see that there are video clips that have subtitled or closed captions in it. However, it would be great if you could input closed captions for Cake Decorations as that’s where my primary interests is at. Thanks and keep up your good work!
Hi Elspeth Coons,
Thanks for your feedback! Our goal is to have all of our classes have an option for closed captioning. Thanks for your patience while we work on this and we hope to have more out to you soon!
Im excited to learn you have have classes with closed captioned. Its a definitely bonus for deaf community as we have many deaf quilters. Looking forward to checking out the classes.
Thank you for listening my suggestions at the International Quilt Show last year. As hearing impaired, I often try to understand but couldn’t. Now, I CAN. Thank you so much.
I have not tried this yet, but I am assuming the classes have been ‘retro-fitted’ so classes I have purchased previously will be captioned?
At least I hope that is the case.
Judi – That’s correct, while we don’t have an exact time frame for when we’ll be able to implement closed captioning across the board, we’re working as fast as we can to get make this feature available for all classes.
Thank you! This makes life easier for us who are hearing impaired or deaf. Thank you.
Angela – Thanks for letting us know. We’re always looking to improve Craftsy!
Thank you so much for making your wonderful classes available to so many more people. I am hearing but at a much diminished level than my earlier years. I’m not old, my ears are. I recently discovered your website and am an ardent fan. Keep up the good work. Wish more companies had your insight and willingness to welcome all visitors.
Lizz – Thanks for the great feedback! We’re always looking for the next idea on how we can improve your Craftsy experience. Keep the great feedback and suggestions coming!
Thank you!! I struggle with my hearing impairment in regards to videos without caption. This will be an enormous help to myself and others!
Sherry – I’m so glad it’s helpful to you and your fellow Craftsy members.
Thank you so much for the closed captioning! I already joined Ridgid Heddle Weaving. I wish I could all the courses, but I guess I’ll have to settle for just a few. I think you should contact Hard of Hearing Associations and let them know about this. Thanks again!
Judy, We’re working on adding closed captioning for all of our classes! We’ll get these out as fast as we can. Thanks for the suggestion on contacting Hard of Hearing Association. We’ll see what we can do.
This is a great feature to your great website.
PS I really enjoyed my rigid heddle weaving class and are hoping that you will in the future add more weaving classes. Also, I found the repeat function really helpful.
Andi – Thanks so much for the great feedback. We’re so glad to hear you are enjoying your rigid heddle weaving class. There’s always more Craftsy classes coming!
I’m hoping you’ll get captioning for spindling, I want to learn that to!
Judy – Rest assured, we’re working on it!
Thanks so much for adding this feature. CC really makes a big difference to what I watch as I have trouble hearing!
Mel – I’m so glad closed captioning is helpful to you. Thanks for letting us know!
I’m so glad that you’ve got more closed captioning. I read lips and just find the classes too frustrating without it. Thanks!
Hi Shawn, We’re so glad you love it!
I am also hearing impaired plus have an eyesight problem in one eye. I am so interested to read that other deaf people are excited about the closed captioning, but could you please advise me what closed captioning will look like and is about as I am not a tech-savvy person and have to learn about these new things as I go along, i also take some of your classes and so will be glad when they are also attended to. Many thanks. Is it possible to email me your reply in case I don’t find your answer here.
Sheila – Not a problem, we’ll send you an email with some screenshots so you can get a feel for the closed captioning and see first hand what it looks like.
Thank you so much for deciding to caption your on line classes. As a hearing impaired person, I have struggled to understand the class I have signed up for,with closed captions I can now really get the most out of the class & maybe sign up for more! Thank you once again.
Sue, I’m so glad you are enjoying the closed captioning feature! We’ll be working to add that for each Craftsy class as quickly as we can.
Hello I was hopeing someone could help me, maybe give me some hints. I have made several baby bootie patterns and almost every time when I make the second bootie to the pair one is bigger than the other one. It’s driving me nuts! So unless I find a baby with one bigger foot ; ) ……. Thanks for any help you can offer.
Has anyone actuallly viewed these classes yet??? Its about time that u added this feature!! lol Will definatly look closely at ur classes now
Wasnt a good feeling being left out !! lol Thank u again !
PS. IF u could mail me one of those screenshots i would ever be so gratefull
Susie